New Documentary Movies on Tubi TV - Page 59

Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy

2022

Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy

2022
On Nov. 5, 2021, rapper Travis Scott headlined the Astroworld Festival in Houston, which tragically led to the deaths of 10 concertgoers in a crowd crush.
Hello, Bookstore

2022

Hello, Bookstore

2022
8.2
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Bookstore is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner Matt Tannenbaum, whose passion for stories runs deep. This portrait of The Bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times, and the stories hidden on the shelves.
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero

2022

Foo Fighters: One Less Hero

2022
9
A recap of the Foo Fighters story, from the early days of Nirvana to Taylor Hawkins' passing.
Make People Better

2022

Make People Better

2022
5.5
A rogue Chinese biophysicist disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his attempts to create a “better” human being.
Relative

2022

Relative

2022
7.5
A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home movies, and long-avoided conversations surface, a family once bound by tradition forges a new path forward.
America You Kill Me

2022

America You Kill Me

2022
The rise, fall, and legacy of gay rights warrior Jeffrey Montgomery, and the struggle for equality in the Midwest.
Beyond Paper

2022

Beyond Paper

2022
8
At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around the globe to better understand how she can preserve her own Romanian and Armenian heritage, as well as our collective memory. Blending the intellectual with the poetic, she embarks on a personal quest with universal resonance, navigating the continuum between paper and digital—and reminding us that human knowledge is above all an affair of the soul and the spirit.
Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit

2022

Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit

2022
Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music, and democracy, Detroit kicked its fiscal can down the road for decades plummeting into insolvency, culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY is the inside story of how a state-appointed Emergency Manager and the people of this iconic American city- confronting financial ruin-followed a treacherous path towards a new beginning.
BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo

2022

BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo

2022
6
It's the story of a hilarious journey of a pair of talented and multiple award-winning Art Director, Bosco & Jojo, from Argentina, venturing out to make their first feature film. Bosco & Jojo's, early success in the '90s, sees them founded the legendary infamous club, 'Kim Y Novak', frequented by the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Rolling Stones, inspired song written about it by Benjamin Biolay in the 2000s. They went on to open an art gallery, POPA, showcasing controversial art collections. Especially for "Plastic Religion" by Pool & Marianela. Achieving headlines in The NY Times and Wire. The tribulation to producing their first feature film led them through a nostalgic journey when they had their first big break from making the film Happy Together, by the renowned Hong Kong Director, Wong Kar Wai. This journey takes them unpeeling layers of adventure and misadventure of their life.
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums

2022

Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums

2022
OMAR SOSA'S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS is a feature-length documentary on the life and music of Cuban-born pianist and composer, Omar Sosa (b. 1965). Multiple Grammy-nominee Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today.
Jeannette

2022

Jeannette

2022
In the wake of Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub shooting, competitive bodybuilder and queer single mother Jeannette continues to coach other survivors at the gym while raising her son. Life seems calm again, until Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico and Jeannette is thrown back into crisis mode.
The Last Stand

2022

The Last Stand

2022
Using the flash-point of British Columbia's "Battle for the Trees" at Fairy Creek, the documentary examines the importance of keeping forest ecosystems intact here in North America, in the Amazon and around the world.
This Good Earth

2022

This Good Earth

2022
With increasing damage to ecosystems from the climate crisis and growing mental and physical damage to billions of people, This Good Earth offers answers to how change can happen and points the finger at those standing in the way.
Kaepernick & America

2022

Kaepernick & America

2022
7.1
A doc on activist and quarterback Colin Kaepernick, tracing his ascent through the NFL and his game-changing protests.
Let the Little Light Shine

2022

Let the Little Light Shine

2022
8
When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s wealthier residents, parents, students and educators fight for the elementary school’s survival.
Go Heal Yourself

2022

Go Heal Yourself

2022
Director Yasmin C. Rams invites us on her journey to try and heal from epilepsy through several forms of therapy that are frowned upon by her own family. A first-person account that brims with charm and hope but is deeply rooted in skepticism, Yasmin’s film portrays people from all around the world who tell her about how they deal with their chronic illnesses using the tools of natural medicine. Will she stop having seizures?
Ithaka

2022

Ithaka

2022
8.3
The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an elderly man’s fight to save his son. Arguably the world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a figure pretty much everybody has an opinion about; perhaps more importantly, he serves as the emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes. For his family members who face the prospect of losing him forever to the abyss of the US justice system, however, this David-and-Goliath struggle is personal – and, with his health declining in a British maximum-security prison and American government prosecutors pulling out all the stops to extradite him, the clock is ticking.
Oski

2022

Oski

2022
7
'Oski' is an intimate portrait of a young prodigy and the culture that surrounds him. A film documenting a year in the life of skateboarding sensation Oskar ‘Oski’ Rozenberg as he transforms from cool street skater to celebrity sportsman competing in the Olympics. The demands of being a sportman with a shot at the gold medal in Tokyo weighs hard on Oski. It’s obvious that he is not your everyday athlete. Can his sport, and his culture survive the transition from underground to mainstream? And will he loose himself and everything dear to him in the process? 'Oski' explores the history of a subculture at a pivotal point in its history and how a humble and different thinking athlete, loved and adored by thousands of skateboarders all around the world, struggles to find his own path in life as an adult and sportsman.
Love It Was Not

2022

Love It Was Not

2022
5.1
A young Jewish woman named Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz, where she develops an unlikely romantic relationship with Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer. Thirty years later, a letter arrives from Wunsch's wife asking Helena to testify on Wunsch's behalf. Faced with an impossible decision, Helena must choose. Will she help the man who brutalized so many lives but saved hers?
The Wake Up Call

2022

The Wake Up Call

2022
Dave Evans was a renowned prosthetist, humanitarian and peace activist. A double amputee himself, he dedicated his post-military career to transforming lives shattered by these seemingly never-ending, interchangeable wars. From Syrian refugees in a prosthetics clinic in Amman, Jordan, to the fallout of war in places like Iraq, Dave chose a life of service to others.