Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection.

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expresse...

Based on the autobiographical book "Ya -sam" (I-myself) by Vladimir Mayakovsky the leading Russian F...

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over ...

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's sh...

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...

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

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

The English novelist, John Le Carré discusses his life as a secret agent and writer in this document...

NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Nata...

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is ...

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

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...

Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on the one hundredth anniversary of the crime, and how the...

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slaver...

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of N...

In THE COLOR OF FEAR, eight American men participated in emotionally charged discussions of racism. ...

Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including All...

Biopic of the Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet and Ahmet Ümit, who followed in his footsteps. Based on the ...

How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.