Fourty years ago, in May 1981, with François Mitterrand's election, some people were letting themselves dream about a better life while others were predicting the coming of soviet tanks upon the Champs-Élysées. If we gladly remember the turning point of austerity in 83, there were also the wage rises, the fifth week of paid leave, the abolition of death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality, or the advent of independent radio stations. Rare archives and accounts by those who were at the heart of this story give an overview of it and shed light on lesser-known aspects.

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to l...

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Michael Moore visits colleges in swing states during the 2004 election with a goal to encourage 18–2...

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomi...

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, ...

On December 23, 2013, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt will be 95 years old. As the second S...

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

A fascinating compilation tracing the development of British trains throughout the 20th century. Thi...

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic pr...

A fine documentary that details the sordid life of 1970s pornographic actor John Holmes, from the st...

It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Ma...

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the ...

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the gui...

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of F...

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa...

A documentary covering the Rebellion of Brașov, from November 15, 1987.

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the seria...