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Pablo Escobar: Man vs. Myth
Pablo Escobar: Man vs. Myth
Almost 30 years since his death, Pablo Escobar's reputation crosses all borders. Now, his true legacy is told through the eyes of his victims.
Pablo Escobar: Man vs. Myth 2022
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain
In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of the American paradoxes: from Black activist, rebel soldier to gangster torn between violence and charity. Voted best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times a few months ago, Denzel Washington, 65, has risen to the top of American cinema. As an Actor, director and producer, he has shaken up a "color line" as immutable as it is subtle. Often identified with his characters, he reveals himself to be disconcerting and paradoxical. As if he were holding up a mirror to America in which all of its contradictions and failings were reflected. A documentary that chronicles the extraordinary career of the world-renowned African-American actor.
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain 2022
Laura Pausini – Pleased to Meet You
Prime Video
Laura Pausini – Pleased to Meet You
It's the movie that retraces the Laura’s life in a wholly original way. Through never-seen-before footage of her real and fictional life, the artist shows us her essence, giving an honest and bold analysis of her life and how it could have been without that victory at Sanremo that, in 1993, changed her destiny forever.
Laura Pausini – Pleased to Meet You 2022
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song 2022
Claydream
Claydream
A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 80s and 90s. But after 30 years of being the unheralded king of clay, Will Vinton’s carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, the film charts the rise and fall of the Academy Award and Emmy winning Will Vinton Studios.
Claydream 2022
The True Story of Pirates
The True Story of Pirates
Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.
The True Story of Pirates 2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Prime Video
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. This intimate portrait captures the man behind the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise and features interviews with Englund, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd and more.
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story 2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Get a rare glimpse into the creative process of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion as she shares her memories of making "The Power of the Dog."
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion 2022
Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe
Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe
How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially pretty nor exceptionally talented, to become this incredibly striking platinum blonde superstar? How did she become the icon capable of balancing innocence with raw sensuality, whilst continuing to captivate the masses to this day? How did she achieve this? And what price did she pay?
Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe 2022
The Pez Outlaw
Prime Video
The Pez Outlaw
Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan farmer, boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to the most desired and valuable pez dispensers. If he succeeds, he will pull his family out of poverty and finally find a purpose in his mundane life.
The Pez Outlaw 2022
Colombia in My Arms
Prime Video
Colombia in My Arms
After 52 years of armed conflict the FARC guerrillas are about to hand over their arms in exchange for political participation and social inclusion of the poor. Ernesto is one of them. The much celebrated Colombian peace agreement throws Ernesto and the polarised society around him into chaos in which everyone is afraid of the future and their own survival.
Colombia in My Arms 2022
State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith
Netflix
State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith
The harrowing story of a woman trying to use Alabama's Stand Your Ground law after killing a man she says brutally attacked her.
State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith 2022
More Than Robots
More Than Robots
More Than Robots follows four international teams of teenagers as they prepare for the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition. Get to know competitors from Los Angeles, Mexico City and Chiba, Japan as they work towards the ultimate goal of taking their unique designs all the way to the highly competitive global championships. Along the way they must overcome challenges such as having limited resources or putting everything on hold because of the COVID pandemic. The kids persevere and learn that there is a lot more to the competition than just robots.
More Than Robots 2022
True Sight : The International 2021 Finals
True Sight : The International 2021 Finals
From Regional Qualifier hopefuls to champions at The International in Bucharest — the world got to witness Team Spirit's ascendance play out on Dota's biggest stage. Go behind the scenes for the final battles of that epic coronation in an all-new TrueSight premiering September 24.
True Sight : The International 2021 Finals 2022
Mariupolis 2
Mariupolis 2
In 2022, Mantas Kvedaravičius went back to Ukraine, Mariupol, at the heart of the war, to be with the people he had met and filmed in 2015. Following his death, his producers and collaborators have put all their strength into continuing transmitting his work, his vision and his films. Also a PhD in anthropology, Mantas Kvedaravičius wished to testify as a filmmaker as far as possible from the agitation of the media and the politicians. With huge force and sensitivity, Mariupolis 2 depicts life as it continues amidst the bombing and reveals images that convey both tragedy and hope.
Mariupolis 2 2022
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
HULU
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022 marks the 25th anniversary of ABC airing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” (1997), a revolutionary TV musical that embraced racial diversity in casting and has impacted generations over the years, starring an all-star cast led by Brandy Norwood as Cinderella and Whitney Houston as her fairy godmother. ABC News is producing a news special dedicated to the legacy of this film, reflecting how the idea of a princess has evolved and what makes the film still relevant today.
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 2022
Los Tigres Del Norte: Stories to Tell
Prime Video
Los Tigres Del Norte: Stories to Tell
About the legendary Mexican band, Los Tigres del Norte, and the historical and controversial themes that they approach in several of their most representative corridos. The brothers Hernández and Óscar Lara open in front of the cameras and tell us about the birth and development of their group.
Los Tigres Del Norte: Stories to Tell 2022
Lancaster
Prime Video
Lancaster
The story of the iconic WW2 bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial footage of the RAF’s last airworthy Lancaster.
Lancaster 2022
Top Gun : les coulisses du grand retour
Top Gun : les coulisses du grand retour
Released in 1986, "Top Gun" is a cult film that has crossed the decades. Featuring young fighter pilots and full of action scenes in flight, it became the reference for aviation films. It is also the film that will make Tom Cruise's career take off, forever associated with his character nicknamed "Maverick". A nickname that we find in the title of the sequel that will be released more than 35 years later. Dive into the backstage of the franchise thanks to film clips, making of, unpublished anecdotes and exclusive interviews with Tom Cruise.
Top Gun : les coulisses du grand retour 2022
SMTOWN  Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
SMTOWN LIVE 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA is a live concert held on January 1, 2022, by SM Entertainment. The concert will be broadcast free of charge online through various streaming platforms. The lineup consists of Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Taeyeon and Hyoyeon of Girls' Generation, Onew, Key, and Minho of Shinee, Kai of EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, WayV, and aespa.
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA 2022
Heart of an Oak
Heart of an Oak
Once upon a time, there was a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), born in 1810, 210 years old and a pillar in its kingdom. This spectacular adventure features an extraordinary cast: squirrels, barnacles, jays, ants, field mice... This vibrant, whirring, marvelous little world seals its destiny around the majestic tree that welcomes them, feeds them and protects them from its roots to its crown. A poetic ode to life, in which nature alone expresses itself.
Heart of an Oak 2022
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard: fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved, that could help change our understanding of the last days of the dinosaurs. Evidence from his site records the day when an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest devastated our planet and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Based on brand new evidence, witness the catastrophic events of that day play out minute by minute.
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough 2022
Ronaldo 420: Paiva Legacy
Ronaldo 420: Paiva Legacy
A mockumentary based on the premise that global soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is a world record weed smoker, leading him to become the international ambassador of the newly formed country of Ganzakhstan, boosting its economic growth due to the massive export of cannabis and hash.
Ronaldo 420: Paiva Legacy 2022
Dear Noah: Pages From a Family Diary
Dear Noah: Pages From a Family Diary
A family in Texas grapples with their decision to move out of the state to keep their transgender teenage son safe.
Dear Noah: Pages From a Family Diary 2022
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Paramount+
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.
Meet Me in the Bathroom 2022
Nothing Lasts Forever
Paramount+
Nothing Lasts Forever
Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching crime that threatens the value of every diamond ever mined. At stake is nothing less than the universal symbol of love and commitment - the engagement ring.
Nothing Lasts Forever 2022
Riotsville, USA
HULU
Riotsville, USA
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
Riotsville, USA 2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Disney+
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; Whoopi Goldberg interviews Chadwick Boseman's widow, Simone Ledward Boseman.
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda 2022
Russia's Wild Tiger
Disney+
Russia's Wild Tiger
Records the battle for the survival of the big cats and reveals intimate details of their lives. The animals they prey on are also in the film: tigers couldn’t survive without sika deer, Altai wapiti, wild boars and Asian black bears. Guiding the viewer through the film, an elder tiger tells the story of his cub, born in a conservation area, the year after he leaves his mother.
Russia's Wild Tiger 2022
2nd Chance
Paramount+
2nd Chance
In 1969, bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point-blank — 192 times.
2nd Chance 2022
Man in Cave
Man in Cave
A typical cave-digging day turns sour for Floyd Collin when he finds himself stuck inside the Great Crystal Cave.
Man in Cave 2022
Leave No Trace
HULU
Leave No Trace
In February 2022, the Boy Scouts of America reached a $2.7 billion agreement over sex abuse claims, the largest such settlement in history. Leave No Trace explores how this all-American institution went so horrifyingly wrong.
Leave No Trace 2022
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a sure and obvious fact. However, much of cinema and our filmed history has been lost forever. Archivists, technicians and filmmakers from different parts of the world explain what audiovisual preservation is and why it is necessary. The documentary is a tribute to all these professionals and their important work.
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory 2022
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Netflix
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Celebrated skateboarder Leo Baker shares the details of their rise to fame and the clash between their career and self-discovery as a trans person.
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story 2022
Afterwater
Afterwater
Jonasz studies insects and fishes, Signe leaves and herbs. After a day spent in gardens and libraries, they meet, take the train and leave the city, pitching their tent on the shores of a lake. As they read, eat fruit, wander the forest and swim in the cold water, the outside world feels further and further away. A stranger appears and a trio is formed. But there are also other trios, other lakes, different places, different times.
Afterwater 2022
I Am Corn Puffians: Ghost Camera
I Am Corn Puffians: Ghost Camera
Through the entanglement of home videos, archival footage, and cinéma vérité, I Am Corn Puffians: Ghost Camera seizes 116 years of Toronto history to tell the tale of a documentarian's descent into artistic madness.
I Am Corn Puffians: Ghost Camera 2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the exceptional participation of Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone. From Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to Year of the Dragon, not to mention The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, discover a unique portrait of an uncompromising director.
Michael Cimino, God Bless America 2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise reunions that pay homage to the man behind some of television’s greatest stories in celebration of his 100th birthday.
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter 2022
Repugnance
Repugnance
In the Mezquital Valley, inequality in the distribution of environmental goods and services has modified the collective environment of thousands of inhabitants who struggle to survive in an ecosystem that they did not choose.
Repugnance 2022
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
Starz
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
By the time Johnny Cash released his iconic “Man in Black” album in 1971, the international superstar was broken down, hollow-eyed, and wrung out - often torn between Jesus and the “Cocaine Blues.” This tells the true story of a music legend’s spiritual quest, and his ultimate return to an “unshakeable faith.”
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon 2022