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Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things

Examining the many levels of minimalism by looking inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.

Miss Representation

Exploring how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

Muscle Shoals

Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American history.

My Beautiful Broken Brain

After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media.

One of Us

Three Hasidic Jews face ostracism, anxiety, and danger as they attempt to leave their exteme Orthodox community. They must escape the violent trauma and abuse.

One Rogue Reporter

Rich Peppiatt turns the table on the unscrupulous newspaper bosses peddling sex, lies and scaremongering under the cloak of journalism.

Paris is Burning

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

Satan & Adam

Footage throughout two decades records the unlikely friendship between an ageing blues guitarist and a grad student, formed while busking on the streets of 1980s Harlem.

Saving Banksy

"Saving Banksy" is the story of one misguided art collector's attempts to save a Banksy painting from destruction and the auction block.

Searching for Sugar Man

An early '70s musician known as Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumored to have died. Two obsessed fans set out to learn the man's true fate.

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

Filmmaker Mary Dore chronicles the events, the movers and the shakers of the feminist movement from 1966 to 1971.

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

World famous rock 'n' roll photographer Mick Rock explores his past and present, from London's glam rock to New York's snarling punk scene.

Strong Island

When Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey since the victim was the filmmaker's brother.

Biggie & Tupac

Nick Broomfield examines the lives and murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast music that culminated in their deaths.

Advanced Style

Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging.

Bill Cunningham New York

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Blackfish

The story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people, underscores problems within the sea-park industry.

Bobby Kennedy for President

This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Aardman Animations icons Wallace & Gromit, Morph and more join fans and collaborators for a retrospective celebrating the studio's 40th anniversary.

A Plastic Ocean

When he discovers the world's oceans brimming with plastic waste, a documentary filmmaker investigates the pollution's environmental impacts.

Reversing Roe

Filmmakers expose a decades-long political campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade using interviews with abortion rights supporters and opponents.

Rodney King

The film is a one-man show where Roger Guenveur Smith does a multiplicity of voices, alternately taking and opposing Rodney King's side.

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.