Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World's Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth,... more
Patrick and the Whale follows Patrick Dykstra, a man who has dedicated his life to his great passion - diving with and filming whales. Over the years, Patrick has learned how whales communicate, how... more
How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui - also known as Easter Island - carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has... more
In 1973, America tuned into PBS and became enthralled with the first-ever reality TV show, as a documentary crew captured six months in the home lives of upper middle-class Santa Barbara executive... more
"Mondo Cane" creators Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi turned their cameras on slavery in 1800s America with this brutal, gut-tightening docudrama that Roger Ebert dubbed "the most disgusting,... more
In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the "Valley of the Whales."... more
Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that... more
Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that... more
Flicker Alley is proud to present a pair of new restorations of decisive and timely documentaries by filmmaker Herbert Kline from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Crisis: A Film of "The... more
Terminally Optimistic looks at 3 women and their life journey with metastatic breast cancer. These women are adapting to their failing bodies in a variety of ways, because they must.
The most experimental and progressive group to emerge from the British New Romantic era, Depeche Mode has enjoyed a quite astonishing career while creating some of the most remarkable music of the... more
This engaging and obviously graphic documentary explores the story behind Brent Scott (aka PD) and his insex. Com website, considered by many to be the most influential and innovative adult site... more
The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once the number one cancer killer of women. Narrator:... more
Alfred Hitchcock. Muhammed Ali. Meryl Streep. LL Cool J. James Hamilton has captured them all. In Uncropped, a legendary Village Voice photojournalist recounts the stories behind iconic images taken... more
One Hand Don't Clap captures the vibrant story of calypso and soca with the dynamic Grandmaster Lord Kitchener, who made the music a hit in London, and Calypso Rose, the first woman to shine in a... more