In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.

Piri Thomas, a painter, poet, author, ex-con, and ex-junkie, describes the life of a Puerto Rican in the Spanish Harlem ghetto in New York City.

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

On tour promoting his 2006 studio album ‘Continuum’, American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer performs, consecutively, an intimate acoustic set, a John Mayer Trio blues show, and a…

Stand up comedy by Martin Lawrence, filmed in the Majestic Theater in New York City. Martin Lawrence talks about everything from racism, to relationships, to his childhood.

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O’Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims’ stories…

After starring in a dozen or so HBO Special Presentations, comedian George Carlin has amassed a substantial body of work in the cable channel’s vaults. Personal Favorites is a greatest-hits…

Martin Bashir conducts a rare interview with Michael Jackson and is given unprecedented access to the reclusive performer’s private life over a span of eight months, from May 2002 to…

In this revised second edition of the ultimate critical guide to the work of Pink Floyd, you’ll be privy to an embarrassment of riches from the band in concert, on…

The gold medal for the men’s 10,000-meter race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

The fifth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World…