A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

PBS Presents: “United in Song” encourages our nation to come together and celebrate our irrepressible strength as Americans.

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo’s ancestors–not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster–helped transform “the most…

It’s 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of…

Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another’s arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love’s bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa’s celebrated musical, originally…

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at…

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes…

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a “hard-knock life” in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find…