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Documentary™ • Biography™ • Recreation℗
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My playlists are constantly being updated adding both newly released video as it becomes available but also previously released video that has recently become available to stream via these platforms. I’m glad you guys enjoy them ٩(^‿^)۶


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Movie: Darkon ( 2006 )
Darkon is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer.
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Movie: Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults ( 1994 )
A dated documentary into the oft-overlooked risk of Satanic cults and demonic activity for police and law enforcement officers.
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Movie: The Truth About Police Stop & Search ( 2021 )
Jermaine Jenas examines the controversial policing policy, giving black men issued with hidden cameras the chance to share their experiences of being stopped and searched.
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Movie: Truth to Power ( 2021 )
The Grammy-winning lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian helps to awaken a political revolution on the other side of the world, inspiring Armenia's struggle for democracy through his music and message.
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Movie: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief ( 2015 )
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
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Movie: Unlocking the Cage ( 2016 )
Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
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Movie: San Francisco 2.0 ( 2015 )
The invasion of the technology elite causes economic division and upheaval in the city of San Francisco.
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Movie: Welcome to Chechnya ( 2020 )
Chechnya, there are no homosexuals. That is what the tyrannical leader Ramzan Kadyrov has decided. Here we follow a group of activists who risk their lives to save LGBTQ + people who are threatened, detained, tortured and executed. The characters in the film have had their faces digitally altered to remain anonymous.
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Movie: Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? ( 2016 )
With the 2016 election shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history, candidates from both political parties are relying on big donors to get their message out to the American people. Intrepid filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi takes viewers behind the scenes to top-dollar fundraisers and talks with some of these high-rollers to find out why they are pouring millions into our elections.
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Movie: Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop ( 2015 )
Dubbed "The Cannibal Cop," Gilberto Valle was convicted in March 2013 of conspiring to kidnap and eat young women. Valle argued it was all a fantasy; the prosecution's narrative convinced jurors otherwise. Valle was facing a possible life sentence when filmmaker Erin Lee Carr began visiting him in prison. After 22 months behind bars, his conviction was overturned in a stunning reversal. The film was there for his release and subsequent house arrest to examine a life arrested. But the question remains: given the chance, would he, could he, have done it? "Thought Crimes" unravels the conflicting stories of a potentially dangerous young man and the unexpected consequences of our online activity.
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Movie: Citizenfour ( 2014 )
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
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Movie: Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age ( 2018 )
Online and app dating provide access for everything from "hookups" to long-term relationships.
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Movie: The Trans List ( 2016 )
The Trans List explores the range of experiences lived by Americans who identify as transgender (an umbrella term for people whose gender identity does not conform to that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth). No two experiences of trans people are exactly alike. Transgender, transsexual, gender-queer, bi-gender, and non-binary are just a few of the multitude of self-identifiers in the trans community. This film gives a platform to a diverse group of eleven individuals to tell their stories in their own words of their experience with identity, family, career, love, struggle and accomplishment.
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Movie: Baltimore Rising ( 2017 )
Baltimore Rising follows activists, police officers, community leaders and gang affiliates, who struggle to hold Baltimore together in the wake of Freddie Gray's death in police custody.
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Movie: I Am Evidence ( 2017 )
An investigation into the way sexual assault cases are handled by police departments across the United States.
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Movie: Wig ( 2019 )
Wigstock was an annual drag festival which glamorously signaled the end of summer for the gay community in New York City for almost 20 years. Late one night in 1984, Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in the East Village to Tompkins Square Park and staged an impromptu drag show in the bandshell. This would soon become an annual drag bacchanal that lasted up until 2001. And now, Lady Bunny has brought it back. This past summer, the festival returned, bringing together legendary queens with some of the new children of drag, into one of the largest drag performances ever staged. Wig explores the origins and the influence of the historic festival through rich archival footage, as well as provides a look into the contemporary drag movement that the festival served as a foundation for. Wig is a celebration of New York drag culture, and those personalities and performances that contribute to the ways we understand queerness, art, and identity today.
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Movie: Buzz ( 2019 )
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author, Buzz Bissinger, experiences a sexual awakening while collaborating with Caitlyn Jenner on her tell-all memoir.
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Movie: Transhood ( 2020 )
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids - beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 - as they redefine "coming of age." These kids and their families reveal intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a never-before-told chronicling of growing up transgender in the heartland. The film is a nuanced examination of how families tussle, transform, and sometimes find unexpected purpose in their identities as transgender families. Lighthearted and deeply moving, this story teaches us something new about being human.
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Movie: The Trials of Henry Kissinger ( 2003 )
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
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Movie: Citizen K ( 2019 )
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
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Movie: Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge ( 2017 )
A look at 50 years of the iconic magazine features interviews with and footage of journalists, photographers and performers who have graced its pages since it was launched by publisher Jann Wenner in 1967. In 2 parts.
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Movie: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine ( 2015 )
A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
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Movie: We Steal Secrets ( 2013 )
A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
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Movie: Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream ( 2012 )
Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.
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Movie: Kingdom of Silence ( 2020 )
An in-depth look at Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and murder amidst the complexity of U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations. Exclusive interviews explore Khashoggi's connections with Saudi rulers, Middle Eastern jihadists and fellow global journalists, as well as his enduring global legacy.
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Movie: Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes ( 2018 )
A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.
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Movie: The China Hustle ( 2018 )
An unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.
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Movie: Mayor Pete ( 2021 )
An inside look at Pete Buttigieg campaign to run for President of the United States.
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Movie: RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words ( 2021 )
As one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law School when she enrolled in 1956 and one of only four female Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is frequently viewed as a feminist trailblazer and an icon for civil rights.
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Movie: The Way I See It ( 2020 )
Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
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Movie: Imminent Threat ( 2015 )
From the Authorization to Use Military Force passed by Congress immediately after 9/11 to the 2014 NSA revelations from Edward Snowden, the documentary looks at the violations of our civil liberties and gradual deterioration of political discourse. Interviewees cross party lines and include members of the U.S. Congress, Code Pink, A.C.L.U. and the Cato Institute.
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Movie: Shadows of Liberty ( 2013 )
Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America versus the public battle for truth and democracy.
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Movie: The House I Live In ( 2012 )
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
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Movie: 2016: Obama's America ( 2012 )
A documentary that examines the question, "If Barack Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?"
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Movie: I Want Your Money ( 2010 )
The film contrasts two views of role that the federal government should play in our daily lives using the words and actions of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
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Movie: On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries ( 2020 )
On the Trail is a documentary feature following a group of female CNN reporters and imbeds on the road as they cover the events that unfolded beginning in January with the Democratic primaries leading into the Covid-19 outbreak in March and April. Viewers will get a rare behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to work for CNN during one of the busiest times of the year. How do you hold up after months on the road, eating terrible food and flopping in motels. What happens when your candidate drops out - or were you secretly hoping it would happen? And what do you learn about America by spending every day in its small towns. This doc features unprecedented access to the campaign press corps revealing how we pick our presidents - and how the media really works. On the Trail will take the biggest story in America and bring it into intimate focus as viewers live the Democratic primary battle alongside these smart, vibrant, and occasionally exhausted women.
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Movie: Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer ( 2019 )
'Scandalous' is the sensational true story of The National Enquirer, the infamous tabloid with a prescient grasp of its readers' darkest curiosities.
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Movie: RBG ( 2018 )
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
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Movie: THE END: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House ( 2017 )
A look into the last months of the Obama White House staffers and transition of power.
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Movie: The Hunting Ground ( 2016 )
An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.
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Movie: Ivory Tower ( 2015 )
A documentary that questions the cost -- and value -- of higher education in the United States.
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Movie: Life Itself ( 2014 )
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
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Movie: Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger ( 2014 )
A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.
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Movie: John Lewis: Good Trouble ( 2020 )
The film explores Georgia representative's, 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration.
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Movie: Holy Hell ( 2016 )
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
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Movie: LFG ( 2021 )
Three months before the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the players filed a class-action, gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, which sets the stage for LFG. The film interweaves transcendent athletic performances, including a record-breaking World Cup victory in 2019, with the players' ongoing pursuit for equal pay. LFG grants viewers unprecedented access to these game-changers as they meet the physical demands and pressures of being some of the world's top athletes, while showcasing their courage, unflinching spirit and resiliency in an effort to create long-lasting social change. Told by the players themselves, including Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara, Sam Mewis and others, this emotional and cinematic film uncovers what it takes to be at the center of the biggest fight for women's rights since Title IX.
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Movie: Legion of Brothers ( 2017 )
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the impact of 15 years of constant combat.
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Movie: Parkland ( 2013 )
A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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Movie: He Has Seen War ( 2011 )
He Has Seen War is a documentary featuring surviving veterans of Easy Company and the 1st Marine Division, whose stories are told in Band of Brothers and The Pacific. From their initial steps at reintegrating into civilian life to the lasting impact the war had on each of their lives, He Has Seen War features veterans and their families relaying their own unique stories. Complemented by renowned historian and author Donald L. Miller, as well as rarely seen archival and documentary footage, it captures the struggle and ultimate triumph of a generation who, after helping rescue the world from unprecedented calamity, reclaimed their lives and re-forged a country.
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Movie: Slay the Dragon ( 2020 )
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system.
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Movie: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am ( 2019 )
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.
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Movie: The Brink ( 2019 )
When Steve Bannon left his position as White House chief strategist less than a week after the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally in August 2017, he was already a notorious figure in Trump's inner circle, and for bringing a far-right ideology into the highest echelons of American politics. Unconstrained by an official post - though some say he still has a direct line to the White House - he became free to peddle influence as a perceived kingmaker, turning his controversial brand of nationalism into a global movement. THE BRINK follows Bannon through the 2018 mid-term elections in the United States, shedding light on his efforts to mobilize and unify far-right parties in order to win seats in the May 2019 European Parliamentary elections. To maintain his power and influence, the former Goldman Sachs banker and media investor reinvents himself - as he has many times before - this time as the self-appointed leader of a global populist movement. Keen manipulator of the press and gifted self-promoter, Bannon continues to draw headlines and protests wherever he goes, feeding the powerful myth on which his survival relies.
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Movie: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon ( 2015 )
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never-before-seen footage.
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Movie: American Swing ( 2009 )
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
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Movie: Halston ( 2019 )
Prodigiously talented, Halston reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life.
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Movie: Interview with the Assassin ( 2002 )
Almost forty years after the John F. Kennedy assassination, an ex-Marine named Walter Ohlinger has come forward with a startling claim.
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Movie: Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve ( 2013 )
Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairman's every word. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, Money For Nothing is the first film to take viewers inside the Fed and reveal the impact of Fed policies - past, present, and future - on our lives. Join current and former Fed officials as they debate the critics, and each other, about the decisions that helped lead the global financial system to the brink of collapse in 2008. And why we might be headed there again.
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Movie: Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story ( 2015 )
Seed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years after Stonewall, and later became a major contributor to gay advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund, only to find later in life that while his money was welcome in philanthropic circles, he sometimes wasn't.
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Movie: Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes ( 2001 )
Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988.
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Movie: Bettie Page Reveals All ( 2013 )
The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.
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Movie: Gloria: In Her Own Words ( 2011 )
[HBO] HD. A vivid portrait of Gloria Steinem whose career as a journalist and a pivotal member of the feminist movement has left an indelible mark.