Documentaries : Biography

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...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

What killed the mammoths? Near the end of the last ice age 13,000 years ago, these mighty beasts disappeared from North America together with some 35 other groups of mammals. For four decades, debate has raged over the cause of their abrupt demise. NOVA presents an in-depth investigation of a contro...

Discover the incredible true story of the Baltimore drug kingpin who served as the inspiration for a key figure in the first season of The Wire. Back in the 1980s, the Lexington Terrace Projects was one of the most dangerous areas in Baltimore. Much to the chagrin of the local authorities, Nathan Av...

following the events at Dunkirk in May and June 1940. The Allies in northern France are in retreat, but the Navy only expects to be able to pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is under pressure to make peace in order to save the rest....

This is the story of Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter, elisabeth for the past 24 years in a cellar, fathered her 7 children, in which one of them died and managed to keep his secret sealed from his wife and family who lives just upstairs....