Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the...

Mayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of...

Georgia O'Keeffe appears on camera for the first time to talk candidly about her work and her life in this 1977 documentary.

The thoughts, words, and compelling presence of Gertrude Stein flows richly through this portrait of the author's Paris years from 1905 through the...

This documentary portrait is the first to celebrate the only American member of the French Impressionist school and the first American woman to...

A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.

Two young women discuss how they discovered their interest in women. In a straightforward, candid manner, they relate early experiences through which...

A 1975 documentary short about a strike being conducted by public-housing residents in St. Louis.

A 1971 film study of a Japanese American who lived in a detention camp during World War II.

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The...

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists,...

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to...

After bankruptcy, Abah and Emak must adapt to a new life with their children in a remote village.

A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to...

Do we truly know one another? Every one of us has three lives: a public, a private and secret one. What we once stored in our memories is now being...

The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges in China. It is also the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For...

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his...