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- This documentary traces Jacques Tati's rise from the Parisian Music-Hall stage to his Oscar winning films of the 1950s, the documentary then explains how Tati bet all he had on his fourth film 'PlayTime' and how this mammoth film ended prematurely the career of a genius while also giving the world one of the most beautiful films ever made.
- Documentary film on the life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham. His life and work discussed by writers such as Armistead Maupin and Alexander McCall-Smith and experts such as Selina Hastings.
- French photographer Eugène Atget embraced a heartfelt realism that influenced generations of younger photographers-including an American, Berenice Abbott, who championed him in his later career and carried on his legacy. This program examines the work of both artists, juxtaposing Atget's Paris oeuvre with Abbott's views of New York.
- A fly on the wall documentary following Simon Callow and Jonathan Bates from inception to West-End premiere of their one-person play 'Being Shakespeare'.
- Herb Caen (1916-1997) wrote a daily newspaper column that was read by millions of Bay Area residents each morning for nearly 60 years. Caen's three dot 'items' of gossip, news and humor were as integral to everyday life in the San Francisco as the Bridges or the Fog. This film is a collection of eclectic interviews of those who knew Caen and his column.
- Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens is an intimate exposé of San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon, who is still going strong after seven decades behind the camera.
- Six blind professional musicians ranging in age from 17 to 65 come together in a London recording studio to create and record a musical tribute to Louis Braille.