The story of what daily life was like in Poland under communism: private conversations, cruel interrogations, recruitment attempts, recorded and filmed with hidden devices; of how the secret services spied on every activity of ordinary citizens: nothing escaped the brutal system of control developed by the Soviets in the name of freedom.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome...

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

Wes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under h...

Four lucid grandmothers tell their story forgotten by history: the militancy and resistance of the y...

2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Rich Hall ex...

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...

Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on the night of April 26, 1986, its causes...

A documentary tale about sport and politics under martial law. All of Poland saw the great goals of ...

Polish film and music icon Kalina Jedrusik, a scandalous free-spirited sex symbol, fights for her in...

Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive comm...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...

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

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

Documentary - This 1982 film explains the KGB infiltration of America. Who they are, what they are d...