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Kids + Money
Money talks. Teens in Los Angeles discuss money: getting it, spending it, and learning to live without it.
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100 Men
Over the course of four decades, filmmaker Paul Oremland documented his romantic and sexual encounters with roughly one hundred men. He preserved nearly all of these detailed recollections and threaded them together in a portrait of a gay life.
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American Jesus
AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadline to the yoga studio, from the humble churches of snake handlers to the mega churches in the ex-urbs. Christian cowboys, bikers and musicians, comedians, surfers and cage-fighters, they are all doing it for Christ. Aram Garriga travels from his native Barcelona to the politically divided United States to chronicle the sometimes bizarre relationship between faith, materialism, politics and personal passions in this uniquely American tableaux. Populated by an array of religious and secular characters offering candid, often illuminating testimonials, AMERICAN JESUS is a vivid mosaic of personalities and conflicting points of view that emerges as a portrait of an America yearning for solace and meaning in the modern world.
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One Man's Island
In January 2002, at the age of 46, Canadian Mark Gardiner gave up his job, home and life-savings for a chance to ride in the Isle of Man TT, the world's greatest and most dangerous motorcycle road race… One Man's Island is a documentary portrait of an obsessive quest to fulfill a boyhood dream. It is a human-interest story with universal appeal, not simply a film for motorcyclists. It examines the motivation, passion and risk associated with the quest. It chronicles first hand the events of the journey. It explores the question of why anyone would go racing. One Man's Island captures the experience of realising a dream.
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The Silly Bastard Next to the Bed
In 1963, President Kennedy recorded one of the most foul mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of that phone call and the silly bastard who started it all.
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Death in the Bunker: The True Story of Hitler's Downfall
Adolf Hitler spent the last ten days of his life in a bunker underneath the Chancellery of the Reich. Unwilling to face the consequences of defeat, the dictator ended his own life on April 30, 1945 in this fortified underground complex. Featuring exclusive interviews with the last survivor’s of Hitler’s inner circle and extensive archival footage, Death in the Bunker is an illuminating look at the Führer’s final decisions in preparation for his suicide.
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Flintown Kids
Filmmaker Omar McGee trains an unflinching lens on the large African-American community of his hometown of Flint, Mich., where -- despite a legacy of producing NBA stars -- violence, drugs and poverty are a sad way of life. This gritty documentary examines the economically troubled city's broken education system, which overly stresses basketball success. NBA stars Morris Peterson, Tracy McGrady, Glen Rice and others appear.
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Being Me
Through candid interviews with transgender youths like Isabelle Langley, 10, BEING ME takes us into the world of young people who feel like their true gender is not their biological one. Like Isabelle, they are coming out to their families and friends and demanding to be accepted for who they are.
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Field of Operations: Leningrad
The siege began on 8 September 1941, when the Wehrmacht severed the last road to the city. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, and it was possibly the costliest siege in history due to the number of casualties which were suffered during it. In the 21st century some historians have classified it as a genocide due to the systematic starvation and intentional destruction of the city's civilian population.
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Century of Queen Mother - 100 Years in 100 Minutes: A Celebration
Provides a thorough glimpse of the life of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother. Interesting historic archive footage of Elizabeth and King George with President Franklin D. and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, christening Cunard's QE ship, and in the ruins of Buckingham Palace during WW2.
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The Arrow of Time
President Mikhail Gorbachev recounts the end of the Cold War and the reduction of nuclear arms.
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Drifter
A close-up portrait of a rebellious racecar-driving teen coping with the twists and turns of life in rural Hungary.
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It Aint Pretty
A documentary about the challenges and triumphs of female big wave surfers fighting sexism in the water, in competition, in the media and in the surf industry with the support of a closely-knit community of like-minded women. Probing, incendiary and thought-provoking, this film takes you inside a growing movement of women that are shattering the shallow and sexualized images of female surfers in the media. Featuring interviews with top female athletes and awe-inspiring big wave surf footage filmed in the icy waters of Ocean Beach, San Francisco and Mavericks - one of the biggest waves on the planet - this film is meant to empower a new generation of girls to live their dreams and overcome the challenges they face along the way.
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Gene Boy Came Home
A portrait of Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict from Odanak Indian Reserve near Montreal, Quebec. At 17, adrift and beginning to lose his way, he accepted a dare and enlisted in the US Marines – and was sent to the frontlines of the Vietnam War. This film is the account of his two years of service and his long journey back to Odanak afterwards.
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Planet Rethink
Today we are facing not one but two global crises: the financial crisis but also the more insidious one relating to our misuse of natural resources. The two are so tightly linked that we will not solve the global financial crisis until we start to think of using resources more efficiently and sustainably. For example with each smart phone made, more than 50 minerals are exploited. Our growing dependence on these finite resources for new technology will only deepen the financial crisis as prices increase exponentially. A potential battleground for the future has been laid, as these resources get more and more scarce. Planet RE:think investigates where we are failing and gives hope for our future on a planet with finite resources.
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Getting Over
A man discovers a box of interviews with his father, a lifelong heroin addict who died of AIDS in 1997. What he finds will uncover generations of family secrets, forcing him to redefine his own past, doubt his present, and question his future.
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On Thin Ice
Athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prejudices, endure conflict in their quest to level the playing field.
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See No Evil
Poetic, painful documentary about three retired apes: a film star, a scientist and a cripple. They look back at their lives and the intriguing relationship between humans and apes. Who watches whom, and who learns from this?
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The Age of Hubble
A force of high-tech telescopes, led by Hubble in space, has delivered an unprecedented chain of discoveries about how galaxies took shape, how stars live and die, and how life began. What are we learning about the universe and ourselves in this Age of Hubble?
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Louis Theroux: Extreme Love - Dementia
As one of the big retirement destinations for middle class Americans, Phoenix Arizona has also become a capital of dementia care. Louis visits the city in order to spend time in state-of-the-art care home Beatitudes and with home-based carers, whose love is tested by a condition that steadily erodes the personality and character of their partners.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
The story of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and their life long fight to bring equal rights to women.
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The Hunt
The contests between predators and prey are the most critical events in nature. The outcome of these interactions is seldom a foregone conclusion. For both sides, it is a matter of life and death. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this series takes an intimate look at the remarkable strategies of hunters and, in some cases, the hunted, exploring the challenges animals face and the tactics they employ. It is how animals respond to a particular challenge that determines whether they are successful. The strategies of both predators and prey are shaped by where they live, so each episode focuses on one principal habitat, whether savannah, jungle or ocean.
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David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Peter Part 1
In part one of this documentary series, television actor David Suchet goes on a compelling journey in search of Simon bar Jonah, better known as St. Peter. The one time fisherman turned leading disciple became an important historical figure in the story of Christianity. Following the Biblical account, Suchet charts the turbulent and miraculous career of St. Peter.
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Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
An exploration of Queen Elizabeth's 60 year reign. Episode #1: Elizabeth II: The Young Queen 1952-1969 Episode #2: Elizabeth II: The Monarchy Under Threat 1970-1989 Episode #3: Elizabeth II: Falling In Love With The Queen Again 1990-2012