Biography Movies

This biographical documentary relays the fascinating life story of Thomas Maupin, a legendary buck dancer who culled a reputation as one of the most f...

A weird trainee. A stifling job. In the midst of corporate oppression, a worker passively fights back with stories from home.

Follows the life of notorious slumlord Günter Kaußen, who built up one of Germany's biggest real estate companies over night.

Porto (Portugal),beginning of the 80s. A film crew seeks to understand if there's really the figure of Chico Fininho, immortalized in the popular son...

Inspired by the untold personal story of the 19th-century Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang brings to life, subverts, and re-enacts the...

Nico, born Christa Päffgen in Cologne, Germany just before the outbreak of the Second World War is one of the most mythic icons of our time. She was t...

Jeffrey Strouth spontaneously recounts the true adventures of his wild and creative life, weaving an often lurid tale filled with hilarious characters...

Jean-Michel Frank designed style-defining interiors in the 1920s with the timeless ideal of simplicity. He worked in Paris with artists like Giacomett...

Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britain's First Female Mountain Guide Gwen Moffat.

Seven years since his last visit to Nigeria, a filmmaker meditates on the death of his father.

25 years ago, Marguerite Duras passed away at the age of 81. At the evocation of this name, one spontaneously thinks of the intellectual superstar Dur...

Connie Converse was a trailblazing singer-songwritter who bared her soul through thought-provoking music only to discover that 1950's America was unpr...