Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?

1972 was a turning point in Ilie Nastase's career: he won his first US Open, while also reaching bot...

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performan...

This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion pictur...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes ...

Sean Penn is almost a living legend. His filmography paints a picture of an 'other America': the low...
How do you deal with life's curveballs? FIGURE 3 tells trapeze artist Korri Singh Aulakh's story of ...

With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of t...

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...

Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the m...

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the tango. By breaking with the codes of traditional tango, he brough...

Host Grant Jeffrey discusses how technology and government activities are changing the way our infor...

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Gr...

In this portrait film, we meet Inger Christensen in her apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen, where she...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...