How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent...

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The...

Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the ...

Roberto Muniz, nicknamed "Mahmoud the Argentinian," was a revolutionary fighter who joined the Natio...

A journey through the life, work and many artistic miracles of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Julia Reichert reflects on the social, economic and personal forces that led...

Filmmaker Roman Polanski and photographer Ryszard Horowitz meet in Kraków, Poland, where, strolling ...

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man d...

At the end of May 1918, released prisoners return to the Rumburk garrison from Russian captivity, ho...

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the la...

In the 1950s, guitar-playing drifter Dude Delaney wanders into a quiet town looking to play music an...
Story of a man who, at the end of the 1940s, attempted to cross the Czechoslovak border illegally li...

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman...

Documentary about Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer, regarded as the best Ecuadorian ...

A look at the life of Toty Rodríguez: An actress who made her career in France during the 60s, a wel...

In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scar...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational mod...