A documentary on Michael Haneke, director of Caché and The Piano Teacher, one of the most provocative and important filmmaker working today.

Examines the lives of several women who actively participated in the social revolution during the Spanish Civil War, women who are as dynamic in their 80s as they were in their youth.

A stylish, erotically charged thriller, À Tout de Suite is the highly anticipated new film from acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot, a mesmerizing account of one woman’s breathtaking journey of self-discovery.

This video traces the major social, cultural, technological and political developments that took place in Austria between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of 1848, a period of relative peace and stability when the middle classes prospered and the arts and other social developments flourished.

Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and the future of a major city? Building the Gherkin chronicles the design, planning and construction of the controversial Swiss Re building, dubbed 'the erotic gherkin' by the British press.

This video tells the story of the famous school, founded in England in 1921 by A.S. Neill, which achieved worldwide fame through the publication of his book Summerhill.

This stylish, in-depth, six-part documentary series explores the early developments in filmmaking and the enormous contributions of the European film industry's pioneers.

Presents dramatized conversations with major figures in ancient Greek history--Socrates, Odysseus, Euripides and Hypatia, among others--who discuss with noted classics scholar and author Edith Hamilton their contributions to Greek culture and their influence on present day science, politics, philosophy, literature and the arts.

Danceweb is an intimate, rewarding film that gives a unique understanding of the world of contemporary dance by following three young dancers.

Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater presentations.

A moving memoir of the Spanish Civil War by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, this film includes historical background on the Depression, archival footage of Civil War battles, and footage shot in Franco's Spain of the mid-1970s.

This video tells the story of Don Lorenzo Milani, a Catholic priest sent in the Sixties to the small isolated village of Barbiana in Tuscany, where the children of the local peasants and farmer workers had been neglected by the state educational system.

Set in the 1930's, a haunting tale of a devoted wife who suspects her husband is having an affair with another woman, featuring an extraordinary performance from Emmanuelle Devos.

Examines the aims and accomplishments of the New Jewel Movement and the reasons for the Fall 1983 U.S. military invasion.

Before The Ring and The Grudge, there was Suspiria. Hanging Shadows offers a critical appreciation of Italian horror cinema, pioneered by directors such as Dario Argento and Maria Bava, a genre that influenced filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Takashi Miike.

After the Napoleonic wars and the revolutionary fervor of the late 18th century, Europeans were eager to retreat from the tumultuous arena of history to the uneventful calm of private life.

This video tells the story of John Hinde, a British photographer who pioneered in color photography in the Thirties, emigrated to Ireland in the Fifties with a traveling circus and later established one of the world's largest postcard empires.

Beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing to the present day, this series of nine animated films surveys the development of society throughout the ages from a grassroots perspective, showing history as it has been lived and experienced by common people.

Selected by Time Magazine as one of the ten top films of 2004, Per Fly’s The Inheritance is a powerful and timely drama about a man torn between family and business.

A beautiful and poetic film about the last remaining Jews in Birobidzhan, the world's first Jewish autonomous region, established in a distant corner of Siberia in the 1920s.

Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his remarkable talent.

Somewhere in Russia, a primate laboratory tried to cross-breed monkeys and humans. But that's only half the story in this fascinating documentary about a once-renowned scientific institute struggling to survive in a fractured Eastern Europe.

This video examines the most famous of Marian shrines, in France, which is visited by more than five million pilgrims each year.

This provocative and emotionally unsettling video examines the realities behind the myth of the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), the French author who, charged with numerous sexual offenses, spent half of his adult life in prisons or asylums.

This video follows the sculptures of the late Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), one of Europe’s most popular artists, as they are transported from his Swiss studio to their new home at the Museum of Basel.

In the 1980s, Paris was hit by a wave of deadly terrorist attacks. When the presiding judge unexpectedly released the suspected mastermind, he was immediately vilified. Several years later, he committed suicide. This is a powerful study in the intersection of politics, ethics, media, and terrorism.

Provides an informative historical overview of the ongoing conflict between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities initiated over twenty years ago by the Turkish invasion of this Mediterranean island.

This series chronicles the history of colonialism and the struggle for independence in three African countries - Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.

This video begins with the Ethiopian victory over the Italians in 1896 at the Battle of Andowa, which confirmed Ethiopian independence to the European powers and paved the way for Emperor Menelik's modernization program

This video traces the history of Kenya's opposition to white rule, from the arrival of the first settlers in the 19th century to the Mau-Mau rebellion in 1952, in which the struggle for land rights was central.

This video begins in March 1896 when the Ndebele people of what was then known as Rhodesia rose in armed rebellion against European settlers such as Cecil Rhodes, who had taken over much of their land in the search for gold and other minerals.

This historical video chronicles the Roma (Gypsy) Holocaust—Porraimos, or "the devouring." It is the first American documentary to expose how the pseudo-science of eugenics was used to persecute not only Jews, but also Gypsies.

Looking behind the romantic South Seas myths, and focusing on New Caledonia, Palau, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands, this video shows that the Pacific's residents are today confronting either colonial domination by France, military domination by the U.S., or economic domination by Japan and Southeast Asia.

This video chronicles the filmmaker’s quest to uncover the mystery of her Slovak identity and heritage. As a young girl growing up during the Cold War, she was curious about the 'strange' language spoken by her grandmother and the enigma that shrouds her past.

In 1991 the violent secession of Slovenia, Yugoslavia's Western republic, struck the first spark in the Balkan war which defined the opening chapters of the post Cold War era.

This video features a performance of French composer Olivier Messiaen's famous quartet by The Houston Symphony Chamber Players under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach (piano), accompanied by Eric Halen (violin), Desmond Hoebig (cello) and David Peck (clarinet).

Russian scientist Igor Novikov is renowned for his groundbreaking research in astrophysics and amazing theories on the concept of time. The film is a poetic journey into Novikov’s theories, as well as his own experiences, of past, present and future.

The voices of women prisoners take us on a journey to Northern Ireland, a journey into and out of prison, a journey of personal and political struggle and growth.

A story of love and murder in a remote Icelandic fishing village, The Seagull’s Laughter is a delicious dark comedy about a woman’s place in the days before feminism.

A high school teacher and one of his students don Elizabethan garb and travel back in time to London in 1609 to have lunch with William Shakespeare at the Mermaid Tavern.

The intriguing (and twisted) story behind the design and construction of the "Turning Torso," Europe's tallest residential building, designed by world famous architect Santiago Calatrava.

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

A visit to England's Windsor Great Park, a celebrated site for ancient oaks, reveals the importance of trees in the ecosystem's complex process of renewal and regeneration, while the monks of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland explain how one's interest in trees can be both spiritual (serving as guardians of the forest) and commercial (producing beautifully crafted wood products).

This video contrasts the past and present life of the five tribes--the Seminoles, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Cherokee--in the southeast U.S.

Focusing on the activities of the German-Israeli Youth Exchange Program, this video shows three generations of Germans and Israelis who, confronted with the historical legacy of the Holocaust, are actively involved in building new personal relationships while trying to come to terms with ambivalent, often negative, attitudes about one another.

Examines the political turmoil and sectarian violence that has racked Northern Ireland for the last twenty years by profiling the efforts of the Social Democrat and Labor Party (SDLP) to achieve peace in Northern Ireland through nonviolent means.

Earlier this year, Gustav Klimt's "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" was sold for $135 million, the largest amount ever paid for a painting. This wonderful new documentary invites viewers to explore Vienna at the turn-of-the-century and the rich artistic movement that engendered such a work.

Weimar: A Modern Day Renaissance City is a celebration of the small town that has capped its triumphant comeback by being recognized as the Culture city of Europe in 1999. This video looks at Weimar's past and present.

Is manual labor disappearing in the 21st century or is it just becoming invisible? Michael Glawogger's stunningly photographed Workingman's Death showcases five of the most dangerous and grueling professions in the world, offering a ground-level lesson on globalization, humanity, and the environment.

Zahira's Peace looks at the after-effects of the Madrid train bombings through the story of Zahira, a young woman, who was seriously injured in the attacks.