16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the...

When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 36 cows. Based on a true story narrated by...

In the wake of one of the worst social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to...

The Devil of Comparisons (original title: El Demonio de las Comparaciones), was a 30-hour black & white silent film from 1929 by Narding Salome...

Legacy takes the audience on a rapid-fire journey through the evolution of the world, starting with a cosmic bang, evolving through billions of years...

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigate witchcraft. In the trials, 80 people were...

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

Short directed by Bruce Petty.

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the...

A formal 1861 portrait of a Chinese Mandarin and his wife is the starting point for this allegorical investigation of the fantasies spawned in the...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New...

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced...

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the...

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect...