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- DirectorDaniel J. ClarkStarsMark K. SargentPatti SargentHannalore Gerling-DunsmoreMeet real Flat Earthers, a small but growing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat.
- DirectorChris SmithStarsBilly McFarlandJason BellGabrielle BluestoneAn exclusive behind the scenes look at the infamous unraveling of the Fyre music festival.
- 2021– 1h 50mTV-MA7.1 (8.2K)TV Episode73MetascoreDirectorGarret PriceStarsMaureen CallahanCarson DalyJonathan DavisWoodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
- DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsImelda MarcosEtta RosalesFerdinand MarcosAn extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines.
- DirectorWilliam GreavesStarsPatricia Ree GilbertDon FellowsJonathan GordonFilmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind-the-scenes drama taking place.
- DirectorLola RandlStarsBibiana BeglauLeonie MinorAndreas WodraschkeTHE BEES AND THE BIRDS explores the soul seeking adventure of a family moving from Berlin to the countryside looking for the simple life and finding questions and answers on how we define work, love and family nowadays.
- DirectorJeppe RøndeStarsStephen FryThe award winning Danish director, Jeppe Rønde has invited 10 of the world's foremost scientists - and a single robot. - to zoom out at intergalactic distance and rethink our relationship with technology and investigate in microcosmic detail its dilemmas. The world-renowned comedian, actor, writer, presenter and activist, Stephen Fry has put his iconic voice to Rønde's visionary essay, and speaks to all of mankind while the film hauntingly leads us through our own history - as well as the history of technology itself. Philosophers, anthropologists, archaeologists and physicists demonstrate in each their thought experiment that our relationship with technology is as much about our relationship with ourselves.
- DirectorAli TabriziStarsAli TabriziRichard O'BarryLucy TabriziPassionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
- 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.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorJennifer HolnessStarsIndia ArieJully BlackRachel DolezalSubjects of Desire is a culturally significant, thought-provoking documentary that ultimately deconstructs what we understand about race and the power behind the beauty.
- CreatorMarc WeissStarsStacey AbramsRashida TlaibLucy McBathPOV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and most innovative documentaries to PBS audiences across the country.
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsStephen EmmottThe Earth's population is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. The consequences will be catastrophic. Based on Stephen Emmott's hit theater show, Ten Billion is a wake up call to an unprecedented planetary emergency.
- DirectorBlaise PiguetStarsRiley KaminerAarno PalotieAnna UkhanovaWe're only just scratching the surface of AI's capabilities. This documentary shows us the breadth of latent potential being unleashed by the world's top data scientists.
- DirectorWaad Al-KateabEdward WattsStarsWaad Al-KateabSama Al-KhateabHamza Al-KhateabFOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
- DirectorMarc WieseStarsOliver BrodDamian CollinsRodrigo DuterteIn 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte began a murderous campaign in the Philippines. Since then, tens of thousands of drug addicts and bystanders have been murdered by death squads. The journalist Maria Ressa is one of the last indomitable people to uncover the background to the murders. People who have escaped the hunt, politicians and members of death squads report on the drug war.
- DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandStarsYann Arthus-BertrandGlenn CloseJacques GamblinWith aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
- DirectorHans PoolStarsEliot HigginsJay RosenClaire WardleBellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.
- DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsShelly GuilloryBrittany RobinsonAlisa WilliamsThe story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
- DirectorPia HellenthalStarsEva ColléPietro ZambelloA boundary-pushing exploration into harnessing sexual autonomy and empowerment in a 21st-century world.
- DirectorSam FederJulie HollarStarsElizabeth ClineLucey CumminsJudith HalberstamWhile female-to-male transgender visibility has recently exploded in this country, conversations about trans issues in the lesbian community often run into resistance from the many queer women who view transitioning as a "trend" or as an anti-feminist act that taps into male privilege. Boy I Am is a feature-length documentary that begins to break down that barrier and promote dialogue about trans issues through a look at the experiences of three young transitioning FTMs in New York City--Nicco, Norie and Keegan--as they go through major junctures in their transitions, as well as through the voices of lesbians, activists and theorists who raise and address the questions that many people have but few openly discuss.
- DirectorTamer JandaliStarsStella Vivien DhingraNiclas JüngermannSönke AndersenShifting between documentary and fiction, Easy Love follows seven men and women from Cologne on their search for a balance between emotional security and sensual fulfilment.
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsJames BalogSvavar JónatanssonLouie PsihoyosFollow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
- DirectorHans BlockMoritz RiesewieckStarsMark ZuckerbergDonald TrumpNicole WongA look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
- DirectorTorsten KörnerStarsCarola von Braun-StützeHerta Däubler-GmelinRenate Faerber-HusemannDIE UNBUGSAMEN tells the story of women in the Bonn republic who literally had to fight for their participation in the democratic decision-making processes against success-obsessed and officially drunk men like real pioneers. Undaunted, ambitious and with infinite patience, they followed their path and defied prejudice and sexual discrimination. Politicians from back then have their say today. Her memories are funny and bitter at the same time, absurd and at times terrifyingly topical. The documentary filmmaker and journalist Torsten Körner ("Angela Merkel - The Unexpected") has succeeded in creating an emotionally moving chronicle of West German politics from the 1950s to reunification, intertwined with partially unseen archive cuttings. The images he has found unfold a force that allows cinema to be rediscovered as a place of political self-assurance. An insightful contemporary document that makes an unmistakable contribution to the current discussion.
- DirectorMarc WieseThere are over 45 million people living in slavery around the world. More than ever before in human history. This film traces their stories.
- DirectorEd PerkinsStarsAndrew CaleyAlex LewisMarcus LewisAfter losing his memory in an accident, Alex Lewis trusts his twin brother, Marcus, to tell him about his past only to discover that he's hiding a dark secret about their childhood.
- StarsRaoul PeckJosh HartnettCaisa AnkarsparreThe path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of "Whiteness".
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- DirectorKirsten JohnsonStarsKirsten JohnsonAisha BukarEric W. DavisExposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.
- StarsAdam CurtisLove, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
- StarsAdam CurtisStewart BrandAl GoreA series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
- DirectorDaniel HowaldStarsMartin MillerIrenka TaurekAnna DodziukThe bestselling author of The Drama of the Gifted Child and a celebrated advocate of children's rights, Dr. Alice Miller was one of the world's most famous psychotherapists. Upon death in 2010, her son Martin began to tell his own story.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsJennifer Lee CarrellJ. Eric MarlerDarren Chadwick-HusseinAn enigmatic pseudo-documentary covering the stories of a woman who kills her baby in her microwave, the Native American genocide, and nuclear war.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan HawkeThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
- CreatorNathan FielderStarsNathan FielderJourney BakerAnna LamadridNathan Fielder gives people a chance to rehearse for their own lives in a world where nothing ever works out as expected.
- DirectorJoscha BongardStarsNico NiceJamie YoungSylvia SadzinskiAndreea and Nico made a fortune as "Verified Couple" on porn websites. Now they live their dream under palm trees in the tax haven state of Cyprus. But how does it look off the stage?
- DirectorHauke WendlerThe monobloc is the best-selling piece of furniture of all time. Estimates claim there are a billion of these cheap, often white plastic chairs in use - all over the world, in every country and every corner. How could it have come to this?
- DirectorMichele PennettaUnder the Sicilian sunlight, Oscar collects scrap metal with his father. At the other end of town, Stanley the Nigerian migrant gets by thanks to small tasks given by the parish priest. Both share the same desire for a better life.
- DirectorDiana El JeiroudiStarsOrwa NyrabiaGuevara NamerRami Abou JamraTwelve years in the making, Republic of Silence bears witness to a tragedy on an epic scale, accompanied by an ever-expanding mosaic of fragile, deeply embedded moments from the filmmaker's life
- DirectorAlberto FuguetStarsPaco MoyanoManolo RodríguezFrancesc MuletA film essay about a singular couple, Paco and Manolo, two Catalan photographers from the outskirts of Barcelona, who have been together for thirty years. Both have managed to work as a single photographer and have captured their imagery in Kink magazine, a very personal photography fanzine with an essentially Mediterranean homoerotic aesthetic.
- DirectorEva BelingStarsLevan AkinHarriet AnderssonNils AstherPrejudice and Pride is a rainbow colored roller coaster ride through a stunning collection of films. From Mauritz Stiller's filming of the world's first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden's exciting new wave of Scandinavian transgender films.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsRuth Bader GinsburgAnn KittnerHarryette HelselThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
- DirectorJonathan HalperinDrew TakahashiStarsAlan LightmanDelilah GatesStephon AlexanderCan we experience the infinite? The world''s most modern scientists and mathematicians embark on a search for the infinite and its amazing effects on the universe.
- DirectorZiad KalthoumStarsTia AlkerdiYara IbrahimSyrian construction workers build skyscrapers in Beirut while their homes are being bombed.
- DirectorBart LaytonStarsAdam O'BrianNicholas BarclayCarey GibsonA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
- DirectorMonika TreutStarsAnnie SprinkleBeth StephensStafford20 years after Gendernauts, Monika Treut seeks out the pioneers of the transgender movement back then to find out how their lives and their activism have evolved, how they have grown into their identities and how their energy continues to have an impact today. GENDERATION not only traces altered life plans but also paints an incisive portrait of the United States at the end of the Trump era.
- DirectorMonika TreutStarsSusan StrykerTexas TomboyAnnie SprinkleMonika Treut explores the worlds and thoughts of several transgender individuals. As with Treuts first film, Jungfrauenmaschine, Gendernauts, enters a minority sector of San Fransisco culture. The individuals in this film are people whose assigned gender at birth does not match their social gender identity. The subject is pinpointed in the film independent of sexual orientation. Leave your conservative hats at the door, this is going to need your special attention.
- DirectorVictor SilvermanSusan StrykerStarsRay BaxterElliot BlackstoneAleshia BrevardDocumentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsSteve WiebeBilly MitchellMark AlpigerDie-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
- DirectorBert MarcusStarsKirill BichutskyHailey BieberAmanda CernySocial media stars Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky hustle to build online empires - and face the pitfalls of fame.
- DirectorDan OllmanSarah PriceChris SmithStarsAndreas BichlbauerMike BonannoAndy BichlbaumAnti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
- DirectorAisling Chin-YeeChase JoyntStarsBilly Tipton Jr.Holden BernsteinKate BornsteinNo Ordinary Man is an in-depth look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton. Complicated, beautiful and historically unrivaled, this groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero.
- DirectorChase JoyntStarsCarmen CarreraKatie CouricLaverne CoxFRAMING AGNES turns the talk show format inside out in response to media's ongoing fascination with trans people. The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s.
- DirectorJoe HuntingStarsDust BunnyDragonHeartDylanPFilmed entirely inside the world of VR, this documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
- DirectorJames FrancoTravis MathewsStarsVal LaurenChristian PatrickJames FrancoFilmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from Cruising (1980) as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
- DirectorJoshua AltmanBing LiuOn Chicago's South and West sides, guns and gangs are destroying countless lives. Two men dedicate their lives educating, empowering and healing young Black men at high risk for being victims-or perpetrators-of deadly gun-violence.
- DirectorAhmed MansourStarsRabyaah AlthaibaniJustine BrannanSomaia El RowmeimKhader El-Yateem, an Arab American Pastor from Palestine, and Linda Sarsour, organizer of the Women's March on Washington, come together in the wake of President Trump's anti-Muslim policies. With Sarsour's support, El-Yateem runs for New York City council. Will he be the first Arab American to ever win a seat in the race? The documentary follows the drama of his candidacy.
- DirectorKirsten JohnsonIn Kirsten Johnson's The Above, a U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply mysterious.
- StarsNikole Hannah-JonesConnects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.
- DirectorPaul Andrew KimballStarsBarry DowningStanton FriedmanDon LedgerBiographical look at Stanton Friedman, who for the past 40 years has been the world's foremost investigator and lecturer on the UFO phenomenon, and who broke the Roswell story in 1978.
- CreatorDan PerraultTony YacendaStarsTyler AlvarezGriffin GluckJimmy TatroA true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.
- DirectorSpencer McCallStarsArye BenderBoston BlakeJeff HullA documentary on the Jejune Institute, a mind-bending San Francisco phenomenon where 10,000 people became "inducted" without ever quite realizing what they'd signed up for.
- StarsAl SharptonCurtis SliwaPatti BlagojevichIn our modern media landscape where real courtroom dramas have increasingly been transformed into a form of entertainment, this series reflects on some of the most dramatic and memorable trials in recent history.
- CreatorDan PerraultTony YacendaStarsMisha BrooksDa'Jour JonesEly HenryFollows a League of Legends team looking to win its first championship after years. In order to make it to the top, their prodigy, a 17-year-old rookie, and their 27-year-old veteran must put aside their egos and work together.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldHoward HongDanica JensenStarsDespina MirouOlivia CastanhoShaira Yasmin BergLife In A Day 2020 will call on millions of people around the world to film their lives on July 25.
- DirectorTegan BukowskiLoressa ClisbyKevin MacdonaldStarsHiroaki AikawaCindy BaerTeagan BentleyA documentary shot by film-makers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the twenty-fourth of July, 2010.
- StarsCandi MichaelCharles Richard BarrettGerry McGuinnessElizabeth Carmichael, a larger-than-life entrepreneur rose to prominence with her promotion of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car known as The Dale.
- DirectorSophie FiennesStarsSlavoj ZizekPhilosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world renowned films.