Through the portrait of Emile Zola, the story of his literary and political journey, and in particular the Dreyfus affair, this documentary evokes the streets and society of late nineteenth-century Paris. Photographs and archival documents show how much the writer's work and existence fit into the life of his time.
A group of writers from Hidalgo get together to generate their works and create a community around l...
In autumn 1944, during the Liberation of Brittany, writer Louis Guilloux worked as an interpreter fo...
Bill Drummond, once the most notorious man in pop music, now travels around the world baking cakes, ...
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of ...
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of ...
Bosnian Croat writer Miljenko Jergović and Serbian writer Marko Vidojković replace one another by th...
In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specificall...
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...
Once upon a time there was a garden, a refuge, a safe haven - 'The Garden of the Finzi Continis'. It...
This film is not a classic portrait but a documentary using fiction to bring Martin Suter’s novels t...
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of...
Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years i...
Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activis...
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of t...
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as ...
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spir...
Antonio Gracia José (1942-2011), known as “Pierrot,” was a prominent member of the Barcelona art sce...
Aslı Erdoğan, world-renowned author and activist, has fallen into silence after she fled to Germany....
Travel back to Victorian Britain and wander the cobbled streets of Haworth to the sites that inspire...
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his te...