In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain after himself, but who claimed he had discovered the Ice Age and went on to become one of the century's most virulent, most influential racists.

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S...

Seventy-five years after Brad Washburn, one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all tim...

Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and ...

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the dire...

A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a co...

Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French m...

In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they c...

In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon M...

In 1973, 6 guides from the National Ski and Mountaineering School (ENSA), including Charles Daubas a...

René Collet, skier member of the French team, guides a friend from the summit of the Aiguille du Mid...

A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presi...

Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New Yor...

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan ...

A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Nar...

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...

Is the solution to Switzerland's future to integrate Germany into the confederation? After all, like...

The extraordinary untold story of Jacques Lowe, a young immigrant who, at just 28, became the person...

1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Se...