Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels...

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes ...

Carol, a college student, comes to John's office, her professor, to discuss the grade she has receiv...

In 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast to perform Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', directed by a young and...

Spanish poet Federico García Lorca is condemned to death by Captain Nestares after an absurd interro...

In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains...

Just days before her team's tryouts for the Olympics, dedicated young gymnast Sunshine discovers she...

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The hom...

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African Natio...

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and ...

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her ...

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, un...

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer...

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to...

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for ...

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This ye...

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his...

Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the mo...

A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken...