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- Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.
- On this short documentary narrative, find more about Karl Jaspers life.
- Film that revives the Prague of shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in a mostly figurative way, with the famous journalist Egon Erwin Kisch as the common thread.
- The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.
- Based on the memoirs of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, a soldier and politician born in San Antonio in the 19th century. He fought for the independence of Texas at the Alamo and became a highly respected politician to insure better living conditions for his people. Frustration arose when American ranchers move into the Texas flatlands bringing prejudice and bigotry against the Mexican populations.
- 1980–19941h 30m7.2 (167)TV EpisodeBased on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.
- The Grass Arena is a biopic based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father, young Johnny soon learns that he has to learn to defend himself. He takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Things only get worse, until he learns about the game of chess.
- A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.
- Biography of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. Part one looks at his early life and service in World War I.
- Even though Linda Blair hit stardom with her role in "The Exorcist", the actress experienced difficulties in her personal life.
- 1985– 1h 25mNot Rated7.7 (137)TV EpisodeThe dramatic story of eminent photographer Edward S. Curtis and the creation of his monumental portfolio of Native American images. Descendants of his photographic subjects tell stories about the photos and reveal their meaning to Indian people today.
- At heart of mystery of who killed John F. Kennedy lies puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald.
- A one-woman show with Lee Remick as former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt giving her views on politics, communism, race relations, the McCarthy witch hunts and other issues that were important to her.
- Adam Low's Kurosawa is a 90-minute documentary that looks at Kurosawa's life and works. Originally broadcast on PBS in the US, the film follows a fairly conventional approach as it chronicles Kurosawa's career. The film includes many interviews, more of which are provided on the documentary's home video releases. The film is narrated by Sam Shepard, with sections of Kurosawa's autobiography read by Paul Scofeld. It is a tribute, a celebration and an hommage. A DVD, which comes with almost two hours of extra interviews, has been released as a region free disc by the Australian Madman Entertainment.
- After his famous flight, Charles Lindbergh becomes known to all the world but struggles with life in the limelight.
- One of this century's most respected and admired figures, she was a humanitarian who transformed the place of women in society, and in the White House. Eleanor Roosevelt created the tradition of the activist First Lady. A pioneer among Presidents' wives, she formed a staff, held press conferences, and defined an agenda beyond that of homemaker. She fought for Civil Rights, for women and the oppressed. Yet this towering public figure was also an orphan whose family was destroyed by alcoholism, the unhappy wife of a philandering husband, and a passionate friend. Experts and scholars finally succeed in connecting her public and private lives in this unique and intimate portrait. Revisit the complete, inspiring life story of Eleanor Roosevelt, champion of freedom and human dignity.
- 1987– 50mTV-147.8 (123)TV Episode
- 1992– TV-PG9.1 (11)TV EpisodeFeatured: the case of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute sentenced to death for a series of Florida highway murders. Included: the police investigation; Wuornos's first trial; videotape of her confession and trial testimony.
- Elizabeth Barrett, the invalid daughter of domineering father, publishes a volume of verse which attracts the attention of another Victorian poet, Robert Browning. The two meet, secretly court and marry, to the consternation of Elizabeth's domineering father who has insisted that none of his children wed.
- Drama based on the early career of Gore Vidal's grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore. In the early 1890s, Thomas seeks employment in the office of a Texas judge. During the interview Thomas reveals that it is his life's ambition to become a United States Senator. He also informs Judge Wingate that he is completely blind.
- A news documentary about Joshua Bell, the great violinist.
- A play about the life and work of the artist Auguste Renoir, based on the book by his film director son, Jean Renoir.
- Between scenes of a movie ("Sands of Iwo Jima") in which he appears as an extra, Pima Indian Ira Hayes recalls the horrors of the actual battle of Iwo Jima in which he forever sealed his fate in history as one of the men who raised the flag in the world-famous photograph taken during the battle.