In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory. What emerges is a uniquely cinematic biography that finds both humor and pathos in the swirl of conflicts and affections that bind father and son. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds - where the past meets the present, where generations collide, and where the boundaries...

A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, 'Sink or Swim' is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father. Through a series of twenty-six short stories, a young girl chronicles the childhood events that shaped her ideas about fatherhood, family relations, work and play. As the stories unfold, a dual portrait emerges: that of a father who cared more for his career than for his...

From his days as a Dakota cowboy to the White House and beyond, Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion explores every aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's remarkable life.

Aviva Ziegler has worked in Award-winning Current Affairs television in Australia for over 20 years, observing and documenting the lives of others. In this film, Aviva turns the camera on herself to explore the essence of her own Jewishness. Being Jewish for Aviva is something of a conundrum: If you have no formal involvement in Judaism and its practices, and you don’t even believe in God, then what is it that makes you answer “yes” when asked...

Profiles Eugene Delacroix, a French painter credited with bridging the gap between the old masters and the French Romantic movement.

Star of stage, screen, radio and TV, he is best known for his support of American G.I.s abroad. This tribute follows Hope from his vaudeville beginnings to his triumphant 90th birthday celebration and beyond.

Twenty video discs cover the century by decades using History Channel programs to help document the defining moments of each period.

This is a rare portrait of the man behind one of the most infamous acts in American history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer, but her mother thinks otherwise. Although offered many marriage proposals she declines them all, at least until the reckless but engaging Thomas Lefroy enters her life. Initially finding him ignorant and self-centered, her interest grows with time and a love affair begins between the two. However, the families on both sides are strongly against the match. In the heightened emotions of the conflicted relationship,...

Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton personally conducts an intimatecinematic commemoration of the life, times, and work of UK filmmaker,artist, and renegade Derek Jarman in Derek. Both a "heartbreaking and giddily alive biopic" and an "accomplished homage" (Art forum), Isaac Julien's Derek is a joyful requiem celebrating Derek Jarman's life, vision and legacy with the same maverick energy and affectionate creativity that made its subject one of the...