All Movies : Biography

This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party, who was voted the Greatest Canadian in 2004 for his devotion to social causes, his charm and his powers of persuasion. Known as the "Father of Med...

Tom Schiller’s 1975 short documentary (35mins) follows Miller from the microcosmos of his very own shit-hole to a mock-up 1890s New York of his childhood -- or "that old shit-hole, New York’" (in fact the set for Hello Dolly, with Barbra Streisand & Walter Matthau, 1969). Schil...

There was a time when... adult entertainment meant going to the movies. When X-rated features where shot on 35mm film, had real stories and were directed by people who considered themselves movie directors and not pornographers. It was the 1970s, before the home video boom, and the platinum blonde g...

Gale Sayers joins the Chicago Bears and is befriended by Brian Piccolo, an over-achieving running back. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that Sayers is black and Piccolo white, they become roommates on the road and very close friends, especially when Sayers i...

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Ba...

A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic avenues of the Old City have changed considerably, the Old World charm of Quebec City is timeless....

National Geographic Channel marks the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II with a powerful, six-part series, World War II: The Apocalypse. Contains previously unreleased footage. Brought in color and full HD....

Billy Connolly was, in the 1970s, a sort of Scottish Lenny Bruce, who, with devastating humour, sliced through the hypocrisies he perceived. This 1976 documentary follows the singer-comic during his 1975 Irish tour. Made in a cinema verite fashion, the performer appears to be completely unaware of t...

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister’s life and career at the end of WWII....

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