One Irish Rover, a documentary focusing on the words and music of Van Morrison, was broadcast in 1991 on BBC 2 Arena TV special and on A&E cable television program. It is a series of live songs with commentary by Morrison about music and poetry, it has some truly amazing performances. It includes the footage of Morrison and Dylan in Greece, Georgie Fame at Ronnie Scott’s, John Lee Hooker, The Chieftains and Danish Radio Big Band.
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...
Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on tradit...
A film about the Swiss Italian poet Fabio Pusterla and his creative poetic process, his struggle to ...
Paul Robeson was a celebrated African-American Actor, Athlete, Singer, Writer, and Civil Rights Acti...
Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gai...
Documentary about the German poet Erich Weinert.
A documentary that portrays not only the poet and painter Mario Cesariny but as well his life, his j...
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island...
February 1954: ten mass graves with over 500 bodies are found in the region of Sofia, Bulgaria. Expe...
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...
Half blind and half deaf, ostraziced Cuban writer Rafael Alcides tries to finish his unpublished nov...
Absolutely Irish brings together the brightest stars of traditional Irish music for a once-in-a-life...
The film tells the story of Pir Sultan Abdal, a famous folk poet in Turkey, who criticized some Otto...
In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit s...
At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunci...
Biography and in-depth look of Beckett and his work.
For true believers, Mike Scott will always be the man who invented and defined 1980s stadium rock, a...
Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of ...