biography

Many have heard of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the legendary artist from the 70s and 80s. But some may not know that his mother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was also a legend in her own right, as a ...

The movie "Legend of Dajian Huineng" tells the "Sixth Patriarch of Zen" Hui Neng (the Sixth Patriarch, Sixth Ancestor, Hyeneung, Daikan Enō, Ta4-chien4) on the road to Buddhahood.

An elderly man is working tirelessly to revive the Jewish world lost in the Holocaust. His name is Aharon Appelfeld, and he became one of the greatest Jewish writers of our time. Every ...

An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling life story reveals a unique literary ...

The story of Sara Hildén

The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his ...

From Star Trek to The Sound of Music, award-winning director Robert Wise was dedicated, inventive, and ready to tackle any genre. He helmed everything from B movies to award-winning ...

One man's inspiring story of hope, resilience and survival amidst the brutal fight to free East Timor.

The story of the birth of the Healing Tao System and of the Master that set it all in motion. From Master Chia's early teachings that came from deep in the Chinese Mountains by a Taoist ...

Charissa King O'Brien's intimate short documentary captures this pivotal collaboration between two influential artists, as world-renowned painter Riva Lehrer completes a compelling ...

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 only one of his reputation to have ...

TV Movie based on the life of Gabriela Mistral. Gabriela's life is reconstructed, her travels as a diplomat, the relationship with her adopted son Yin Yin and her work as a poet until ...

A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.

Since his discovery by Dr Dre in 1997, Eminem has achieved notoriety and commercial success in equal measures, and subsequently become the biggest Rap act on the planet. This film ...

A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at ...

A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.

Profile of iconic war photographer Robert Capa, whose career spanned five epic conflicts across three continents before his untimely death at the age of 40. The film traces Endre ...

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 is a little louder every day. ...

This documentary is not a straightforward portrait of Armenian film director Sergei Paradjanov's life, but rather a fluid celebration of his talent and creativity. Focusing on the ...