Pioneers

An intimate look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her incredible rise to become a revered Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.

Women have been an integral part of rock music from the beginning, but have been successfully repressed from the collective memory.

Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.

This film illuminates the poetic-mystical side of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the UN Blue Helmet missions Dag Hammarskjöld.

The new Director's cut of Sébastien Lifshitz's intimate and portrait of one of the first French trans woman, Marie-Pierre Pruvot, called BAMBI.

In blunt, direct, sometimes quite graphic sequences, von Praunheim explores the entire gay subculture which touches all facets of American life.

The groundbreaking members of the legendary Berlin club SchwuZ talk about their career, political activism in drag, and 'doing it' for the first time.

Part 3 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic

In the 1970s, Peter Brückner was an iconic figure of the German New Left and was the first university professor to lose tenure for political reasons.

Part 1 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic

Rosa von Praunheim recounts the fascinating biography of the revolutionary sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld and his groundbreaking findings.

Part 2 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic.

Soviet heroine Polina Schneider gathers a group of avant-garde artists to convert the remote pagan tribes of Siberia to communism.

Discover the extraordinary impact of a renowned author who revolutionized American literature by popularizing science fiction.

Wax portraits of an unknown woman are the focus of this medical-historical thriller which turns rigid 18th century role models on its head.

Self-taught photographer and photography legend Duane Michals is known for the innovation and artistry of his work.

Sergei Nakariakov has succeeded in freeing the trumpet from the narrow boundaries that are attributed to it within classical music.

A Palestinian director uses the story of legendary Syrian entertainer ASMAHAN to offer a fresh take on Middle Eastern history and the Arab Spring.

An Indian doctor introduces the West to an ancient health care system called Ayurveda.

Biography of the exceptional mountaineer Reinhold Messner.

Portrait of five female Viennese artists, who in their pioneering role have left their mark on contemporary art.

A flamboyant ensemble of gender-bending hippies created a series of LSD-fueled musicals in early 1970s San Francisco.

William S. Burroughs: cult figure, novelist and pioneer of the underground cultures. In the docu his closest friends: Laurie Anderson, David Cronenberg, ...

Fritz Bauer was a public prosecutor, a leading investigator of Nazi history and a pioneer of German civil society.

Monika Krause, a German student who fell in love with a Cuban captain became the official sex educator of Castro's revolution.

Trailblazing Transitions: A poignant look at the lives of 5 transgender women pioneers from the 1950s-60s, directed by Michiel van Erp.