Biography Movies

Following the maestro’s inspiring journey from ten-year-old budding conductor to the pinnacle of the opera world, the film captures the alchemy of the...

In 1975, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen became an internationally recognized expert on bridging the East with the West by hosting the “Conference of...

Based on real life events, the story follows a group of special forces police officers who come up against the most dangerous gang in Honduras.

The director of the film travels to India to find the woman she met six years before with whom she bonded spiritually. Equipped with only a rosary giv...

A story about a boy who struggles to find his place in the life of his mother, Violetta Villas. Accompanying her on her way to stardom, he loses the f...

On a gloomy March 1881, an old, sick man was dying in the Nikolaevsky military land hospital in St. Petersburg. Delirium tremens had done its dirty wo...

Greek documentary that includes texts written by Odysseas Elytis.

A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan Nestle...

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

Originally aired as part of the Arena series, this BBC biography of Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. She is one of the first black women singer-songwriters...

A music documentary about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Chan Parker, Bill Miles, Dizzy Gillespie, Walter Bishop Jr, Sheila Jordan, George Wein...

A first-person account of the life and work of Spanish writer Antonio Gala.

When all the voices have been silenced, only one will remain. And when this last voice is no longer heard...