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A revealing profile of Dick Cheney, one of the world’s most controversial and powerful political figures. Award-winning documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler gives us a surprisingly personal look into the life of the former Vice President from his early days in Washington to his time in the White House with President George W. Bush.
The infamously macho American author shares a 1971 New York City panel with a group of famous feminists and responds as well to a lively critique from other intellectual women in the audience, in this time capsule of what a sophisticated political and literary public discussion was like in the early days of Women’s Liberation.
Follows the story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA’s program, later identified as torture by those outside the agency.
Explorer Richard Harris, key in the Thai cave rescue, risks all diving NZ’s potentially deepest cave system. As he pushes limits underground with limited air, he questions his motivations and impact on loved ones.
An investigation into the original 1993 allegations against Michael Jackson brought by the Chandler family.
From red light districts to lush rain-forests, ‘Black Mother’ is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.
The Need To GROW follows pioneers of cutting edge technology as they fight to localize sustainable food systems and regenerate Earth’s dying soils.
The never-before-seen footage and story behind the John Wick (2014) phenomenon, from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.
The issue of diversity of gender and minorities has drawn a lot of attention in Hollywood. But there is another diversity issue that few people talk about: the inclusion of people with disabilities in film and TV. Individuals with disabilities make up 20% of the population, but their representation on TV and in movies is less than 1%. Diffability Hollywood is a film that intends to address this issue and change that statistic. It is a documentary about Hollywood’s portrayal of people with disabilities in films throughout history. One of filmmaker Adrian Esposito’s main goals in making this film is to advocate for more inclusion of writers, directors and actors with disabilities into the movie industry. He also wants the film industry to portray people with disabilities in less stereotypical ways.
Wild Metropolis is a three-part natural history series examining the worlds most extraordinary wildlife living in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet, cities. This innovative three part series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than we could have predicted, not only applying their natural born skills and abilities to life in the city, but also making amazing physical or behavioral adaptations.
An investigation into what happened to activist Sandra Bland, who died in police custody after a routine traffic stop.
Based on Barnes’ memoir of the same name, this documentary tells the story of his childhood survival in the slums of Glasgow, immigration to Australia, and how he became the lead singer of Cold Chisel.
