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.

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

Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals...

Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate Africa...

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performan...

Portrait of the writer Elsa Triolet, wife of poet Louis Aragon. The tile is a play on a famous poem ...

During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible missio...

The making of Jerzy Kosinski. The BBC documentary on the life and art of enigmatic novelist Jerzy Ko...

A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archi...

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

The film tells the story of Pir Sultan Abdal, a famous folk poet in Turkey, who criticized some Otto...

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

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...

Travel back to Victorian Britain and wander the cobbled streets of Haworth to the sites that inspire...

The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much contro...

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