The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled on the island of Ventotene, he co-authored the Ventotene manifesto.
Released from prison, former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky expounds on his newfound freedom and ...

Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court arti...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing ...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

For the third time, HBO cameras go inside Trenton State Maximum Security Prison--and inside the mind...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So i...

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

This documentary, which features Sergei Parajanov’s heartbreaking letters from prison, explores crea...

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which...

Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been...

A found footage / object film: the colorful 1960s in Italy, a joyful time, live-giving coating of bo...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigran...

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final ...

Paintings, performances, experiments, electronic music sounding in the spaces of two old houses in a...

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