When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and strengthened, thanks to a syncretic and intentionally popular music that eventually conquered the entire city.

In his second acoustic music special, acclaimed pianist Arthur Hanlon once again joins forces with a...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime famil...

A Mondo documentary focused on the 1960's American lifestyle, consumerism, religion, adversity, and ...
Hailed as the “godfather of Brooklyn pizza,” for forty five years Domenico DeMarco, Italian émigré a...

Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstart...

Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastru...

Footage from the first ever São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, which took place on the 28th of June 1997 ...

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for...

After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off...

With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep...

Check Your Body At The Door is a documentary film about some remarkable underground house dancers in...

With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing p...

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job...

Made in Japan is the remarkable story of Tomi Fujiyama, the first female Japanese country music star....

Latin boogaloo is New York City. It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s ...

A recently jilted dancer follows her ex-boyfriend to his new home, where she insinuates herself into...

Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner'...

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television. featuring interviews ...