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- StarsMuhammad AliDavid BowieFidel CastroEntertainers and legends, who passed away in 2016, are profiled, including Prince, Muhammad Ali, Florence Henderson, Fidel Castro, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Pat Summitt, Arnold Palmer, Craig Sager, Gene Wilder, Doris Roberts and others.
- DirectorChris MortensenStarsJohn AllisonClifford AsnessRajia Baroudi'Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged is a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rand's epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.
- DirectorBradley BueckerStarsSarah PaulsonEvan PetersCheyenne JacksonAlly takes Meadow to Dr. Rudy to confirm her story about the cult; An unexpected opponent runs against Kai in the city council election.
- DirectorMichael PaxtonStarsSharon GlessMichael S. BerlinerHarry BinswangerA documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.
- DirectorRobert AndersonJohn LittleStarsPhil DonahueAyn RandMike WallaceRevealing the surprising life story of one of the world's most influential minds, this unprecedented film weaves together Ayn Rand's own recollections and reflections, providing a new understanding of her inspirations and influences.
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsMike PapantonioLou EngleBecky FischerA documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
- DirectorHeidi EwingStarsBill KurtisKirstie AlleyJennifer Aspen
- StarsJohn SweeneyTom CruiseJohn TravoltaSince case of Baby P, there has been a 40% increase in number of children taken into care by state.
- DirectorJohn DowerStarsLouis TherouxTom CruiseMarty RathbunLouis Theroux documents his investigation into what goes on behind the scenes of the infamous Church of Scientology.
- DirectorAerlyn WeissmanStarsJames RandiMathew AffronBill BarleeFrom the high-stakes world of fine arts forgery to the media hoaxsters who plant false ""news"" stories on the wire, examine the motives, methods and mayhem of these compelling tales.
- StarsDolores CannonErika CheethamAdolf HitlerExplore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.
- DirectorDaril AnthesStarsJames RandiAnthony Wynn
- DirectorGus HolwerdaStarsAyaan Hirsi AliWoody AllenRichard DawkinsRenowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.
- DirectorTyler MeasomJustin WeinsteinStarsJosé AlvarezBanachekAlice CooperRetired magician James "The Amazing" Randi dedicates his life to exposing frauds.
- DirectorTyler MeasomJustin WeinsteinStarsJames RandiPenn JilletteTellerThe life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.
- DirectorThom AndersenNoël BurchStarsPaul JarricoEric JohnstonRing Lardner Jr.A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically difference perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.
- 20118.1 (124)TV EpisodeDirectorAdam CurtisStarsAdam CurtisStewart BrandBarbara BrandenA critical look at the Ayn Rand's influence on American entrepreneurship and inspiration for the new economy led by computerization of systems.
- DirectorRoger GoodmanStarsJames RandiJohn StosselStossel examines popular claims of therapeutic touch, psychic detectives, faith healing voodoo curses, channelling, and the media's lack of inquiry into pseudoscience.
- DirectorCharles M. ClemmonsGuy PerrottaStarsRoy ScheiderGregory ZaragozaJeremy BlackSpring 1634: Unidentified Indians kill John Stone, a scurrilous Englishman and pirate. The English blame the Pequots and for two years Colonial-Pequot tensions remain high. 1636: Block Island Indians kill John Oldham. The English send an expedition to punish the Block Islanders and to demand John Stone's killers from the Pequots. Talks with the Pequots break down and violence erupts. The Pequots attack English settlements, and the English declare war on the Pequots -- the first declared war in America. 1637: English Puritans, with Mohegan and Narragansett allies, burn a Pequot village at Missituck (Mystic), massacring 400-700 men, women, and children. The English pursue the remaining Pequots until most are either killed or enslaved. Pequots are forbidden to use their tribal name and are subjugated to other Native Tribes allied with the English. With the help of sympathetic English leaders, they eventually are able to reestablish their own communities, which become the first Indian reservations in America.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsRebecca FergusonMatthew GoodeKyle ChandlerExplores the relationships and rivalries, in addition to the mysteries and miracles behind the Catholic church.
- DirectorDavid SingtonStarsHerbert A. FuchsSammy SilverwatchNick YarrisA convicted murderer who has spent 23 years on Death Row tells his story.
- DirectorJon FoyStarsJustin DuerrMarc DuerrKevin RileyAn urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.
- DirectorAmy BergStarsNick CaveElaine AndersonSam BrowerWhen Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. In a short time, Warren managed to expand these practices and the power of his position in unprecedented ways. He bridged the gap between sister wives and ecclesiastical rape, befuddling the moral compass of his entire congregation. The film examines Warren Jeffs' life and shows how he became a worshiped and adored Prophet. Warren has a devout following numbering in the tens of thousands, many of whom would give their life at any moment with just one word from the Prophet. Despite a trail of abuse and ruined lives, Warren has maintained his grip on power.
- DirectorGrover BabcockBlue HadaeghStarsFred CorralSherwood DixonJulie WilsonUnblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsShohreh AghdashlooTaner AkçamHagop AsadourianFilmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
- DirectorJames K. LambertStarsSteve BarberWilliam F. BuckleyJohnny CarsonEveryone has heard the story of President Kennedy's murder and most have been left feeling very confused. Conspiracy Theorists Lie is the story you haven't heard; an in depth look at the half-century of lies created and perpetuated by conspiracy theorists to sell merchandise, gain attention, and advance nutty agendas. The film also features some of the funny and disturbing interactions that Director James K. Lambert had with conspiracists in Dealey Plaza during the 50th Anniversary. These conversations were sparked by Mr. Lambert, who handed out anti-conspiracy booklets throughout the day. Professional journalists and well educated people still treat the question of who killed JFK as if it were debatable, but it is not. The kind of paranoid thinking that allows people to believes it is possible to murder a president and cover it up for five decades is no better than believing that the Moon Landing and the Holocaust were faked, and it needs to be exposed as such. Conspiracy Theorists Lie is the first film to speak truth to nonsense and confront the poisonous nature of conspiracy theories head on.
- StarsKliph NesteroffRobert B. WeideElayne BooslerUtilizing archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends and scholars, this is the history of not only what makes us laugh, but how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history.
- DirectorJoseph SikorskiStarsMiro BesicJoseph BessetteMatt DonnellyNikola Tesla dreamed of sending free wireless energy from a mysterious tower and lab called Wardenclyffe. Deteriorating for decades, the remains of his great work were almost lost forever. Until a grateful world united to save them.
- StarsPenn JilletteMichael GoudeauDustin KnouseThe legendary magician, comedian and thinker Penn Jillette's anarchic web talk show podcast.
- StarsPenn JilletteDavid X. CohenJohn DiMaggioA look at Penn Jillette and his role in Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009).
- DirectorScott PaddorStarsVincent BridgesEdward HerrmannTony JayThe life story of Nostradamus unfolded in medieval Europe at the time of the Great Plague and the Inquisition. He lived in an age of superstition and magic and believed that he could foretell the future. For this he was labeled both a prophet and a heretic, and his cryptic journals continue to inspire controversy just as they did in the 16th century. In this two hour examination of his life, we visit his birthplace in France and trace his career as doctor, astrologer, father and seer.
- DirectorJeff SumerelStarsWoody AllenLen BelzerEric BogosianHe is considered to be one of the most significant links in the history of comedy, admired by such people as Eric Bogosian and Woody Allen. His television appearances have spanned from Merv Griffin to Dick Cavett to David Letterman. His long-running Off-Broadway show was hailed as "diabolical genius". He is Brother Theodore. A former millionaire playboy in the late1930's of Germany, Theodore endured the sobering loss of his entire family, his fortune, and his own identity, as a survivor of Dachau concentration camp. Shipped to America humiliated and stunned, Theodore yearned to reclaim his high-status and wealth. Continually haunted by his loss, and hindered as a displaced foreigner, he tapped "the power of despair" to re-invent himself, capitalizing on his dark, existential humor - to become one of America's most respected humorists and monologists.
- DirectorGregg BarsonStarsMarty AllenPete BarbuttiRoseanne BarrUnforgettable with her electrified hairdos and outlandish outfits, Phyllis Diller began her career in comedy as "the world's worst housewife" and rose to great popularity as she delighted in mocking herself and her "husband," Fang. Consisting of entirely new footage, this award-winning film traces Diller's groundbreaking career from its modest beginnings to her extraordinary success and also explores her off-stage life at home, providing a rare glimpse at the real, multi-faceted woman behind the image. Leading up to Diller's farewell stand-up performance, the film captures the comic's press conference, rehearsal and candid dressing room conversation as she prepares to hang up her wigs after 47 incredible years of making people laugh. Fellow comedians Roseanne Barr, David Brenner, Red Buttons, Don Rickles, Rip Taylor, Lily Tomlin and many more reflect on Diller's powerful legacy.
- DirectorAaron LipstadtStarsMichael WeatherlyFreddy RodríguezGeneva CarrBull seizes upon the opportunity to get a new trial for an old client when doubt is cast upon evidence that helped convict him of murder 9 years earlier. Also, Danny is reluctant to work with Cable's replacement.
- DirectorRenny BartlettStarsNicholas AgnewHelen BradburyAdam BurtonA dramatised documentary detailing the bitter feud between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. The two Queens never met, but communicated for many years via letter. Mary's turmoil is shown, and the events which led to her destruction. Elizabeth, one of Britain's most infamous monarchs would be haunted in later year's by the death of an anointed Queen.
- StarsLucy WorsleyNathen AminHistorian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in British History are actually a concoction of fibs and stories which have been manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.
- StarsHelen CastorCarol RawcliffeRoberta GilchristIn Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death, historian and author Dr. Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites of passage birth, marriage, and death. Why were physicians of no help to women enduring the pains of labor and the dangers of childbirth? Why were newly married couples "put to bed" by the priest on their wedding night? What did it mean to "die well" and why was death such a communal affair, both before and after it happened?
- StarsSuzannah LipscombKate WilliamsSuzy LishmanWhile trying to lead an empire, these rulers had no idea that the biggest threat to their lives was under their own roof. After the discovery of electricity, there were many wild inventions. Follow the beautiful Suzannah Lipscomb as she uncovers some of the scariest and most hilarious parts of history that we couldn't fathom today.
- DirectorSuzanne PhillipsStarsSuzannah LipscombTara HamlingMarc MeltonvilleThe introduction of world trade in Tudor England inadvertently introduces foreign poisonous substances. One such case is sugar and the subsequent rotting of teeth.
- DirectorLucy SwinglerStarsHelen CastorThe first woman to attempt to claim the English throne, Matilda--daughter of Henry I, granddaughter of William the Conqueror--was hours from her coronation in 1141 when an angry mob chased her away. Her daughter-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine, led a rebellion against her own husband. Neither won the crown, but both ensured that the dynasty would continue.
- DirectorRosie SchellenbergStarsHelen CastorLucy WorsleyLucy Worsley untangles Louis XIV's complex world of court etiquette, fashion and feasting, while court politics expert Helen Castor delves into the archives and unpicks the Machiavellian world that Louis created.
- DirectorBrian FlemmingStarsSam HarrisRobert M. PriceRichard CarrierDid Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
- DirectorJ.J. HartingStarsNanny VonnegutMark VonnegutSteve Adams
- DirectorJ.J. HartingStarsKurt Vonnegut Jr.Mark VonnegutNanny VonnegutKurt Vonnegut, Kilgore Trout and their very best friends.