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The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pharrell Williams

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Young

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maggie Nichols

Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cole Doman

The documentary is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, by writers Jessica Hopper, Sasha...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah McLachlan

Over seven years, three couples involved in the extreme sport of BASE jumping test the limits of love and life itself. Risking everything for the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Espen Fadnes

The tape-recorded words “erase it” take on new weight in the context of history and war. When the state of Israel was established in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Teddy Katz

Abigail Disney looks at America's dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abigail Disney

After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Wes Tank

A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: JR

A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abel Acuña

The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paula Dofat

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcus Capone

This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tim Black

With his signature gospel sound on the Hammond B3, Billy Preston doublehandedly elevated the greatest artists of his time – from the Beatles to...

Genre: Documentary

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A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kris Bowers

Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gay Talese

Documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.

Genre: Documentary

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Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the...

Genre: Documentary

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Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: X González