In 1983, in Berlin, an American member of the secret service puts himself at the service of the GDR. This fascinating documentary tells the story of his life as a "passer-murailles". In 1983, American soldier Jeffrey M. Carney betrayed his country and defected to the East. At the time, he was working in Berlin for the NSA (National Security Agency), which intercepts Soviet airspace communications. But his patriotism and fervor for Reagan had waned: he felt underestimated by his colleagues and had discovered his homosexuality, for which he could be expelled from the army. One night of drinking, the young man crosses the demarcation line at Checkpoint Charlie with the aim of never returning...
In the summer of 1963, François Mitterrand was going through a deep existential crisis. His politica...
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo The...
Crash and Burn chronicles the thrilling and turbulent career of Irish racing driver Tommy Byrne, who...
A documentary about the making of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1949 film "Le silence de la mer"
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to...
World Cup champion Hope Solo opens up about her turbulent rise to the top of women's soccer amid pub...
Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. F...
American Herro is the remarkable story of a young Kurdish girl who comes to America as a refugee fro...
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de Fran...
A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishi...
She was a prolific self-portraitist, using the canvas as a mirror through all stages of her turbulen...
Cats are cuddly felines and lovely pets, but also highly evolved predators that hunt huge amounts of...
In the following documentary, we explore how two collectors and a store owner feel about the current...
Documentary on actor Andrew Krasne, and the tv show Walker that made him famous in Finland.
Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck...
From a diffident youth to living legend—this is the story of wakeboarding champion Raph Derome, as h...
Through his ever changing reinvention, Bowie has become a symbol for fearlessness, innovation and cr...
"Welcome to my life", Sylvie Hofmann repeats this sentence almost all day long. Sylvie has been a nu...