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Movie: Hôtel Terminus ( 1989 )
A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.
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Movie: Lady You Shot Me: Life and Death of Sam Cooke ( 2017 )
American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur Sam Cooke died at the age of 33 on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel, at 9137 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles, California.
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Movie: The Battle of Russia ( 1943 )
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
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Movie: The Doors Are Open ( 1968 )
A British TV documentary that originally aired in 1968. The Doors are Open focuses on the bands performance at London's Roundhouse with rare backstage footage and interviews.
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Movie: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's ( 2013 )
A documentary on the Manhattan department store with interviews from an array of fashion designers, style icons, and celebrities.
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Movie: The Doors (TV Special 1968) ( 1968 )
Concert by The Doors, performing in Denmark.
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Movie: Cat Nation: A Film About Japan's Crazy Cat Culture ( 2017 )
Cat fanatics everywhere rejoice. Cat Nation takes viewers on a journey into the unique, often bizarre world of Japanese cat culture. Follow British YouTube personality Chris Broad, as he treks across the land of the rising sun to document numerous unusual cat-centric activities such as cat themed cafes, bars, temples, and even entire cat islands. Discover cats with human jobs, explore cat friendly businesses, and uncover the origins of the iconic beckoning cat statue. Cat Nation - a film about cats. And Japan. And a bewildered British guy. But mostly cats.
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Movie: Nanook of the North ( 1922 )
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
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Movie: The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl ( 2012 )
Rock band The Doors live at the Hollywood Bowl on 5 July 1968. Track listing: "When the Music's Over", "Alabama Song (whisky bar)", "Back Door Man", "Five to One", "Texas Radio and the Big Beat", "Hello, I Love You", "Moonlight Drive", "Horse Latitudes", "A Little Game", "The Hill Dwellers", "Spanish Caravan", "Wake Up", "Light My Fire", "The Unknown Soldier", "The End".
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Movie: That's Sexploitation! ( 2013 )
Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.
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Movie: The Resurgence: DeMarcus Cousins ( 2019 )
In 2018 NBA superstar DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins tore his Achilles, ending his season and potentially his career. THE RESURGENCE: DeMarcus Cousins is an up-close and extremely personal journey through his rehabilitation, free agency and his eventual way back on the court. Once on the verge of a massive contract he soon discovers how both his injury and his reputation have impacted his financial future. Ultimately, he chooses to bet on himself and to prove that your perception is not his reality.
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Movie: Perfect in '76 ( 2017 )
Documentary about the '76 Hoosiers and coach Bobby Knight, who led his Indiana team to a perfect 32-0 season and a national championship.
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Movie: The Day Hitler Died ( 2016 )
Filmed interviews with the survivors of the Berlin Bunker in which Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family killed themselves in the final days of World War II. The interviews were made in 1948 by Captain Michael Musmanno, a US Navy Lawyer and Nuremberg Judge, and the film was offered to Hollywood, but the mood of the western world had changed and wanted to for...Read all
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Movie: Against the Tide ( 2013 )
A Showtime Sports chronicle of the seminal 1970 college football match up between Alabama's Crimson Tide and USC Trojans at Birmingham's Legion Field. Through interviews with former Alabama legends Joe Namath, John Mitchell and USC stars Sam "Bam" Cunningham, Jimmy Jones and more, this documentary examines coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's surprising decision to bring a dominant, racially integrated football team onto the field in Birmingham for the very first time and reveals the impact college football played in the struggle for integration.
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Movie: The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm ( 2011 )
Can the soul of a killer linger forever? Filmmaker Dan T. Hall explores macabre shadows of the past as he documents the haunting of the infamous Fox Hollow Farm estate, former home of alleged serial killer Herb Baumeister. The paranormal documentary The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm. In the early 1990s, Baumeister, a local business owner and family man, bought a quiet estate just north of Indianapolis on contract. Although never brought to trial, he was the prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of a number of individuals from the Midwest spanning two decades. In 1996, authorities recovered more than 5,000 human bone fragments on the property from as many as 17 victims. Only five were positively identified. It's believed that most of the victims were murdered in and around the home's indoor pool. Current residents and visitors to the property have reported unsettling feelings, unexplainable noises, and even seeing apparitions inside the house and around the grounds. Hoping to document some of what they've been experiencing, Hall filmed a paranormal investigation team, including psychics, a demonologist, EVP and visual specialists, as they investigated the 18-acre estate over a six-month period. The paranormal investigators appearing include Chris Lein and Savahanna Wise (Paranormal State: The New Class, 2011); Marilene Isaacs, (Ghost Stories, 2010) Michelle Huff, Shannon Weides, Duane Datzman, Mike McDowell (Unmasking the Dead, 2009); and Tracy Bacon (The Possessed, 2009).
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Movie: The Quiet One ( 1951 )
A documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed Black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.
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Movie: Hitler's Hollywood ( 2017 )
Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
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Movie: Wattstax ( 1973 )
Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
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Movie: Trump 2024: The World After Trump ( 2020 )
Addresses the aggressive movement to transform America, strip away its freedoms and Judeo-Christian values.
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Movie: Surviving Home ( 2017 )
They survived war, yet over the years, U.S. military veterans from four generations must find their own unique bridge of connection in order to survive and thrive back home.
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Movie: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years ( 1989 )
Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
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Movie: Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb ( 2020 )
It is heralded as one of the most jaw-dropping, exciting, and important Ancient Egyptian discoveries in decades. And the discoveries have only just begun. Join a team of local archaeologists as they excavate never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, while piecing together the secrets of one Egypt's most remarkable tombs. News of the tomb discovery has gone around the world and it has been heralded as the most significant find in almost fifty years. The condition of the tomb is remarkable - but the real excitement lies in what is to come. The archaeologists hope they are going to unearth the possessions, grave goods, and mummies of the high-priest and his family - and with that information hoping to transform our understanding of this period of Old Kingdom history.
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Movie: Kurt & Courtney ( 1998 )
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain's widow Courtney Love, an L.A. private investigator who worked for Love, a nanny for Kurt and Courtney's child, friends and lovers of both, and others. Although Love won't talk to him and his inquiries lose him financial backing, he comes to believe the coroner's verdict. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.
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Movie: Divine Waters ( 1985 )
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Movie: Square One: Michael Jackson ( 2019 )
An investigation into the original 1993 allegations against Michael Jackson brought by the Chandler family.
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Movie: The Ultimate Guide: House Cats ( 2000 )
The domestic cat is the most successful of all the species of cat and in most of the world our most popular pet. This program reveals why the domestic cat has retained many features of its wild ancestry such as its superb sprinting ability which allows it to reach 30 mph within seconds and its extraordinary sensory ability of touch.
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Movie: You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984 ( 2007 )
You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Though overlooked in the annals of Rock history (compared to media centric LA, NYC and London), Chicago served as an important early supporter of the Punk movement in America. "You Weren't There" talks to the DJ's, musicians, promoters, artists and fans who were pivotal in creating the Chicago Punk scene. It also showcases classic archival footage of great Chicago bands such as, Effigies, Naked Raygun, Strike Under, Articles of Faith, as well as lesser known greats like Silver Abuse, DA, The Subverts, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element, Rights of the Accused and many, many more.
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Movie: Manson ( 1973 )
Documentary on Charles Manson and his family. Has a number of insightful interviews with many family members most notably Squeaky and Sandy (Blue and Red). There is also a history of Manson from his birth to the family formation to the Tate/La Bianca murders. Plenty of footage of the family playing at Spahn Ranch.
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Movie: Sam Cooke: Legend ( 2003 )
This film documents the rise of legendary singer Sam Cooke, from his beginnings as a gospel singer to his crossover to the pop and R&B charts. Includes interviews with Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls and more.
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Movie: Journey Into the Beyond ( 1975 )
A "journey" into the world of the supernatural.
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Movie: Because I Was a Painter ( 2014 )
In 1945, when the Allies liberated the concentration camps, they discovered thousands of secretly created artworks.
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Movie: Soft Fiction ( 1979 )
Five women bare their personal experiences with addiction, abuse, sexuality, and more.
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Movie: Revenge Porn ( 2015 )
This film investigates the dark side of sexting, revealing what can happen when your most intimate photos get into the wrong hands. For young people today, sharing intimate or sexual pictures via text message and social media is commonplace. This shocking documentary goes to extraordinary lengths to demonstrate just how an ex's appetite for revenge can have devastating, life changing consequences.
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Movie: Dragtime ( 1997 )
The documentary narrates a giggle of female impersonators on visits to New York City, New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a Gay Pride parade in Philadelphia and clubs here and there that are generously described as becoming ''mainstream culture.''
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Movie: Creating Woodstock ( 2019 )
For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock 'n' roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized for 50 years, the filmmakers set the record straight with "Creating Woodstock," the most comprehensive examination of how the festival came to be.
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Movie: Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots ( 2012 )
Revisits the riots in gripping detail and draws from a diverse collection of voices - the rappers, rioters, victims, police officers, journalists and everyday citizens of South Central Los Angeles.
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Movie: Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen ( 2007 )
In what is being called the most important find in Egypt's Valley of the Kings since the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb, Discovery Channel's Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen exclusively reveals archaeological, forensic and scientific evidence identifying a 3,000-year-old mummy as Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest female Pharaoh.
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Movie: Escorts ( 2015 )
An insight into the lives of two self-dubbed high class call girls, Emily B and Cookie Jane.
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Movie: Fulci for fake ( 2019 )
The first biopic about Lucio Fulci. With never seen before footage, photos and interviews.
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Movie: The Anatomy of Hate ( 2009 )
Reveals the shared narratives found in individual and collective ideologies of hate, and how we as a species can overcome them. For six years the filmmaker worked with unprecedented access to some of the most venomous ideologies and violent conflicts of our time including the white supremacist movement, Christian Fundamentalism as an anti-gay platform, Muslim extremism, the Palestinian Intifada, Israeli settlers and soldiers, and US Forces in Iraq. By juxtaposing this verite footage with interviews from leading sociological, psychological, and neurological experts, and interspersing stories of redemption told by former "combatants", the film weaves a tapestry that reveals both the emotional and biological mechanisms which make all of us susceptible to acts and ideologies of hate, and demonstrates how these very same traits make us equally capable of overcoming them.
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Movie: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ( 2007 )
Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Movie: Beauties of the Night ( 2016 )
An honest portrait of five women who go through the night looking for other possibilities of beauty while discovering the passing of time, lost youth, the mirage that is fame, and the chance for happiness.
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Movie: Drain the Bermuda Triangle ( 2014 )
What lies beneath the mythical triangle? With the aid of data from sophisticated sonar surveys, National Geographic explores what the ocean floor looks like below the Bermuda Triangle.
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Movie: Richard III: The Princes in the Tower ( 2015 )
A look at theories, possible motives and suspects behind the mysterious disappearance of two young princes, Edward and Richard, upon the ascension to the throne of their uncle, King Richard III.
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Movie: Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema ( 2009 )
Unzips America's obsession with sex and takes us on a steamy trip through the milestones of erotic cinema.
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Movie: Sex Party Secrets ( 2015 )
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Movie: Hearts and Minds ( 1975 )
An examination of the conflicting attitudes of the opponents of the Vietnam War.
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Movie: Pizza: A Love Story ( 2019 )
In the 6 block radius of Wooster square lies the trifecta, Sally's, Pepe's and Modern. Three pizza palaces loved by everybody from Presidents to Rock Stars. Even Frank Sinatra used to send his driver all the way from Hoboken just to pick up some pies. And to the people of the Elm City, there's no question. Since Frank Pepe first wheeled his bread cart down Wooster street in 1925, New Haven has been home to the finest pizza on the planet. Coming off the success of his last feature, "Color Me Obsessed, a film about The Replacements," which Rolling Stone named "one of the seven best music documentaries of the year," director Gorman Bechard moves from one lifelong obsession to another. This time taking a look at the long history, the families, the high and the lows of three universally recognized restaurants, and how a city that itself has gone through many highs and lows, has always rallied behind them. Pizza, A Love Story will feature interviews family members (including Sally's wife Flora, and Frank Pepe's grandson), lifelong fans (both famous and not), and food critics, intercutting archival footage and vintage photographs (many never before seen publicly), all to explain the passion, the long lines, and how a small town in Connecticut became the pizza center of the universe. It promises to be the most mouth-watering film ever made.
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Movie: Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser ( 2013 )
When Queen Victoria's grandson, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, was born with a paralyzed arm, it led to a story of child cruelty, secret shame and incestuous desire.
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Movie: Nuremberg ( 1948 )
The official U.S. government film about the 1st Nuremberg trial (The Trial of the Major Nazi War Criminals) which lasted from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946.
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Movie: Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story ( 2014 )
From PBS - Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story brings to life the story of a woman's extraordinary courage, tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. With an American mother and Indian Muslim father, Noor Inayat Khan was an extremely unusual British agent, and her life spent growing up in a Sufi center of learning in Paris seemed an unlikely preparation for the dangerous work to come. Yet it was in this place of universal peace and contemplation that her remarkable courage was forged. In early 1943, Khan was recruited as a covert operative into Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive (SOE). Churchill's orders: to "Set Europe ablaze". After the collapse and arrest of her entire network, Khan became the only surviving radio operator linking the British to the French Resistance in Paris, coordinating the airdrop of weapons, explosives, and agents and supporting the rescue of downed Allied fliers. Betrayed by a French collaborator after four months, Khan resisted brutal interrogation by the Gestapo, escaping twice--only to be recaptured and sent to Germany where, at last, she was executed at Dachau.
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Movie: Berkeley in the Sixties ( 1991 )
A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
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Movie: My Private War ( 1990 )
Late in the 1980s, two documentary film makers found six German men, all in their 60s and 70s, who had been soldiers in the German invasion of the USSR in 1942. Each carried an 8mm camera into battle and they still had their film. "Mein Kreig" alternates between interviews with these older men, now apologetic, philosophical, or defiant about their participation, and the footage they shot. It's chronological: basic training, the train trip East, roof-top vistas of war-torn Warsaw, peasants in Belarus, the downing with carbine volleys of a Russian plane, winter, a holiday at the Black Sea, mud, impassable roads, death, destruction and retreat. "Home, that was the front," one says.
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Movie: Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: The Seven Wonders ( 1999 )
This program presents the stories of the works of architecture regarded by the Greeks and Romans as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statute Of Zeus, the Temple of Artemis, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Pharos of Alexandria and the Pyramids of Egypt and more.
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Movie: Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain't E-Z Being a Ho' ( 2004 )
[HBO] HD. Hidden cameras capture prostitutes working the streets of the neon-soaked gambling mecca of Atlantic City.
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Movie: This Is Cinerama ( 1955 )
A standard screen B&W prologue during which Lowell Thomas shows how, from the dawn of history, mankind has attempted to create the illusion of depth & movement by artistic, mechanical and photographic means. Cinerama format opens with Rockaway Playland Roller Coaster, then Temple Dance from "Aida", views of Niagra Falls, Long Island Choir - an early test of CineramaSound in B&W -, Canals of Venice, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, bullfight and musical performance in Spain, Act II finale of "AIDA" at La Scala Opera House, Milan. "Intermission 15 minutes" Act II commences with a sound demonstration - "we call it stereophonic sound" says LT. Then to Cypress Gardens, Florida, for trick water skiing and boating scenes. The last half of Act II- "America the Beautiful"- is viewed from the nose of a low flying B-25 aeroplane. Finally, credits.
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Movie: Dope Sick Love ( 2005 )
When you're a junkie, the money comes and goes--and so does the high. Do relationships stand a chance among addicts? Meet Matt & Tracy and Sebastian & Michelle--two New York City couples looking for love, and fixes, in all the wrong places. This startlingly candid documentary follows these two drug-addicted couples as they eke out a bare-bones existence on the streets of New York, desperately trying to score cash to pay for their next fix. The result is an unflinching, captivating examination of the human need for love and escape--and the virtual impossibility of finding anything more than temporary solace.
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Movie: Autopsy 9: Dead Awakening ( 2003 )
An entire family poisoned by an unknown intruder. A suicide made to look like a murder. An airbag that becomes a perfect crime scene. These fascinating stories and more are unveiled in this Autopsy special that looks at criminal cases that might never have been uncovered were it not for the efforts of forensic pathologists and other 'detectives of death.'
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Movie: Autopsy: Confessions of a Medical Examiner ( 1994 )
Can the dead speak? Yes...but only to those who know how to listen. In this riveting documentary, Dr. Michael Baden, one of the country's most celebrated forensic pathologists, reveals the stories behind the cases of unnatural or suspicious death that he helped solve. In more than 20,000 autopsies over the past 32 years, Dr. Baden has uncovered the secrets of the dead and brought killers to justice, earning him the nickname, 'detective of death.'
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Movie: Autopsy 8: Dead Giveaway ( 2002 )
Autopsy examines how forensic examiners can help solve crimes. "Pure Evil" looks at the case of Canadian serial rapists and murderers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. "The Lady Vanishes" examines a case where DNA on the envelop of a suicide note helps to establish that a missing woman was being impersonated by her husband. "Mail Rape" a rapist attempts to throw doubt on his case by sending an accomplice a DNA sample in the mail. "Blood Hound of Detroit" a dog trained to sense blood helps lead police to a murderer. "The Medicine Man" a medical examiner thinks that embalming will conceal evidence that he murdered his wife. "Belle of Them All" examines the notorious Norwegian-American serial killer Belle Gunness.
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Movie: Autopsy 7: Dead Men Talking ( 2001 )
Autopsy examines how forensic examiners can help solve crimes. "Maggots For The Defense" maggots help forensic scientists to develop a time-line that exonerates a wrongly-convicted Boy scout leader of the murder of Edna Posey. "Criss/Cross" marks left on a body by stolen jewelry reveal a deal between two husbands to kill each other's wives. "The Good Doctor" looks at the case of Dr. John Schneeberger who drugged and raped patients and avoided arrest by using another person's blood to beat a DNA test. "The Sue Snow Case" examines a case of a woman was was killed by product tampering. "Death Do Us Part" looks at the autopsy of the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker.
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Movie: Autopsy 6: Secrets of the Dead ( 1999 )
Autopsy examines how forensic examiners can help solve crimes. "The Case of the Severed Hand" examines a case where a waterlogged hand leads to a defiled corpse and a practitioner of black magic. "A Fatal Attraction" when a wife and her baby disappear hair found at the crimes scene implicates the husband's ex-girlfriend. "The Margo Prade Story" when a doctor is murdered in her car an unusual half bite mark convicts her false teeth wearing husband. "The Telltale Imprint" a lipstick print is used to convict a robber who was dressed in drag. "An American Dream" the disappearance of a man's third wife leads detectives to discover that her husband killed her and his two other wives. "The Strange Obsession of Dr. Carl von Cosel" an elderly physician preserves the corpse of one of his young tuberculosis patients after becoming obsessed with her.
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Movie: Autopsy 5: Dead Men Do Tell Tales ( 1998 )
The strangled corpse of a pregnant woman turns up in a chunk of ice floating in the Hudson; a man is poisoned to death by a lethal chemical that is almost impossible to obtain. The mysteries surrounding these and other cases might have remained unsolved were it not for the efforts of the forensic pathologist. These 'detectives of death' give the dead the voice they need to reveal who, or what, lead to their ultimate demise.
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Movie: Autopsy 4: The Dead Speak ( 1997 )
Pine needles. Chewing gum. Cat hair. Paint. They've all been important clues that aided America's 'detectives of death' in solving mysterious cases of unnatural or violent death. This fascinating sequel to three of HBO's most popular documentaries introduces you to forensic pathologists who recount cases where their amazing expertise helped bring killers to justice.
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Movie: 4 Presidents ( 2020 )
What is the common thread among the only four U.S. Presidents who have been assassinated: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy? They were also the only four presidents ever to take money-issuing control away from the private banks and turn it over to the U.S. Treasury. Within a year of each president doing so, they were murdered. And within months of their vice-pr...Read all
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Movie: Europe After the Rain ( 1979 )
Dada came out of the craziness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art but of disgust." Surrealism tried to systematize Dada's anarchy into an artistic blend of Freudian psychoanalysis and Marxist provocation. In the interests of conquering the irrational, Salvador Dali opened exhibitions dressed in a diving suit, Marcel Duchamp turned himself into woman, Benjamin Peret assaulted priests, and Yves Tanguy ate spiders. Andre Breton, nicknamed "the Pope of Surrealism", led an inspired gang of artists, lunatics and writers. By the 1950s they were denouncing each other for betraying the movement, but their ideas had infected Hollywood, advertising agencies and were turning up as TV humor and album covers.
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Movie: Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Art Pioneer ( 2016 )
Celebrates the protean genius of one of America's most prolific and original artists, Robert Rauschenberg. Fearless and influential, he blazed a trail for artists in the second half of the 20th century.
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Movie: Deliver Us from Evil ( 2007 )
Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
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Movie: Do You Remember Vietnam ( 1978 )
John Pilger, after reporting the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, returns in 1978 to take a look at the Vietnam of three years later and along with David Munro made this documentary.
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Movie: Hitler's Island Madness ( 2012 )
As soon as Hitler's forces occupied the Channel Islands in 1940 he ordered a series of fortifications to defend the only British territory he ever conquered. The problem was he never stopped - pouring men, concrete and weapons into the islands. By 1944 his officers talked of the Fuehrer's inselwahn - his 'island madness' and the Channel Islands had become the most fortified place on earth.
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Movie: Mysteries of the Gods ( 1976 )
A documentary movie about the influence of "ancient astronauts" in mankind's history.
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Movie: Chariots of the Gods ( 1970 )
Documentary based on the book by Erich Von Daniken concerning the ancient mysteries of the world, such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, ancient cave drawings, the monuments of Easter Island, etc. and the fact that these things and modern civilization could have been influenced by extra-terrestrial visitations hundreds(or perhaps thousands) of years ago.
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Movie: Sandwiches That You Will Like ( 2002 )
A travelogue featuring delicious sandwiches (and the folks who make and enjoy them) served by shops, stands and diners from across the USA.
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Movie: The True Story of the Mary Celeste ( 2007 )
On the 5th of December 1872, the American-registered brigantine, the Mary Celeste, was found drifting in the Atlantic. The ship was in good condition. Its cargo was intact. However the 10 people on board were missing without trace. An official inquiry in Gibraltar failed to find the cause of their disappearance and since then, rumour, wild speculation and many theories have been proposed. In the 135 years that have passed, the mystery of this "ghost ship" has never been solved - until now. This is not another re-telling of this famous story or another theory which cannot be proved. A four-year investigation for this programme has turned up new information including a transcript of the ship's lost log. Now, vital new clues have enabled an international team of experts to finally solve what is widely regarded as the greatest mystery of the sea. The first accurate model ever created of the Mary Celeste has been used to create stunning CGI scenarios by RED VISION, the UK-based award-winning graphics studio. Interviews with members of the families of the American captain and the German seamen who were accused of murdering those on the Mary Celeste. Rare archive and the personal possessions of those on board which have never been seen outside the families of those whose lives were touched by this event. Filmed in full HD at the locations where this remarkable story unfolds: The Azores, The US, Germany, Gibraltar and the UK.
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Movie: Class Action Park ( 2020 )
A documentary that focuses on a dangerously legendary water park and its slew of injuries and crimes along with child safety concerns.
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Movie: Drain the Titanic ( 2015 )
Computer-generated imagery and other visualization techniques reveal how it would look if all the water was removed from RMS Titanic's final resting place.
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Movie: Everything Is Copy ( 2016 )
A look at the life and work of writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron.
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Movie: The Riddle of Pompeii ( 2000 )
This documentary attempts to reconstruct the 24 August 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius hour by hour. By using the latest evidence from volcanology.
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Movie: The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter ( 2009 )
"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter" walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family, visiting over 40 locations related to the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, and tying together the dozens of odd connections between Charles Manson and the Hollywood elite. Entertainingly led by famous Hollywood historian Scott Michaels (E!'s 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders, Dearly Departed: Vol. 1, FindADeath.com), this epic documentary employs never-before-seen autopsy reports (analyzed with the help of the Los Angeles Department of the Coroner), dozens of rare photographs, original Manson Family music recordings, and modern-day visits to the locations where the action went down, in the most complete retelling of the Manson Murders ever put on film.
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Movie: Epstein: Behind the Façade (Short 2020) ( 2020 )
During his lifetime Jeffrey Epstein was known as both a well respected businessman and a despicable monster. Explore the facts and conspiracy theories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's life and the highly debated circumstances of Epstein's death in Epstein: Behind The Facade.
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Movie: Making 'Dazed' ( 2005 )
This Actual Reality Pictures original documentary (directed by Kahane Corn) reunites the cast of Dazed and Confused and features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film. A decade after the hit comedy's 1993 release, director Richard Linklater reunited the cast -- Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg -- to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the film that helped launch their careers. Now you can watch the cast look back on the movie that changed their lives and on the decade that has passed since.
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Movie: Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Short 2007) ( 2007 )
The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummies, which may lead to a cure for malaria.
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Movie: Wigstock: The Movie ( 1995 )
Documentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by drag diva, Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinca.
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Movie: Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) ( 2006 )
The life and work of the enigmatic folk rock singer-songwriter.
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Movie: Chasing the Muse ( 2015 )
Porn Director steps in his own production as he finds his 'muse' and becomes obsessed by her.
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Movie: The Last Party ( 1993 )
Robert Downey, Jr. gives reports and interviews with other stars in this documentary about the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
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Movie: The Weight of Gold ( 2020 )
A look at the mental health challenges Olympic athletes often face.
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Movie: Indigenous People of the Americas: Cherokee (Short 2020) ( 2020 )
Known as Aniyvwiya, or "Principal People" in the Cherokee language, the Cherokees are amongst the most noble and proud of the American tribes. In Indigenous People of the Americas: Cherokees, we take a look at their origins, their culture and their struggles.
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Movie: Quarantine Cat Film Fest ( 2020 )
Amateur filmmakers from around the world filmed their beloved cats during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. This compilation reel brings together the cutest, funniest, and bravest, exclusively filmed during the pandemic.
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Movie: Mysteries of Egypt ( 1998 )
Egypt is and ever was a place of mystery. Many rumors spread around the great Pyramids of Gizeh (the only one of the seven wonders of the world left), their age ranges - in different theories - between 3,000 and even 12,000 years. Here, an old Egyptian is asked by his granddaughter about those mysteries of which we all heard in one way or the other. The action takes us to Howard Carter, who, after years and years of searching, finally found King Tutankhamen's (Tut-ench-Amun) grave in 1922. This was a major event in archaeology, as this grave was never robbed and therefore in the same condition as it was left (est.) 1339 B.C. We also get to see the Nile's wells and other historic landmarks that make Egypt an important part of world history.
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Movie: White Light ( 2019 )
George Gittoes spends time on one block of the Englewood district of Chicago , and we see and hear how gun violence has blighted the lives of everyone, from residents to police officers.
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Movie: Bruce Lee: In His Own Words ( 1998 )
A collection of old interviews with Bruce Lee show us his beliefs, thoughts on fighting and what martial arts means to him.
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Movie: Scary Stories ( 2019 )
Explore the history of one of the most controversial works of modern children's literature: The best selling teen classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which scared a generation of young readers and became one of the most banned books of modern times. Scary Stories creates both the ultimate celebration and dissertation of this iconic piece of horror literature. Scary Stories features more than 40 interviews, from family members of author Alvin Schwartz, to fellow children's book horror authors like R.L Stine "Goosebumps" and Q.L. Pearce, to folklorists, artists and fans discussing the impact that the books have had on both themselves as well as the culture at large. The documentary also explores the various times in which the books were banned or targeted by parent and religious groups as 'satanic' or otherwise too macabre for its targeted teen scholastic audience.
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Movie: Curse of the Elephant Man ( 2003 )
The case of the elephant man is one of the great unsolved mysteries of medicine. What was the terrible curse that turned Joseph Merrick into history's most horribly deformed man? How did he keep his sanity as the disease ravaged his body?
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Movie: My Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys ( 2020 )
Corey Feldman and director Brian Herzlinger take a hard look at Hollywood and present the case that Hollywood is an industry inundated with pedophiles. As an Ambassador for Child USA, Corey Feldman introduces the organization's founder and CEO Marci Hamilton as they fight to change the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases. Corey Feldman speaks about his own childhood sexual abuse while a Hollywood teen idol, as well as the allegations made against those he and others, say abused the late actor Corey Haim. Though the movie looks at past abuse, the focus is on what can be done to protect children in Hollywood today and in the future.
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Movie: D-Day: Normandy 1944 ( 2014 )
Allied forces invade Normandy on June 6, 1944.