America Uncovered (Documentaries)
...the other side of the dream
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- DirectorAlexander PerlmanLot Lizard is a feature documentary about truck stop sex workers in the United States.
- DirectorBrent Owens[HBO] HD. Hidden cameras capture prostitutes working the streets of the neon-soaked gambling mecca of Atlantic City.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiStarsTracey HeltonAlice McMunnJessica SnowThis documentary follows the lives of a number of heroin addicts in the U.S.A. It shows their heroin life stories.
- DirectorDavid KeaneStarsBill RiccioMark LaneFrank MeeinkAn examination of a group of skinheads--white, mostly male youths involved in the neo-Nazi, white supremacist hate movement in the U.S.--and the older adults who brought them into, and try to keep them in, the movement in the first place.
- DirectorJon AlpertStarsDelirisFreddyRobertA relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, and desperate fight to survive the deadliest enemy ever to attack America.
- DirectorJessica EarnshawStarsJacintaRosemaryFilmed for over three years, JACINTA begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. As a child, Jacinta became entangled in her mother's world of drugs and crime and has followed her in and out of the system since she was a teenager. This time, as Jacinta is released from prison, she hopes to maintain her sobriety and reconnect with her own daughter, Caylynn, 10, who lives with her paternal grandparents. Despite her desire to rebuild her life for her daughter, Jacinta continually struggles against the forces that first led to her addiction. With unparalleled access and a gripping vérité approach, director Jessica Earnshaw paints a deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma over generations.
- DirectorRoberto MinerviniStarsMark KelleyLisa AllenJames Lee MillerIn an invisible territory at the margins of society lives a wounded community who face the threat of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love; ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world; floundering young women and future mothers; and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, renowned documentarian Roberto Minervini opens a window to the abyss of today's America.
- DirectorFelice ConteBrent RenaudCraig RenaudStarsMattMichelleSebastianWhen you're a junkie, the money comes and goes--and so does the high. Do relationships stand a chance among addicts? Meet Matt & Tracy and Sebastian & Michelle--two New York City couples looking for love, and fixes, in all the wrong places. This startlingly candid documentary follows these two drug-addicted couples as they eke out a bare-bones existence on the streets of New York, desperately trying to score cash to pay for their next fix. The result is an unflinching, captivating examination of the human need for love and escape--and the virtual impossibility of finding anything more than temporary solace.
- DirectorBrent RenaudCraig Renaud[HBO] HD. This documentary looks at meth addiction in rural America from the perspective of dealers, users and law enforcement.
- DirectorRobert NiemackAmerica Undercover examines prostitution. It talks to call-girls, nude models, and streetwalkers who discuss the difficulties of the sex trade. It interviews prostitutes in the dominance, the owners of a nude massage parlor, and a pimp working on the streets.
- DirectorStephen SzklarskiStarsMike HattenRon KlepperCheyenne WebberUNION SQUARE is a powerful look into the world of homeless heroin addicts UNION SQUARE captures the true and painful essence of drug addiction and drug - HEROIN. Stealing, shelters, hustling, detox and rehab - all is revealed in this
- StarsLee GrantMarlene SandersRichard KileyA series that features original and previously released documentaries which look at contemporary issues with strong social relevance.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogRichard LopezMichael PerryConversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
- DirectorRobert-Adrian PejoStarsHasil AdkinsBill ColemanJoe ColemanR.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsElizabeth HintonNelson GeorgeAlan CharlesIn the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
- DirectorBrent OwensIn this documentary, director and producer Brent Owens takes us to the streets of Hunts Point in South Bronx, for a candid documentary about the local sex workers. We learn about the past, present, and future of the people of the oldest profession on Earth.