The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

Tucumán, Argentina, 1965. Three years before George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was release...

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

Madrid, Spain, December 27, 1870. General Juan Prim i Prats, president of the Council of Ministers a...

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty...

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a C...

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the gen...

Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).

The guided tours in the Reichstag building are well attended; there’s lots of laughter at the simula...

A person enters the frame dressed up as a bird. In a dressing room, John Malkovich sheds the costume...

Jamilia is the heroine of the classic Kyrgyz novel about a young woman who, having been forced to ma...

Bathed in the uncanny glow of late afternoon sun and set against a noisy highway, Interchange depict...

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be...

We follow the filmmaker's struggle to reconstruct a period of her life when she lost her memory.

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a ...

Claire Simon portrays an important time for any individual, from 16 to 18 years of age. Set in the P...

In 1986, the Uruguayan Parliament passed a law granting amnesty for all crimes and human rights viol...

Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wart...