Richard Branson, who has severe dyslexia, is one of the most successful businessmen in history. Watch this documentary short about his life, one filled with newspapers, records, airlines and promotional stunts for his Virgin companies.
Martin Scorsese: ‘Italianamerican’
In 1974, master filmmaker Martin Scorsese released a documentary about his Italian-American family. The opening scenes include his father on the couch talking about delivering vests for his cousin, while his mother makes pasta sauce in the kitchen.
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
A BBC documentary about the revered painter Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud, who invented psychoanalysis. Lucian Freud was born in Germany but raised in Britain. He loved horses and other animals, but is best known for his depictions of…
The Pathology of the Rich: Journalist Chris Hedges on The Real News
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discusses the psychology of the super rich; their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms.
Studs Terkel and Mike Royko at a Chicago Bar
Short video of oral historian Studs Terkel and 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko at Lawry’s, a Chicago bar. Someone orders a Sharp’s non-alcoholic beer for Royko, another patrons laughs, and then Royko wants in on the joke.