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Mr. Untouchable

2007

Mr. Untouchable

2007
6.7
The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Follow his life story from his rough childhood to the last days of his life.
Surfwise

2007

Surfwise

2007
6.7
The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild.
Girls Can't Surf

2021

Girls Can't Surf

2021
7.8
It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf" follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, "Girls Can't Surf" is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.
Target for Tonight

1941

Target for Tonight

1941
5.6
This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of the Royal Air Force from Commander-in-Chief to aircraft hand, re-enacting his own daily life on the job. They are the men and women who actually direct, plan and execute the raids.
American Animals

2018

American Animals

2018
6.7
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
Life After Flash

2017

Life After Flash

2017
5.7
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
Forgetting Dad

2008

Forgetting Dad

2008
6.2
A man suffers a minor car accident, and a week later constructs a new identity, claiming he can't "remember" being a father. Nearly twenty years later, his amnesia persists, yet no brain damage or physical cause are ever found. Enthralling and thought-provoking, "Forgetting Dad" offers an award-winning case study of dissociation, parental abandonment, and family enmenshment in mental illness.
Aliens Uncovered: Jesuit Secrets

2025

Aliens Uncovered: Jesuit Secrets

2025
This thought-provoking documentary explores the intriguing intersection of faith, science, and the cosmos through the lens of the Vatican's involvement in astronomical research. Focusing on the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona, the film highlights how the Jesuit order, known for their commitment to education and scientific inquiry, collaborates with the Vatican to utilize advanced telescopes in their search for extraterrestrial life.
Mateo

2014

Mateo

2014
7.4
Mateo follows America's most notorious gringo mariachi on his misadventures to Cuba.
Oh My God

2009

Oh My God

2009
5.8
"Oh My God" asks people from all walks of life, from celebrities, to the religious, to atheists and the common Man - the question - "What is God?"
The King of North Sudan

2021

The King of North Sudan

2021
8
Danny Abel’s documentary tells the incredible, all-American story of Jeremiah Heaton and his geographical conquest. It all starts in 2014, when Heaton lays claim to 500,000 acres of desert land between Egypt and Sudan; his initial aim is to establish a kingdom so that his daughter can be made a princess. What follows is media attention, a movie deal with Disney, and a shift in motivation: Heaton decides to create a bonafide nation, with industry, a military, and more.
A War Story

2018

A War Story

2018
In 1997, Osama bin Laden declared war on the USA and Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett embarked on a mission to locate and interview him. A War Story follows the dramatic events leading up to the interview and the Kiwi journalist's horror on 9/11, as he recalled bin Laden's veiled threats.
Look Away, Look Away

2021

Look Away, Look Away

2021
When the horrific murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 sparks a national reckoning around the meaning of the Confederate flag, battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to determine the fate of the last state flag to include the most powerful, and divisive, symbol of our fractured history. In Look Away, Look Away, director Patrick O'Connor introduces us to an array of activists, and captures the fierce five-year battle over the Mississippi state flag, revealing how race, heritage and long-simmering grievances over the Civil War shapes our sense of who we are as Americans.
Expired

2008

Expired

2008
Young people tell the strange story of a french family's holidays in Cambodia.
Public Enemy Number One

2019

Public Enemy Number One

2019
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster.
Aliens Uncovered: The Thunder Gods

2024

Aliens Uncovered: The Thunder Gods

2024
The oral history of the Superstition Mountains unfolds the mysterious legends linking extraterrestrial encounters with the enigmatic area, exploring the intersection of alien lore and ancient mythology
Aliens Uncovered: The Lost Race

2023

Aliens Uncovered: The Lost Race

2023
A group of beings existed before mankind, hidden from modern society. Thorough investigations of art and ancient text reveal interactions between humans and a higher source of intelligence.
Pretend You're Wearing a Barrel

1978

Pretend You're Wearing a Barrel

1978
Lynn Ryan, 35, is a tough-minded single mother of five. After help from employment counsellors and a course in welding, she got off welfare for a good job as an apprentice engineer in a Vancouver shipyard.
Call Her Ganda

2018

Call Her Ganda

2018
5.4
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and Jennifer's mother)--galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of US imperialism.
Nuclear Now

2023

Nuclear Now

2023
7
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests.