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.

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

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

An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based sto...

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

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

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

Before tackling the ascent of urban buildings, Alain Robert was considered one of the best specialis...

DFW Punk, covering the Dallas/Ft. Worth punk/new wave scene. If you thought Texas in the late ’70s w...

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

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

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...

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

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...

Salhia Brakhlia has filmed the set and behind the scenes of Franceinfo's breakfast show during a yea...

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

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...

The journalist Andrés Oviedo must write about the murder of a young political activist Mariano Ferre...

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