Biography

Nikola Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World

April 6, 2023

This is a documentary about the scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest figures in history. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smilian in what became Lika, Yugoslavia. His father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian Orthodox priest, and his mother, Djuka Mandic, was an inventor of household appliances herself. Tesla […]

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Matter of Heart

April 6, 2023

The mind is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the sine qua non of the world as an object. Oddly enough, with very few—and increasingly rare—exceptions, Westerners seem to pay little attention to this fact. Overwhelmed by cognition of external objects, the subject of all knowledge is momentarily blurred so as to appear non-existent. […]

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Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life

April 6, 2023

A&E’s feature-length biography series looks at one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway. Through a series of stills, narration by granddaughter Marielle Hemingway, commentary by author AE Hotchner and publisher Charles Scribner, and Scott Glenn’s review of Hemingway’s work, including personal letters and unpublished work Read aloud, the film takes […]

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Grey Gardens

April 6, 2023

Grey Gardens is directed by Albert and David Maysles, pioneers of the true-film documentary movement, chose a mother and daughter with a celebrity relationship as the subjects of this film. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie (the brothers called them Big and Little Edie) were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Onassis’ aunt and cousin. The women, […]

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Beneath The Veil

April 6, 2023

An unnamed woman, wrapped head to toe in a blue burqa, was dragged across a soccer field and shot in front of 30,000 spectators. Channel 4’s award-winning documentary “Under the Veil”, which aired in June 2001, captures this haunting portrait of Taliban justice in secret. The woman is Zarmina, 35, mother of seven. In Dispatches’ […]

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Tupac: Resurrection

April 6, 2023

Numerous unauthorized video titles have been released about the life of rap superstar Tupac Shakur. Tupac: Resurrection is the only one to both be executive produced by his mother, former Black Panther Afeni Shakur, and benefit from access to the MTV archives. This documentary is the feature-length debut of director Lauren Lazin, creator of several […]

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Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869-1948

April 6, 2023

The film attempts to tell the life story of the man Gandhi and his never-ending quest for truth. In this world full of hatred and violence, this peaceful and kind man stands against all evil and injustice with the power of his soul. It stands out as a challenge with a message of truth and […]

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Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

April 6, 2023

Join EELS frontman Mark Oliver Everett as he explores parallel universe theory as he uncovers the extraordinary life story of his iconoclastic father, Hugh, creator of radical quantum physics, in this episode of the hit PBS series Rising Star. Hugh Everett III, recognized by Scientific American as one of the most important scientists of the […]

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Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius

April 6, 2023

His house was destroyed by a Molotov cocktail. On the eve of the Great Depression, he lost his job. Inheriting a deep-seated and passionate interest in the scientific establishment, he overcame numerous obstacles to become a world-class chemist, self-made millionaire, and philanthropist. But despite its success, Percy Julian’s story remains largely unknown. The grandson of […]

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N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös

April 6, 2023

In an age when genius is just a commodity, it’s useful to look at someone who lived a life of affluence without the traditional markers of success. Paul Erdös, a homeless and unemployed man, was the most prolific mathematician of all time. Born in Hungary in 1913, Erdös authored and co-authored more than 1,500 articles […]

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