Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect s...

The “Bowlingtreff” is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987. A...

Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, wher...

World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinem...

Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by th...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master ...

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a...

A portrait of the masterful author whose novels were adapted into the classics 'The Birds,' 'Jamaica...

Documentary made as part of the exhibition “Materiais de Construção” (FCG, 1998). The exhibition's c...

The city of Ordos, in the middle of China, was build for a million people yet remains completely emp...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...