Documentary Movies
The Miranda Murders: Lost Tapes of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

The Miranda Murders: Lost Tapes of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

The Miranda Murders: Lost Tapes of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng
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74

Delve into the minds of serial killers Leonard Lake and Charlie Ng with this horrifying found footage film, spanning the 1983-1984 killing spree that shocked California and the nation.

Angels Within

Angels Within

Angels Within
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90

From the east to the west coast of America, all the way up to the remotest areas of the country. “They ” live in the hearts and soul of the…

Genre: Documentary
Foreign Land

Foreign Land

Foreign Land
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As Israeli society slips into extremism, an Arab actor and a Jewish journalist search for a place where they can belong.

Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
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Filmmaker Jamie Redford embarks on a surprising journey across the U.S. to meet entrepreneurs, community activists and ordinary citizens who are pioneering the use of clean energy technology, often in…

Genre: Documentary
Gray House

Gray House

Gray House
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76

Deftly blending vérité footage, interviews, landscapes, and fictional elements (some of which involve actors Denis Lavant and Aurore Clément), Gray House candidly explores the relationships between individuals and their environments…

Genre: Documentary
Kingdom of Us

Kingdom of Us

Kingdom of Us
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How does a traumatic event shape a family? How do you sift through the memories to find hidden clues and unlock a collective grief? Kingdom of Us takes a look…

Genre: Documentary
Spielberg

Spielberg

Spielberg
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147

A retrospective on the career of director Steven Spielberg.

Genre: Documentary
My Life Without Air

My Life Without Air

My Life Without Air
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72

Free-diver Goran Colak has dedicated his life to surviving devoid of oxygen. Driven by a desire to be the best in the world, Goran has achieved every feat possible in…

Genre: Documentary
Another News Story

Another News Story

Another News Story
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90

Set amid the global news-storm of September 2015, when the worldwide press descended on the refugees to cover their migration across Europe, Another News Story looks beyond the headlines to…

Genre: Documentary
Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking

Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking

Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking
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79

With the instant reach of social media and explosion in cyber porn, a child sex slave can be purchased online and delivered to a customer more quickly than a pizza….

I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel

I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel

I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel
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98

Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches…

Genre: Documentary
Nokia Mobile – We were connecting people

Nokia Mobile – We were connecting people

Nokia Mobile – We were connecting people
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90

Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company called Nokia that manufactured the world’s best and most innovative mobile phones. Nokia’s annual budget was larger than that of…

Genre: Documentary
Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise

Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise

Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise
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92

When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went in search of…

Genre: Documentary
The Porchlight Sessions

The Porchlight Sessions

The Porchlight Sessions
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61

A rare look at the inventiveness of the human spirit through reimagining the history of Bluegrass Music from Bill Monroe to today’s musicians.

De vergeten krijgers

De vergeten krijgers

De vergeten krijgers
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74

Daniel Cordus, grandson of African warrior Cordus – who was recruited for the colonial army in the Dutch East Indies – was captured as a POW when the Japanese Imperial…

Genre: Documentary
Becoming Who I Was

Becoming Who I Was

Becoming Who I Was
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Angdu is no ordinary boy. Indeed, in a past life he was a venerated Buddhist master. His village already treats him like a saint as a result. The village doctor,…

Genre: Documentary
Coalesce: A City Composed

Coalesce: A City Composed

Coalesce: A City Composed
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70

A visual artist and a musician create a series of works in which paintings and musical scores form cohesive pieces intended to be experienced together. The works interpret the excitement…

Genre: Documentary
Haunters

Haunters

Haunters
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HAUNTERS is a heart-warming and heart-stopping documentary about people who sacrifice everything to create the most popular and polarizing haunted houses for Halloween – from boo-scare mazes to a controversial…

Genre: Documentary
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
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103

Documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends.

Gaga: Five Foot Two

Gaga: Five Foot Two

Gaga: Five Foot Two
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Go behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.

Genre: Documentary
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
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A feature length documentary on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen (BLACK CAESAR, GOD TOLD ME TO, Q THE WINGED SERPENT, THE STUFF, PHONE BOOTH)

Genre: Documentary
Aim for the Roses

Aim for the Roses

Aim for the Roses
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In 1976, Canadian stuntman Ken Carter declared his intention to jump a mile over the St. Lawrence Seaway in a rocket powered car. In 2008, Canadian musician Mark Haney declared…

Genre: Documentary
Black Sabbath: The End of the End

Black Sabbath: The End of the End

Black Sabbath: The End of the End
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97

The final concert of the group from Birmingham was in their home town on February 4th, 2017, the last performance of The End Tour.

O.J.: Guilty in Vegas

O.J.: Guilty in Vegas

O.J.: Guilty in Vegas
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90

This two-hour premiere special analyzes with new details and revelations the case that led to Simpson’s conviction for armed robbery. Included: the scene of the crime in room 1203 at…

Genre: Documentary
Out of Sight: Stop the Stigma, Start a Conversation

Out of Sight: Stop the Stigma, Start a Conversation

Out of Sight: Stop the Stigma, Start a Conversation
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Out of Sight takes a close look at how our society treats adolescents at-risk of suicide, or suffering from depression – and its dire consequences. It addresses the idea that…

Genre: Documentary
The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War
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1080

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as…

Genre: Documentary
Extraordinary Ordinary People

Extraordinary Ordinary People

Extraordinary Ordinary People
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84

Alan Govenar’s doc introduces a little-known NEA program honoring masters of folk arts and music.

Genre: Documentary
Silvana

Silvana

Silvana
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90

A documentary about the Swedish rapper and artist Silvana Imam.

Genre: Documentary
David Gilmour – Live at Pompeii

David Gilmour – Live at Pompeii

David Gilmour – Live at Pompeii
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120

Decades after first performing there with Pink Floyd, singer-guitarist David Gilmour returned in July 2016 for two concerts in the ancient Italian amphitheatre as part of his Rattle That Lock…

Ex Libris – New York Public Library

Ex Libris – New York Public Library

Ex Libris – New York Public Library
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A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

Genre: Documentary
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
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107

An intimate portrait of the acclaimed North Carolina band the Avett Brothers, as they create their hit album “True Sadness.”

Genre: Documentary
The Judge

The Judge

The Judge
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79

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari’a court in the Middle East, whose career provides rare insights into both Islamic law and…

Genre: Documentary
Feminista

Feminista

Feminista
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60

An exploratory journey highlighting the largely unrecognized yet hugely vibrant Pan European feminist movement that is very much alive today, from Turkey to Portugal, by the way of the Balkans,…

Genre: Documentary
Man in Red Bandana

Man in Red Bandana

Man in Red Bandana
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85

“Man in Red Bandana” is about Welles Remy Crowther, an extraordinary 9/11 hero. However, how his heroics became known is even more remarkable. Eight months after the disaster, his parents…

Twenty Two

Twenty Two

Twenty Two
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112

TWENTY TWO follows the lives of the elderly survivors who were forced into sex slavery as “Comfort Women” by the Japanese during World War II. At the time of filming,…

The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Rape of Recy Taylor
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91

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for…

Genre: Documentary
Napalm

Napalm

Napalm
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100

Napalm is the story of the breathtaking and brief encounter, in 1958, between a French member of the first Western European delegation officially invited to North Korea after the devastating…

Genre: Documentary
Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King

Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King

Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King
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75

With a lifelong mission to put soca music on the international map, Machel Montano has pioneered the evolution of the genre throughout his 34-year career.

Genre: Documentary