In 1971, rock star David Bowie travels to America for the first time to promote his third album, The Man Who Sold the World. There, he embarks on a coast-to-coast publicity tour. During this tour, Bowie creates his iconic Ziggy Stardust persona, inspired by artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...

Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle...

1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing...

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destro...

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a ...

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, inte...

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas ...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while...

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Cha...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic fami...

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself...

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan va...