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An exploration into the career, music and influence of the iconic musician. With unprecedented access to the artist and featuring interviews with Sarah McLachlan, Alec Baldwin and more, this intimate documentary follows Lightfoot’s evolution from choirboy in rural Canada to troubled troubadour to international star with hits including “If You Could Read My Mind”, “Sundown”, “Carefree Highway”, and “Rainy Day People”. Official Selection...
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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This stunning, award-winning film takes viewers behind the scenes to explore the myths, honor the legends, and reveal the incredible stories and never-before-seen photographs of rock giants like Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Davies, Frank Zappa, Patti Smith, and many, many others. It reveals anecdotes and unpublished photos from the world's most influential music publication, Melody Maker magazine.
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"As a 10-year-old "Mengele Twin," Eva Kor suffered the worst of the Holocaust. At 50, she launched the biggest manhunt in history. Now in her 80s, she urgently circles the globe to promote the controversial lesson her journey has taught: Healing through forgiveness. Narrated by Hollywood icon Ed Asner, 'Eva: A-7063' tells the full, astonishing story of this historic figure for the first time, tracking her from Auschwitz to Israel to the United States...
4) Oppenheimer
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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The documentary explores famous figure J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who was called, "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.
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English
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In recent years, at-home DNA tests have become a popular gift. Sometimes the tests reveal more than just a family’s heritage or health history, uncovering things that were intentionally stashed behind a wall of secrecy. The documentary FILLING IN THE BLANKS is one such story. When Jon Baime expresses interest in learning about his family heritage at 54 years old, his dad demands Jon not take one until, to quote his 92-year-old father exactly, “I’m...
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This illuminating documentary explores the life of a unique American artist, a man with a remarkable and unlikely biography. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama. After the Civil War, Traylor continued to farm the land as a sharecropper until the late 1920s. Aging and alone, he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor...
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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In the years before talking pictures, movies relied on faces to tell a story: the beauty of actresses like Clara Bow, Lillian Gish, Louise Brooks, and America's Sweetheart Mary Pickford. They were the most famous women in the world and adored by millions. Hidden in the enticement was exploitation, abuse, and ownership by the men in power. They have been silent. Hear their stories in their own words.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of musical iconoclast David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi. From his days leading The New York Dolls to his reinvention as lounge lizard Buster Poindexter, David Johansen is a chameleonic one-of- a-kind performer. Featuring a live performance at Cafe Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival interviews, the film is a testament to a lost New York...
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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It is a rare look at the over four-decade intimate relationship Ken Burns has with his America and beloved community of Walpole, NH, and the importance that a "sense of place" and belonging has in one's life. That the essential American fabric of patriotism and goodness are woven through each of us, and often, the road less traveled is a good decision
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Agatha Christie ranks as one of the most successful writers of all time. Combining rare access to Christie's family and her personal archive, the show gives viewers a never-before-seen look into the late crime writer's fascinating life story.
Retraces the celebrated English writer's footsteps across the England. With access to both her family and those who lived with her and knew her best.
12) Workhorse queen
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
Description
By day, Ed Popil worked as a telemarketer in Rochester, New York. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis, a 1960s-era housewife and an homage to Ed's mother. After seven years of auditioning to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race, Ed Popil was finally cast and his entertainment industry journey began at age 44. The documentary explores the complexities of reality television's impact on queer performance culture by looking at its impact...
13) The forest man
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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After years of harsh monsoon seasons, a forest on the river island of Majuli is in danger of being slowly washed away. Jadav is determined to save the forest he loves.
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Extraordinary Black Women depicts the life and careers of trailblazine women, from the worlds of politics, arts and sciences. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were like, what they accomplished and the obstacles they faced.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
Description
In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Explore her path to the highest court in the land. Why are her nomination and confirmation such a historic event? What does it mean to the Black community? What does it mean for our country and the Supreme Court itself? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in-depth with detailed graphics, diagrams,...
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English
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"The life, contributions, and erasure of America's culinary founding father are explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora. Through their words and the persistence of a curious chef, Ashbell McElveen, the life of America's missing icon comes into focus. Mac & Cheese, French fries, whipped cream, and many other foodie favorites disseminated from a slave kitchen in Charlottesville from the hands...
20) MLK/FBI
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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