Cause: The Birth of Hero
The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
A man (Thomas Edison’s assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted…
The Jet Stream and Us
Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream – a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere – has grown. It has been responsible for bewildering effect…
The House Is Black
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes “ugliness,” of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes,…
Just Desserts: The Making of ‘Creepshow’
Details the making of Stephen King & George A. Romero’s 1982 horror anthology classic, from conception through to completion.
One Six Right
An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation – the local airport – by tracing the life, history, and struggles of an airport icon: Southern California’s Van…
Man – Woman Wanted
This series looks at the stories behind the athletes and countries that have achieved World Cup champion status.
Soul Power
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and…
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
Jayne takes us on a review of her last world tour. She takes us through Rome, shares a fantasy about Roman athletes, and then is off to Cannes. She takes…
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted…
Washed Ashore
Life on the Danube is essentially determined by two factors: the river itself and the often strange idiosyncrasies of the people who live along its banks. And they are multifarious:…
The Original Kings of Comedy
The house is rockin’ and the laughs are rollin’ as comedians Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show), D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys), Cedric The Entertainer (The Steve Harvey Show) and Bernie…
Legend of the Witches
A visual exploration into the origins of witchcraft in the UK and in particular the demystification of symbolism still embedded today within many modern religious artefacts and rituals. X-rated upon…
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