She survived the Titanic—but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea. Before she became known as ‘Miss Unsinkable,’ Violet Jessop weathered a childhood plagued by illness.

For more than a century, Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Henry Shackleton's 144-foot long ship "Endurance" was lost off the coast of Antarctica beneath the icy Weddell Sea.

In her tender, funny feature directing debut, Eva Victor tells the story of a woman, the trauma that changed her and the life she kept on living. By Manohla Dargis A couple of loser cinephiles ...