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- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsBill MaherTal BachmanJonathan BouldenBill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
- DirectorBrett GaylorStarsCory DoctorowA documentary which examines copyright issues in the information age.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalStarsEdward BurtynskyPhotographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.Visually stunning
- DirectorJosh FoxStarsJosh FoxDick CheneyPete SeegerAn exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
- StarsGilles KepelWilliam KristolMelvin GoodmanA series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær MagnasonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
- DirectorTim HetheringtonSebastian JungerStarsThe Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat TeamJuan 'Doc RestrepoDan KearneyA year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreWilliam BlackJimmy CarterAn examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreTucker AlbrizziTony BennA documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
- DirectorMichael WilsonStarsMike AbrahamPete AugerAndrew BreitbartMichael Wilson, like the subject of his film, is trying to get an interview with a multi-millionaire; however, in this case, that millionaire is Michael Moore himself.
- StarsJames BurkeKenneth KendallBruce BoaFollow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
- StarsLouis TherouxDavid PaulJ.J. MichaelsLouis Theroux documents some of the US's most bizarre happenings, events and rituals, by getting involved himself.Specifically Season 1 Episode 3...where he interviews actors and producers in the porn industry about male porn stars.....will seriously make you think twice about who is victimized. porn is cool.
- DirectorBarry W. BlausteinStarsTerry FunkMick FoleyJake RobertsA heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.great documentary made before 'the wrestler'
- StarsJames BurkeSteve DavisMandy MaxwellHistorian James Burke walks the viewer through the tenuous threads of history that link seemingly obscure scientific breakthroughs and the events and products that exist today.
- DirectorCaveh ZahediStarsCaveh ZahediChristoff ColasRebecca LordAutobiographical comedy about a recovering sex addict, about his obsession with prostitutes, and how that affected his relationships and his life altogether.
- StarsMark CousinsJuan Diego BottoAleksandr SokurovA comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.Amazing history of film making..very detailed. Narraton is a sedative but the information is invaluable
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- DirectorMark HallIn this meticulously researched documentary, filmmaker Mark Hall traces the origins of sushi in Japan to its status today as a cuisine that has spawned a lucrative worldwide industry.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsEugene TatuAlice Bag BandBlack FlagA look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
- DirectorRobert FantinattoStarsPatti SchmidtJoel ChadabeJohn Mills-CockellThe history and resurgence of the electronic modular music synthesizer.
- DirectorMarc SingerStarsMarc SingerA cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsAllakariallakAlice NevalingaCunayouIn this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
- DirectorPete McGrainStarsWoody HarrelsonJustin LewisBill HoganHosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.
- 1983– 1h 54mTV-PG8.7 (276)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanThomas DrakeBarton GellmanFrom PBS and Frontline: Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency. Now FRONTLINE investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. Through exclusive interviews with intelligence insiders, cabinet officials, and government whistle-blowers, Part One reveals how the U.S. government came to monitor the communications of millions of Americans and to collect billions of records on ordinary people around the world.
- 1983– 54mTV-PG8.4 (212)TV EpisodeStarsWill LymanGlenn GreenwaldEwen MacAskillFrom PBS and Frontline: In Part Two of United States of Secrets, FRONTLINE explores the role of Silicon Valley in the National Security Agency's dragnet. As big technology companies encouraged users to share more and more information about their lives, they created a trove of data that could be useful not simply to advertisers, but also to the government. The revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden would push Silicon Valley into the center of a debate over privacy and government surveillance.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsPhilippe PetitJean François HeckelJean-Louis BlondeauA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".great footage of New York, and an amazing wire walker
- StarsPeter CoyotePete HamillCatherine Gilbert MurdockThe story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
- DirectorVivien Lesnik WeismanVivien Lesnik WeismanStarsAndrew 'weev' AuernheimerAndrew BlakeBarrett BrownRipped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.
- StarsMassimo BotturaRuth ReichlFrancis MallmannChef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven.
- DirectorBilly CorbenStarsNelson AndreuEdna BuchananRandy ChristmasEnglish In 1980s Miami, cocaine traffickers brought unprecedented violence. This story shows how Miami became the drug, murder and money center of America.
- DirectorÁlvaro LongoriaStarsÁlvaro LongoriaSimon CockerellKang Hyoin GyuGranted controlled access by national officials, filmmaker Álvaro Longoria tours North Korea to contrast his findings to the typical Western depiction of the nation.
- DirectorIan CheneyTHE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question - do we need the stars? - taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights - including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
- DirectorPatrick ForbesStarsGillian AndersonMelinda MurrayJulio PalmazEvery minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any warning or prior symptom. But these people could have been saved. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs - the heart.
- DirectorBelinda SallinStarsH.R. GigerCarmen Maria GigerStanislav GrofA look at the life the dark surrealist Swiss artist, H.R.Giger shot a year before his death.
- DirectorRüdiger SuchslandStarsRüdiger SuchslandHans Henrik WöhlerFritz LangFocuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).
- DirectorBrian MaloneStarsJosh GoodmanJason AltmireRob AndrewsAn examination of the current state of political polarization in the United States of the America.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsTimothy TreadwellAmie HuguenardWerner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
- DirectorBill GuttentagMichael WareStarsAbu Musab Al-ZarqawiMichael WareAustralian journalist Michael Ware's experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDavid SangerEmad KiyaeiEric ChienA documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
- DirectorMarina ZenovichIn California's complex water system, a handful of corporate land owners took advantage of a state-engineered system and gained control of the state's most precious public resource, while drought left local homeowners with dry wells.
- CreatorJosh AdlerStarsMatt TaibbiFisher StevensAlex GibneyA Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.
- StarsMarcus du SautoyKim RossmoTom NoddyNumbers are the rulers of the universe. What if there is a code for life's perfection? A code making the world we see, the "what we are" and the "everything else in the universe"?
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
- DirectorElliot WeaverZander WeaverStarsDavid BakerNigel BannisterMike CruiseWith the accolade of flying 24 men to the Moon, the Saturn V will always be considered one of Mankind's greatest technological achievements. This inspirational film reveals the colossal challenges NASA faced to make it fly.
- DirectorFrank PavichStarsAlejandro JodorowskyMichel SeydouxH.R. GigerThe story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
- StarsBen MakuchBrian KrebsMichael ChertoffTapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
- DirectorRushmore DeNooyerStarsJonathan AdamsJohn AndersenHal BehlSee how America developed the most destructive invention in human history - the nuclear bomb - how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Hear from historians and those who experienced the dawn of the atomic age.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorMichael RossiStarsMichael MurphyEngineers overcome challenges to construct America's first subway system in Boston.
- DirectorSam CullmanJennifer GrausmanMark BeckerStarsMark A. LandisLester SullivanIrwin LakovWhen one of the most prolific art forgers in US history is finally exposed, he must confront the legacy of his 30-year con.
- DirectorDon ArgottStarsJulian BondDavid D'ArcyRichard FeigenDocumentary that follows the struggle for control of Dr. Albert C. Barnes' 25 billion dollar collection of modern and post-impressionist art.
- StarsEric HarrisWill BeckGeorge BrauchlerFirst hand accounts of mass shootings occurring in everyday settings ranging from office buildings to movie theaters but most tragic of all: schools.
- StarsPeter SarsgaardMolly ParkerChristian CamargoIn 1953, Army scientist Frank Olson takes a fatal plunge from a hotel window. In 1975, a bombshell report ties his death to a top-secret experiment.
- StarsLarry CharlesAdrianne ChalepahThom TranLegendary comedy writer and director Larry Charles travels the world in search of humor in the most unusual, unexpected and dangerous places.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsJim AcostaRoger AilesBrooke BaldwinFilmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.
- DirectorElijah DrennerStarsRobert ForsterEric SchaeferEddie MullerA documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakDario Encinas ParejaMarc DouezyIn 1903, on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, a syphilitic and alcoholic Frenchman called Paul Gauguin died of a heart attack. At that point nobody realised the incredible impact Gauguin's work was to have on modern art. Art critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak wrote and directed this examination of a man who was not only a great painter but sculptor, wood carver, musician, print maker, journalist and ceramicist. As well as telling the remarkable story of Gauguin's life, Januszczak also celebrates Gauguin's achievements and examines the various accusations of sexual misconduct, familial neglect and racism that are frequently made against him. The film contains many of Gauguin's masterpieces and includes paintings put on show at the Hermitage in St Petersburg which haven't been seen in public since their disappearance during World War II.
- DirectorKarim AmerJehane NoujaimStarsBrittany KaiserDavid CarrollPaul-Olivier DehayeThe Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.
- DirectorWerner HerzogAndré SingerStarsMikhail GorbachevWerner HerzogAndré SingerThe life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
- DirectorIsabel CastroArianna LaPenneRyan McGarryStarsSyra MadadHolly GorackeDennis CarrollIn this introduction to life on the front lines, doctors in the U.S. and Asia battle the flu, and researchers race to develop a universal vaccine.
- DirectorCharlie SiskelStarsWilliam PowellCharlie SiskelOchan Kusuma-PowellThe story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
- DirectorDhruv DhawanFacing pressure to marry and a disdain for monogamy, a filmmaker attempts an open relationship with the woman he loves and embarks on a search to understand why human beings practice marriage and monogamy in a world rife with infidelity.
- StarsKen EakenJaime SuchlickiJean-Pierre ClercThis documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
- StarsIvor DavisJeff GuinnDianne LakeOver 50 years later, Helter Skelter features new interviews and archival material to provide the most comprehensive retelling yet of the Manson Family's crimes, seeking to upend assumptions about this layered, complex story.
- DirectorDavid AlvaradoJason SussbergStarsNeil deGrasse TysonBill NyeAnn DruyanA famous television personality struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world hostile to evidence and reason.
- 20184 epsTV-MA7.5 (31K)TV Mini SeriesStarsTrey BorzillieriJerry ClarkJason WickThe extraordinary story of the "pizza bomber heist" and the FBI's investigation into a bizarre collection of suspects.
- DirectorBenjamin ReeStarsMagnus CarlsenGarry KasparovViswanathan AnandMagnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
- DirectorJustin PembertonStarsMichael DouglasVanessa RedgraveRonald ReaganBased on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.
- StarsDavid IsheeJeffrey KahnJackson KennedyDNA, the very essence of life, can now be altered. Not only by Harvard geneticists and multi-billion dollar corporations, but also by renegade biohackers working out of their garages.
- DirectorAlessandro AnguloThe Path of the Anaconda narrates memories and reflections about the jungle, but also the final effort to save the northern Amazon forest from destruction, establishing an ecological corridor that connects the Andes Mountains with the Atlantic Ocean through eight countries. Almost 50 years after shaking hands for the very first time, the writer and explorer Wade Davis, author of the book The River, and anthropologist Martín Von Hildebrand, who has devoted his life to protecting the Amazon, meet again to carry out a trip up the rivers and paths that were traveled earlier by the legendary botanist Richard Evans Schultes.
- StarsChristian IngraoChristopher BrowningPaul BandeyTestimony from witnesses, survivors and Nazis themselves reveals the truth about the mass executions carried out by the Third Reich's Einsatzgruppen.
- DirectorCédric CondonStarsFabrice PierreNatalia DufraisseAndrei ZayatsIn 1933, Joseph Stalin ordered 6,000 unwanted citizens of Moscow and Leningrad to be sent to the desolate Siberian island of Nazino. Almost a century later, we remember this horrifying event, and pay homage to those who lost their lives.
- DirectorAnne BogartHolly MorrisAn affectionate portrait of a group of women who, after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and evacuation, returned to the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant and have resided there - semi-officially, for years.
- DirectorLeon LeeStarsEthan GutmannShi-Wei HuangCarlos IglésiasNobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world's worst crimes against humanity.
- DirectorOvidieStarsAlissiyaLeyla BenthoGrégory DorcelThe wonders of internet has made the shady industry of pornography rich, but is now in death cramps due to the piracy ruining the market, and forcing the participants to perform more extreme sex.
- DirectorElvire Berahya LazarusChina has built high speed train rail to transport from China to France in 14 days. China also built a military port and ultra modern railway to Ethiopia and invested billions into projects like these for Chinese expansionism since 2013.
- DirectorTyler MeasomJustin WeinsteinStarsJames RandiPenn JilletteTellerThe life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.
- DirectorTorsten HoffmannMichael WatchulonisStarsAndreas M. AntonopoulosVitalik ButerinTorsten HoffmannFive years after his first documentary, award-winning producer/director Torsten Hoffmann revisits Bitcoin and sets out to explore the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise. Can this technology, designed to operate independent of trust and within a decentralized network, really provide a robust alternative to the Internet as we know it?
- DirectorMatthew CookeStarsDanny TrejoPatricia ArquetteSusan SarandonToday, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.
- DirectorMichelle FerrariStarsCorey StollTracing the movement to breed a "better" American race, which turned the science of heredity into an instrument of social control that led to forced sterilization campaigns.
- StarsH. Keith MeltonDylan BerryRobert BigmanFollows intelligence experts who offer an look behind the CIA's most secretive operations throughout history and the devices that made them possible.
- StarsChristopher KellySean BarrettRichard WindleyImpossible discoveries have been made. Some of the world's greatest historical inventions are merely reinventions of contraptions made thousands of years before. See the incredible ingenuity of history's great minds as the secrets of these ancient discoveries are unraveled.
- StarsGeoff HamiltonPercy ThrowerClay JonesGardening advice show.
- DirectorEugene JareckiStarsGore VidalJohn McCainKen AdelmanIs American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
- StarsRuth GoodmanPeter GinnTom PinfoldHistorian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.
- DirectorAustin MeyerStarsAustin MeyerPhil AdamsPeter BraxtonThe corruption runs deeper than you'd ever think. A multi-billion dollar industry you've never heard of. This is the world Patent Trolls thrive in: created for them by the U.S. Patent system.
- DirectorLuke HollandAn urgent portrait of the last living generation of Hitler's Third Reich in never-before-seen interviews raising vital questions about authority, conformity, national identity, and their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.
- DirectorRay GreeneStarsMaila NurmiGloria PallRay GreeneWhen Maila Nurmi took to the TV airwaves in 1954 as the prototypal gothic scream queen Vampira, a national craze was set off.
- DirectorTracy AtkinsonJoan BaranDave FlittonStarsPatrick AllenMadjid BlavatskyRudolf GorslebenThis chilling series traces the occult origins of the Nazi party and follows them through to the death of the evil figure at its very heart.
- DirectorSamuel VartekStarsJim OlsonTony ClarkeMaude BarlowWars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management.
- DirectorAlex FeganStarsLiam AherneWillie AherneBobby BlackwellThe tradition of the Irish pub. Speaking to pub owners all over Ireland, Alex Fegan gets into the heart of what makes "the Irish pub" the institution that it is.
- DirectorLuca ReaStarsSergio CorbucciRuggero DeodatoFranco NeroAn homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsPeter JosephRobert SapolskyGabor MatéA feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
- DirectorÉric GuéretAs the world wakes up to the dangers of global warming, industrialists and some politicians are presenting nuclear power as the energy of the future - clean, under control and safe for human health and the environment. As supporters and opponents rekindle the debate over nuclear power the issue that remains at the heart of the matter is everyone's fear of radioactive waste. Drawing on a broad range of experts worldwide, this enlightening documentary investigates both the science, politics and danger of nuclear waste.
- DirectorBrad AbrahamsStarsDavid HugginsDavid Huggins lost his virginity to an alien woman -among 100 other extra-terrestrial encounters -and chronicled it all in surreal paintings, few of which have ever been seen. Love & Saucers is his story.
- StarsKieran CulkinKeith GillDennis KelleherExplores the stock market frenzy of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes ultimately helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsRobert McNamaraJohn F. KennedyFidel CastroThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
- DirectorGédéon NaudetJules NaudetStarsJohn O. BrennanRobert GatesMichael MorellDocumentary revealing the inner workings of the world's most powerful intelligence organization, with unprecedented access to America's spy network, all 12 living CIA directors and top agency operatives, who talk candidly about torture, secret prisons, drone warfare, alleged assassinations and the constant threat of attack, which begs the question: how far should America go to keep us safe?