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Darwin's Darkest Hour

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever conceived, while he and his wife Emma confront fami

2009

Henri-Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant

Documentary about the life and career of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot.

2004

Blackout

First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers te

2015

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life.

2019

Memories of a World War II Hero: Captain Brown's Story

Tells the story of probably the world's greatest pilot through an extensive and in-depth interview: Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown CBE, DSC, AFC. From his f

2014

Jean Sénac, The Blacksmith of the Sun

By ending the life of Jean Senac on August 30, 1973 in Algiers, his assassins believed they would silence him forever. They were wrong since his voice

2003

Navajazo

An imagined apocalypse is presented to us through portraits of people struggling to survive in a hostile environment, where they only have themselves

2014

Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète

Jean Sénac, born in Béni Saf in Algeria in 1926 and died in Algiers in 1973, is today considered one of the great French writers and poets and the onl

2011

One Book at a Time

Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries on June 3rd and has already raised over $13,000, su

2020

Bill Gates A Tycoon Story

2012

Il Pranzo di Natale di Mario Soldati

Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare

1958

The Wait: Mike Tyson's First Fight Out of Prison

After serving a 4-year prison sentence Mike Tyson was released from an Indiana prison May-1995. For Tyson’s first opponent Don King selected an unknow

2020

Salzillo

The Spanish sculptor meditates about his life and work

1983

Loving Highsmith

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those

2022

Pod hasprunskou slivkou

2002

I Am Richard Pryor

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho

2019

longseason

In the year of 2022, a late teenager and their friends film moments they would prefer not to forget: their long season.

2023

Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

A Paul Joyce documentary with Peter Bogdanovich

1987

Antoine, le danseur de la falaise

2022

John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

A fine documentary that details the sordid life of 1970s pornographic actor John Holmes, from the stories of his fellow actors, his ex-wives, and dire

2004