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Bleed Out
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Bleed Out
After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the future of American health care.
Bleed Out 2018
Mann v. Ford
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Mann v. Ford
Thirty years after Ford Motor Company began dumping toxic waste in their backyard – and after one too many premature deaths – the Ramapo Mountain Indians filed a major class-action lawsuit: Mann v. Ford. This tiny tribe and their team of passionate lawyers took on the 'big dogs' – Ford and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Mann v. Ford 2011
Covid Diaries NYC
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Covid Diaries NYC
Five young filmmakers share stories of their families, who were on the frontlines during the first wave of the Coronavirus. These intimate accounts shine a light on families caught in chaos and crisis, in a city hiding from a deadly virus, in a country riven by social upheaval.
Covid Diaries NYC 2021
Bananas!*
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Bananas!*
Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?
Bananas!* 2009
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
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It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
This portrait of Hilary Knight, the artist behind the iconic Eloise books, sees him reflecting on his life as an illustrator and his relationship to his most successful work.
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise 2015
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
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Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
The sensational true story of the most infamous tabloid in US history, a wild, probing look at how one newspaper's prescient grasp of its readers' darkest curiosities led it to massive profits and influence.
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer 2019
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
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Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
Alexandra Pelosi travels through the United States interviewing and filming several evangelical pastors and congregations.
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi 2007
Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age
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Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age
A look at the evolving nature of sex and dating in the digital age that offers candid insights from twentysomethings and experts in the field.
Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age 2018
Buzz
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Buzz
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author, Buzz Bissinger, experiences a sexual awakening while collaborating with Caitlyn Jenner on her tell-all memoir.
Buzz 2019
The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm
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The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm
When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.
The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 2018
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over 2021
Thin
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Thin
The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
Thin 2006
Liberty: Mother of Exiles
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Liberty: Mother of Exiles
A look at the history of the Statue of Liberty and the meaning of sculptor Auguste Bartholdi's creation to people around the world.
Liberty: Mother of Exiles 2019
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
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Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
A deeply personal portrait of three lives, and the discoveries that lie beyond loss: a deaf boy growing up, his deaf grandfather growing old, and Beethoven the year he was blindsided by deafness and wrote his iconic sonata.
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements 2019
Habla Loud
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Habla Loud
Inspiring celebrities and influential Latinos come together to "speak loudly" and share their stories of being Latinos in the U.S.
Habla Loud 2022
Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped By Boko Haram
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Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped By Boko Haram
The story of the freed female hostages of Boko Haram, detailing their lives in captivity and since their release.
Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped By Boko Haram 2018
Brillo Box (3¢ off)
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Brillo Box (3¢ off)
Follow a beloved Andy Warhol Brillo Box sculpture as it makes its way from a family's living room to a record-breaking Christie's auction, blending personal narrative with pop culture, and exploring how we navigate the ephemeral nature of art and value.
Brillo Box (3¢ off) 2016
Terror at the Mall
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Terror at the Mall
A documentary detailing an indiscriminate terrorist attack that left 71 dead in Kenya.
Terror at the Mall 2014
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
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No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
Follows the struggle of 138 mostly immigrant workers who strike to save their jobs at a famous bakery in the Bronx when a private equity firm buys the bakery and demands wage cuts of up to 30%.
No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike 2010
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
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Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution - laws and court cases that have alternatively broadened and narrowed the amendment's protection of free speech and assembly. The film's thesis is that post-9/11 the government has seized unprecedented license to surveil, intimidate, arrest, and detain citizens and foreigners alike. The film also looks back to the Pentagon Papers' case and compares it to cases since 9/11 dealing with high school students' speech and protesters marching in New York City during the 2004 Republican convention. Comment comes from a range of scholars, pundits, and advocates.
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech 2009
Fall to Grace
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Fall to Grace
In 2004, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey resigned his office on national television, coming out as a homosexual and admitting to an extramarital affair in the process. This documentary follows him in the near decade since that moment as McGreevey struggles to find his path in religion and serving the community he still loves.
Fall to Grace 2013
Gumbo Coalition
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Gumbo Coalition
Two Black and Latinx civil rights champions join forces to fight structural racism amid a troubling resurgence of white supremacy.
Gumbo Coalition 2022
Afghan Star
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Afghan Star
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
Afghan Star 2009
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 1979
Hood River
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Hood River
In a small Oregon community, a high school soccer team struggles to overcome class and racial divide in a quest for both individual and team success. While Domingo deals with the deportation of his father to Mexico, and Eric painfully learns how to become a captain and command the respect of his Mexican-American teammates, Coach Riviera struggles to keep the team together amidst the pressure of academics and athletics. This coming-of-age feature documentary focuses on the friendship and maturation of three characters and is set against the backdrop of a segregated American town. Will Domingo graduate? Will Eric become a leader? Will the Eagles win a state championship?
Hood River 2021
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll be sent to Rikers Island -- a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside America's largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island 1994
Heir To An Execution
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Heir To An Execution
Journalist Ivy Meeropol makes her directorial debut with Heir to an Execution, a personal documentary exploring the execution of her biological grandparents: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. In 1953, the Rosenbergs were put to death by the U.S. government with the charge of conspiracy to commit wartime espionage. Their orphaned young children were adopted by the Meeropol family, who raised them with the belief that their real parents were innocent. After working as a magazine reporter and political speechwriter for much of her career, director Meeropol conducted her own intimate investigation of her grandparents. The film includes commentary from the Rosenbergs' friend Morton Sobell (also convicted, but released from prison in 1969) and the director's father, Michael Meeropol. Produced by filmmaker Marc Levin, Heir to an Execution was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the documentary competition
Heir To An Execution 2004
The White Stadium
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The White Stadium
A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The White Stadium 1928
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen.
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
The Young Girls Turn 25
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The Young Girls Turn 25
Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.
The Young Girls Turn 25 1993
Miss You Can Do It
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Miss You Can Do It
Miss You Can Do It chronicles Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008 and the first woman with a disability to compete at the Miss USA Pageant, and eight girls with various physical and intellectual disabilities as the girls participate in the Miss You Can Do It Pageant. Abbey founded the annual Miss You Can Do It Pageant in 2004 and girls and their families travel from all around the country to participate in this one night where their inner beauty and abilities reign.
Miss You Can Do It 2013
Ethel
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Ethel
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.
Ethel 2012
The Beauty of Blackness
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The Beauty of Blackness
In 1973, Eunice Johnson, the founder of Ebony and Jet, launched the first national cosmetics brand created exclusively for Black women. This film chronicles Fashion Fair’s past, and follows its new leadership as they reinvent the brand.
The Beauty of Blackness 2022
Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth
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Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth
The rise and fall of prominent New York sports radio personality Craig Carton. Through a series of candid interviews with Carton, the film reveals how the radio host’s secret insatiable gambling addiction, financed by an illicit ticket-broking business, brought his career to a sudden halt when he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud in 2017.
Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth 2020
Michigan vs. Ohio State:  The Rivalry
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Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
Steeped in a rich tradition dating back to their inaugural meeting in 1897, this rivalry extends beyond the pursuit of a Big Ten title, and is renewed each year through the pageantry and colliding cultures that distinguish the two schools.
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry 2007
Shot Heard 'Round the World
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Shot Heard 'Round the World
With one swing of a bat, Bobby Thomson became a legend. His dramatic home run on October 3, 1951, led the New York Giants to win the National League pennant over the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. This documentary looks at the teams, personalities and events that combined to create one of the most heated pennant races ever witnessed...one that ended with an unforgettable homer.
Shot Heard 'Round the World 2001
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
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Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
An unvarnished look at the heroin epidemic sweeping America's small towns and communities, focusing on on eight young addicts in idyllic Cape Cod, Mass.
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA 2015
Foreign Wars
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Foreign Wars
From the land of narco-violence to the land of displaced persons. The documentary Guerras Ajenas ('Wars of Others') explores the consequences of the war on drugs in Colombia, and one of its main tools: aerial spraying.
Foreign Wars 2016
American Revolution 2
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American Revolution 2
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique of events by working class African-Americans in Chicago, and attempts by the Black Panther Party to organize poor, southern white youths.
American Revolution 2 1969