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A Disturbance in the Force - Jeremy Coon & Steve Kozak Cover Art

A Disturbance in the Force

A Disturbance in the Force

In 1978, CBS aired the "Star Wars Holiday Special" the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows in television history, it aired only once. George Lucas tried to bury it and an infamous camp legend was born. This documentary unravels the mysteries behind the most bizarre Star Wars spin-offs of all time.

© 2023 Jeremy Coon Productions, Inc.

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Beyond Utopia - Madeleine Gavin Cover Art

Beyond Utopia

Beyond Utopia

Winner of the 2023 Sundance U.S. Documentary Audience Award, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia — both a real-life thriller and an eye-opening documentary — is a visceral look at the lengths people will go for freedom. Compiled with captivating, real escape footage, the film follows a family of five as they embark on a treacherous journey out of North Korea, aided by a pastor who has helped thousands flee one of the most oppressive places on Earth. Meanwhile, a mother desperately attempts to reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind. Despite the risk of imprisonment or execution, these individuals fight to be free, and come to see their former North Korean heroes as villains.

© 2023 TGW7N, LLC

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Subject - Jennifer Tiexiera & Camilla Hall Cover Art

Subject

Subject

In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of An Inconvenient Truth, Cameraperson, MLK/FBI, and more.

© 2022 SUBJECT, LLC

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Kubrick By Kubrick - Gregory Monro Cover Art

Kubrick By Kubrick

Kubrick By Kubrick

This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, as well as one of the most controversial and enigmatic.

© 2020 Temps noir – ARTE France - Telemark.

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Four Died Trying: Prologue - John Kirby Cover Art

Four Died Trying: Prologue

Four Died Trying: Prologue

The opening installment of an unprecedented multi-part documentary series, filmed primarily from the vantage point of their children, close associates, and witnesses to their assassinations. Four Died Trying considers the "turning” President John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy were making in the last year or so of their lives. Were they embracing ever-broader conceptions of the struggle for peace, social change and economic justice, and what forces may have stirred in opposition? What lessons do their lives and deaths hold for us today, as the world once again trembles on the cliff of an uncertain future?

© 2023 Four Died Trying

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Memories for Life: Reversing Alzheimer's - Hideyuki Tokigawa Cover Art

Memories for Life: Reversing Alzheimer's

Memories for Life: Reversing Alzheimer's

Memories for Life: Reversing Alzheimer’s is a remarkable story about the first Alzheimer's patients who are reversing their symptoms by following a new health protocol. Developed by a renowned American neurologist, Dr. Dale Bredesen, this therapeutic approach uses health data to combat the problem, allowing patients to retain the memories they love.

© 2023 NHK/Time River Pictures Inc

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Welcome to Macintosh - Rob Baca & Josh Rizzo Cover Art

Welcome to Macintosh

Welcome to Macintosh

The first documentary of its kind to mix history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple into a movie experience. The film explores the early years of Apple, the many challenges Apple has faced, and what the future may hold for the company and its products. Ex-Apple employees, engineers and community members offer insight on the company's innovations, failures, cultural impact and what the future may be like beyond the reign of its co-founder Steve Jobs. Interviews include Andy Hertzfeld, Guy Kawasaki, Leander Kahney, Jim Reekes, and Ron Wayne, original co-founder of the Apple Computer Company.

© 512k Entertainment

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Joan Baez I Am a Noise - Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky & Maeve O'Boyle Cover Art

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary musician and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary follows Baez on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Throughout the film, Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage – from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an icon who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

© MSF Productions, LLC 2023

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In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 - Toby Amies Cover Art

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

What began as a movie about the notorious rock group King Crimson and Robert Fripp mutated into something very different to a standard music documentary - a dark and hilarious exploration of music, time, cults, mortality, and the transcendent power of art to change lives. But with jokes.

© 2022 DGM

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Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan - Julien Temple Cover Art

Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

A cinematic exploration of Shane MacGowan’s story, from his salad days, growing up in Ireland, to time spent on the mean streets of London and embracing the punk scene. To forming The Pogues and conquering the known universe, we discover MacGowan’s passions, his humor & deep knowledge of music, history, spirituality & popular culture. For this is Shane’s story. A vision of the world through the eyes of the great punk poet himself and an intimate cast of close friends and family members. Directed by Julien Temple.

© 2020 The Gift Film Limited

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Chowchilla - Paul Solet Cover Art

Chowchilla

Chowchilla

On a hot summer day in 1976, three masked men boarded a school bus in the town of Chowchilla, CA and kidnapped the driver and all twenty-six children aboard. The kids and their driver were transferred onto soundproofed vans, driven for hours, and buried alive in an underground chamber. With little to eat or drink, air rapidly running out, and the roof buckling from the weight of thousands of pounds of dirt the kidnappers had used to cover the chamber, one of the children lead a harrowing escape effort. The apprehension of the kidnappers and subsequent revelation of their identities only added to the shock of an event that would haunt those who survived it for decades as they struggled to regain all they had lost.

© 2023 Cable News Network, Inc. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company All Rights Reserved.

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Restrepo - Tim Hetherington Cover Art

Restrepo

Restrepo

Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for documentary, RESTREPO chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. The movie focuses on 15 soldiers based at "Outpost Restrepo," named after a platoon medic killed early in the deployment. Filmed by author Sebastian Junger ("War") and award-winning photographer Tim Hetherington, RESTREPO takes viewers on their own 90-minute deployment, without comment or agenda. This is war, full stop. A National Geographic Entertainment release.

© 2010 National Geographic Entertainment

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Mister Organ - David Farrier Cover Art

Mister Organ

Mister Organ

Intrepid journalist and filmmaker David Farrier, whose previous film Tickled became a global sensation for exposing the dark underbelly of competitive endurance tickling, faces off against his greatest foe yet in Mister Organ an enthralling and bizarre tale that finds Farrier in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious con man who is wreaking havoc on his neighborhood.

© 2022 DFP Limited

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Birchwood Fireplace - Unknown Cover Art

Birchwood Fireplace

Birchwood Fireplace

Everyone loves the warmth of a crackling fireplace in their home. Now you can experience a perfect crackling fireplace instantly. The Birchwood Fireplace Edition from Fireplace For Your Home offers you a genuine escape without the mess or work of building a real fire. It adds a special ambiance to any party, family gathering or evening, holidays or with that specific person. Enjoy a bright, crackling fireplace on your television or monitor with unbelievable clarity and quality. So crisp and clear – it’s better than the real thing!

© 2019 Fireplace for your Home

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Requiem for the American Dream - Jared P. Scott, Kelly Nyks & Peter Hutchison Cover Art

Requiem for the American Dream

Requiem for the American Dream

REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time - the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality - tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority - while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. Profoundly personal and thought provoking, Chomsky provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time - the death of the middle class and swan song of functioning democracy. A potent reminder that power ultimately rests in the hands of the governed, REQUIEM is required viewing for all who maintain hope in a shared stake in the future.

© 2015 American Dream Pictures LLC

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One Road to Quartzsite - Ryan Maxey Cover Art

One Road to Quartzsite

One Road to Quartzsite

Exit to Quartzsite for cheap gas, there’s not a whole lot else. But every winter its population swells from 600 to over a million – as an unlikely cross section of snowbirds, crustpunks and libertarians make their annual pilgrimage to live in this "giant parking lot." Some bought into the American Dream and lost everything; others dropped out long ago. Now they’re all neighbors on the same piece of dirt – all trying to live free and not die. ONE ROAD TO QUARTZSITE is an observational portrait of people trying to live outside of the constraints of American society, or to simply escape the winter.

© 2023 ORTQ Productions LLC

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The Bridge - Eric Steel Cover Art

The Bridge

The Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic structure; a symbol of San Francisco, the West, freedom - and something more, something spiritual, something words cannot describe.Director Eric Steel and his crew spent an entire year focusing on the Bridge. Running cameras for almost every daylight minute, they documented nearly two dozen suicides and a great many unrealized attempts. In addition, the director captured nearly 100 hours of incredibly frank, deeply personal, often heart-wrenching interviews with the families and friends of the departed, as well as with several of the attempters themselves.The Bridge is a visual and visceral journey into one of life's gravest taboos, offering glimpses into the darkest, and possibly most impenetrable corners of the human mind.

© 2014 Kino Lorber

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Next Goal Wins - Mike Brett & Steve Jamison Cover Art

Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

In 2001, the tiny Pacific island of American Samoa suffered a world record 31-0 defeat at the hands of Australia. Ten years later they're still the worst soccer team on the planet and have yet to score a goal. And so they turn to maverick coach Thomas Rongen to help turn their fortunes around. The Dutchman arrives to discover his ailing squad includes the emotionally scarred goalkeeper who conceded 31 goals against Australia, a fa'fafine central defender, and soon learns his best player has been posted 6000 miles away by the US military. With the team about to embark on another gruelling World Cup Qualification campaign, Rongen has just one month to transform this ragtag of losers into a winning team - and perhaps learn a little about himself along the way.

© 2014 Next Goal Wins Ltd.

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Ferrari: Race to Immortality - Daryl Goodrich Cover Art

Ferrari: Race to Immortality

Ferrari: Race to Immortality

The 1950s. Emergence of the iconic Scuderia Ferrari in the Formula One World Championship and deadliest decade in motor racing history. As cars pushed the limits of human ingenuity, drivers lived on a knife edge between life and death.At the centre of it all was Enzo Ferrari, a towering figure in motor racing and patriarch of Ferrari who dared to dream about speed in ways nobody else could. Amidst the stiff competition within his team, two of its stars, Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn, decided that their friendship was as important as winning the next race. Ferrari: Race to Immortality tells the story of the loves and losses, triumphs and tragedy of Ferrari's most celebrated drivers in an era where it was la dolce vita during the week and a coin toss of whether they lived or died on any given Sunday.

© 2018 Ferrari: Race to Immortality

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Michael Jackson's This Is It  - Kenny Ortega Cover Art

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June 2009, this film was produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his planned final London shows.

© 2009 The Michael Jackson Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer - Thomas von Steinaecker Cover Art

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

For the first time, Werner Herzog, gives us a glimpse into his life. With exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, rare archive and in-depth interviews - Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist.

© 2023 Spring Films Limited under exclusive license to Shout! Factory

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Blackfish - Gabriela Cowperthwaite Cover Art

Blackfish

Blackfish

Killer whales are beloved, majestic, friendly giants, yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who — unlike any orca in the wild — has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. Blackfish expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity.

© 2013 Our Turn Productions, LLC

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Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy - Jim Marrs Cover Art

Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

Jim Marrs, author of the bestselling JFK book, “Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy” uncovers the latest new evidence on the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy, ruling out the lone gunman theory.

© 2015 UMN, LLC

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Napoleon: in the Name of Art - Giovanni Piscaglia Cover Art

Napoleon: in the Name of Art

Napoleon: in the Name of Art

To mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death, this documentary explores the complex relationship between Napoleon, culture and art. It is about the language he used to build a new imperial iconography and a new architectural style, in a reconstruction that will also allow us to reflect on the relationship between power and image mediated by art, as well as look at the regimes of the twentieth century and the world today. A unique tour from Brera Academy in Milan to the Louvre in Paris in the company of the best art historian experts and Jeremy Irons who passes his fascination to the viewers.

© 2021 3D Produzioni, Gallerie d'Italia, Intesa San Paolo, Nexo Digital

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Tea With the Dames - Roger Michell Cover Art

Tea With the Dames

Tea With the Dames

What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime friends who hereby invite you to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging to love to a life lived in the spotlight. Bursting with devilish wit and whip-smart insights, Tea With The Dames is a remarkable opportunity to spend time in the company of four all-time greats—up close and unfiltered.

© 2018 The Dames Production, Ltd

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Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show - Des Doyle Cover Art

Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

“Showrunners” is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These are the people responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on one of the United States' biggest exports – television drama and comedy series. Often described as the most complex job in the entertainment business, a showrunner is the chief writer / producer on a TV series and, in most instances, the show’s creator. Battling daily between art and commerce, showrunners manage every aspect of a TV show’s development and production: creative, financial and logistical. Featuring interviews with the showrunners behind Lost, Boardwalk Empire, Bing Bang Theory, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, Spartacus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Person of Interest and Firefly.

© 2014 BLACK SHEEP PRODUCTIONS

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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts - Eran Creevy, Joe Pearlman & Giorgio Testi Cover Art

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise's first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered 20 years ago. The retrospective special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts will tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

"Harry Potter Films ©2001, © 2002, © 2004, © 2005, © 2007, © 2009, © 2010 and © 2011 Warner Bros. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J.K. Rowling. HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. All rights Reserved."

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Oppenheimer: The Real Story - Richard Foster Cover Art

Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Oppenheimer: The Real Story

From his early years as a professor at the University of California to his leadership of the Los Alamos Laboratory, this documentary explores Oppenheimer's pivotal role in the development of nuclear physics.

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The Stones and Brian Jones - Nick Broomfield Cover Art

The Stones and Brian Jones

The Stones and Brian Jones

At age 14, filmmaker Nick Broomfield by chance met Brian Jones, the founder and creative genius behind The Rolling Stones. Jones was at the height of his success; yet just six years later, he would be dead. The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, the key to the success of the band, and uncovers how the founder of what became the world’s greatest rock'n'roll band was left behind in the shadows of history. Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archival footage, the film looks at the relationships and rivalries within the band in those formative years. It also explores the iconoclastic freedom and exuberance of the 60s, a time of intergenerational conflict and sexual upheaval.

© Swinging Sixties Limited 2023. All Rights Reserved.

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Legend Has It

Legend Has It

Ski lore is riddled with stories, sometimes of unknown origin, describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

© 2023 Teton Gravity Research

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The Highest of Stakes - Patrick Moreau & Grant Peelle Cover Art

The Highest of Stakes

The Highest of Stakes

The real story of the most controversial figure in cryptocurrency and the fastest appreciating asset ever. In this feature-length documentary, Muse Storytelling documents Richard Heart and the Hex token to see if he is the new king of crypto or a billion-dollar con man.

© 2023 INDICAN PICTURES

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Requiem for a Running Back - Rebecca Carpenter Cover Art

Requiem for a Running Back

Requiem for a Running Back

A fraught love, a myth-shattering search for truth, and a heartbreaking discovery. Quirky and at times sobering, filmmaker Rebecca Carpenter confronts the revelation that head injury likely impacted her relationship with her father, NFL figure Lew Carpenter. Executive Produced by Cody Gifford—son of legendary player and broadcaster Frank Gifford—and former NFL lineman Chris Borland, the film unravels the paradoxes of a life committed to winning and loving. With Kathie Lee Gifford.

© 2017 United States Copyright Office

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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass - Oliver Stone Cover Art

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Thirty years after acclaimed director Oliver Stone’s first examination of the JFK assasination, Stone reassess the horrific event that shaped a generation and an entire country. Using newly declassified and reexamined footage, Stone presents a case that suggests that conspiracy theories in this case may be “conspiracy facts”.

© 2022 Camelot Productions, Inc. under exclusive license to Shout! Factory LLC

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Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers - Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell Cover Art

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers

Narrated by Oscar Nominee MICKEY ROURKE - Former Government physicist Bob Lazar made headlines world-wide in 1989 when he came forward with his account of reverse-engineering an alien spacecraft for the US Military. The reason the public even knows the name Area 51 is because Lazar talked about the work he did at the formerly secret military base. Burdened with a revolutionary secret, he had to choose between his oath to his country or his conscience. His wife believes him, his mom believes him, and the closer you get to his inner-circle, the more YOU believe him. His testimony remains the most controversial and important UFO story of all time; especially if it’s true. Lazar blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent.Corbell’s film intimately chronicles the triumphs and travails of a cosmic whistleblower. It investigates Lazar’s groundbreaking claims of our government’s secret program to create a fierce technology based on recovered alien vehicles. It reveals the devastating impact his actions have had on his life over the course of the last thirty years. His public disclosures have turned his life upside-down and he has tried to stay out of the spotlight. For this reason, has never let any journalist or filmmaker into the private world of his daily life - that is - until now.Providing rare and never before revealed footage, Corbell's film will shake the foundations of your beliefs and permanently alter the landscape of the debate.

© 2018 JKLC Productions

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Fireline - Tylor Norwood Cover Art

Fireline

Fireline

This film takes audiences into the fire, to feel for the first time what those fighting these blazes face in taking on a life of rising danger as climate change makes fires more frequent. It's a portrait of a system stretched to its breaking point in a world that is sure to push it further.

© 2023 Quotable Pictures

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Free Solo - Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin Cover Art

Free Solo

Free Solo

A stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free solo climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream:scaling the face of the world’s most famous rock — the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park — without a rope. Renowned filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin capture the death-defying climb with exquisite artistry and masterful, vertigo-inducing camerawork.

© 2018 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Mommy Dead and Dearest - Erin Lee Carr Cover Art

Mommy Dead and Dearest

Mommy Dead and Dearest

Things are not always as they appear, especially in the case of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. In this true-crime documentary that follows a bizarre case involving one of psychology's most controversial conditions--Munchausen by proxy syndrome--a treacherous web of lies, child abuse, mental illness and forbidden love is untangled in provocative fashion. Dee Dee and her wheelchair-bound daughter, Gypsy Rose, were beloved residents of Springfield, MO. But after Dee Dee was found murdered, Gypsy was tracked to Wisconsin and implicated in her death--but what began as a grisly tale of matricide morphed into a bizarre story of deception and abuse.

© 2017 Home Box Office, Inc.

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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb - Lizzie Gottlieb Cover Art

Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

Two literary legends - writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb - have worked together to create some of the greatest non-fiction books in history. Now 86, Caro is determined to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, wants to edit it. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects as they attempt to finish the final masterstroke in their lives' work.

© 2022 Wild Surmise Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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The Alpinist

The Alpinist

As the sport of climbing turns from a niche pursuit to mainstream media event, Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he draws scant attention. With no cameras, no rope, and no margin for error, Marc-André's approach is the essence of solo adventure. Intrigued by these quiet accomplishments, veteran filmmaker Peter Mortimer (The Dawn Wall) sets out to make a film about Marc-André. But the Canadian soloist is an elusive subject: nomadic and publicity-shy, he doesn't own a phone or car and is reluctant to let the film crew in on his pure vision of climbing. As Peter struggles to keep up, Marc-André's climbs grow bigger and more daring. Elite climbers are amazed by his accomplishments, while others worry that he is risking too much. Then, Marc-André embarks on a historic adventure in Patagonia that will redefine what is possible in solo climbing. The Alpinist is an intimate documentary of a visionary climber who follows the path of his own passion, despite the heaviest of possible consequences.

© 2021 Red Bull Media House. All Rights Reserved.

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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You - Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady Cover Art

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude) and social activism, Lear proved social change was possible through an unlikely prism-laughter-and created some of the greatest moments in television history.

© 2015 Loki Films and THIRTEEN Productions LLC. All rights reserved.

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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) - Anton Corbijn Cover Art

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS) tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time, including ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" and ""Band on the Run."" They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularized music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot center of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music. During this period, record companies didn’t dictate to acts like Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Paul McCartney what their LP covers should look like - Storm and Po did. They made money; they lost money. They did great things; they did silly things. They fell out bitterly; they made up. They never played a note, but they changed music. The film features brand new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more!

© 2022 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd and Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Ken Burns: The Central Park Five

Ken Burns: The Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. The Central Park Five tells the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

© 2012 The Central Park Film Project, Inc.

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Ariel Phenomenon - Randall Nickerson Cover Art

Ariel Phenomenon

Ariel Phenomenon

Ariel Phenomenon explores a close encounter event, witnessed by over sixty schoolchildren in Zimbabwe. More than twenty-five years later, the incident is still fresh in students’ memories. As a Harvard professor, a BBC war reporter, and past students investigate, they struggle to answer the question: “What happens when you experience something so extraordinary that nobody believes you?”

© 2022 String Theory Films

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Rush to Judgment - Emile De Antonio Cover Art

Rush to Judgment

Rush to Judgment

Mark Lane and de Antonio, for the first time, create a vivid, frank legal brief which asks the still unanswered question: who killed John F. Kennedy?

© 2023 Films We Like

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The Lost Century: And How to Reclaim It - Michael Mazzola Cover Art

The Lost Century: And How to Reclaim It

The Lost Century: And How to Reclaim It

A century of illegal UFO secrecy has cost humanity hundreds of years of spiritual, cultural and technological development. Dr. Steven Greer presents "The Lost Century", which will expose the cost of the coverup to the planet, and the human race, and how we can reclaim control of our collective destiny.

© 2023 STAR LLC

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The Unbinding - Karl Pfeiffer Cover Art

The Unbinding

The Unbinding

A viral tale on Reddit. A haunted artifact. An ancient entity. The team behind the award-winning documentary series Hellier now brings you the story of the Catskills Crone. After a strange statue is found by two hikers, chilling phenomena begin to manifest. As the activity escalates, Greg and Dana Newkirk are forced to uncover the truth, preserve the artifact, and unbind the entity inside.

© 2023 Sticks River Productions LLC

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The Essential Church - Shannon Halliday Cover Art

The Essential Church

The Essential Church

When governments use Covid emergency act edicts to restrict the gathering and worship of the Church, three pastors facing the risk of imprisonment, unlimited fines, and their own Churches splitting apart take a courageous stand and re-open in the face of a world that has chosen to comply.

© 2023 Atlas Distribution

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Day by Day - Justin Lepera Cover Art

Day by Day

Day by Day

Tom Osborne's chase for a National Championship began in 1973 when he was named the head coach of the Nebraska Huskers on the back of repeat national titles in ‘70 and ‘71. It would take 21 years before the Huskers would reach the goal that the fans, the team, the state of Nebraska, and Coach Osborne lived and breathed. But amid the triumph, a more significant struggle brewed off the field. Crippled by controversy and dropped to their knees with tragedy, the Nebraska Huskers program defied all odds by winning three National Championships in 4 years. Featuring interviews with famous fans like Peyton and Archie Manning, Larry the Cable Guy, and numerous NCAA and NFL legends, Day By Day is the riveting untold story of one of the most dominant, celebrated, and controversial football teams ever.

© 2022 Bleeding Red Productions

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Tantura - Alon Schwarz Cover Art

Tantura

Tantura

Hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in 1948. To Israelis, it was the War of Independence, to Palestinians it was 'Al Nakba' - the Catastrophe. Director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers as well as Palestinian residents in an effort to re-examine what happened in Tantura, the location of an alleged, Israeli-perpetrated massacre, and find out why 'Al Nakba' is still a taboo in Israeli society.

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Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi

When so many are struggling for connection, inspiration and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world. Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence and solutions the fungi kingdom offers us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges.

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