Roy Ackerman

America's experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race are well documented. However, few know about the moment these two worlds collided, when the White House and NASA scrambled to put the first black astronaut into orbit. This is the untold story of the decades-long battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to be the first superpower to bring diversity to the skies, told by the black astronauts and their families, who were part of this little known chapter of the Cold War.

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Berlin is a place that is indispensable to the imagination, a city where history ticks all the boxes. The longest of all the helter-skelter rides that Berliners have taken through the playground of history ended in 1989 when the Berlin Wall shattered into a million souvenirs. Hundreds of people, mainly young, were killed there trying to escape to the West. The people who built the Wall thought they were building a brave new socialist world. But their dream turned into a nightmare as over time the Wall poisoned, corrupted and brutalized the little world it encircled. In The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall, the dreams and nightmares come dramatically back to life as the spies, informers, double agents and interrogators of Cold War Berlin weave their nervy spells of double lives and double dealing.

В «Гонзо» описывается золотая эпоха Томпсона — с 1965 по 1975 годы, со всеми ее главными вехами: двусмысленными отношениями с полубандитской байкерской группировкой «Ангелы Ада», попыткой попасть на пост шерифа города Аспен в 1970-м, знаменитой историей поездки в Лас-Вегас и написания «Страха и ненависти», наверное, главной книги о закате 60-х и беспросветности поисков «американской мечты», скандальным участием в президентской компании сенатора Джорджа МакГоверна в 1972 и многими-многими другими. Разобраться с томпсоновским мифом помогают его близкие и друзья, включая писателя Тома Вульфа и автора знаменитых гротескных иллюстраций к произведениям Томпсона, художника Ральфа Стэдмана. А рассказывает историю доктора Томпсона его близкий друг — Джонни Депп, сыгравший альтер-эго писателя в «Страхе и ненависти в Лас-Вегасе» Терри Гиллиама.

Оказалась ли американская внешняя политика целиком во власти идеи военного превосходства? Стали ли вооруженные силы слишком важными в американской жизни? Ответы в фильме.

A look at the life of Gary Glitter

Jonathan Rendall's broke, he's been given £12,000 to gamble with, and he gets to keep any winnings. He'll bet on anything: from racing to roulette, boxing to blackjack. All he needs is luck.

Famous recluse J. D. Salinger has hidden from the world since "The Catcher in the Rye" took the world by storm. Banned in schools, and horrifically inspiring the killing of John Lennon, the book had repercussions no one could have foreseen and which seemed to drive the author further into hiding.

This documentary by Leo Regan follows the life of his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he becomes part of the hard drug scene through researching it for his book ("Charlie Says: Don't Get High On Your Own Supply"). It shows Lanre as he becomes a character in his own book through his heroin addiction.

Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland and living strictly according to over 600 Biblical commandments brings them into conflict with modern life. They have embraced one aspect fully though, the Volvo Estate car.