This video explores the role of brothels and prostitution in medieval London. Contrary to modern assumptions, sex work was often regulated rather than entirely outlawed. Municipal authorities ...

The bones of St Francis of Assisi, the revered medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians, are going on public display for the first time. At such a critical moment in US ...

Henry VIII is not remembered as a loving husband. Any English schoolchild can recount the unpleasant fates of most of his six wives with the rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, ...

Frederick Wiseman has died at 96. He is known for films including Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital (1970) and Welfare (1975).

The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed brutalities at a hospital for the criminally insane.

Frederick Wiseman continued making documentaries into his 90s, carrying a boom microphone alongside his camera operator while filming for 12 or 14 hours each day.

Hidden in the foothills of California’s San Gabriel Valley sits a castle that feels too strange to be real. At first glance, ...

What was life really like for the merchants, craftsmen and traders in London in the middle ages? Whilst the majority of ...

The first notices are rolling in for Amazon MGM Studios’ controversial, big-budget First Lady documentary Melania. Described as “an intimate chronicle that offers a rare glimpse into the life of ...

The non-profit production organization, Eastgate Creative, is taking its debut documentary series, The Forge of Friendship, on a sneak preview, post-production college tour. Our culture seems to be ...

A Psalter (a standalone book of Psalms) open to a page showing the contest between the Archangel Michael and the dragon. (Courtesy Lewis & Clark College) There are some really old books on display at ...

RIVERTON – Wyoming PBS’s documentary “A Life Outside: American Mountain Guides” earned the “Best Feature Film” award at the Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The honor marks a ...