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- DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard LobbAn unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara BoxerA documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrSamuel BerkowitzMary Ellen BrightonA collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
- DirectorJoe MatthewsStarsDavid FranceStephen LeddingtonMatthew David McCarthyFollowing years of secrecy, the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London became infamous in the 1600's for its inhumane and cruel treatments of its "mad" patients. Explore the gruesome history of the world's most well known mental institution.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreWilliam BlackJimmy CarterAn examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
- DirectorEric SteelStarsEric GeleynseChris BrownSusan GinwallaFilmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
- StarsRick PasqualoneAdam WalshNancy GraceExamines the 20 of the most shocking unsolved crimes in history including the disappearance of Adam Walsh, the murder of Jam-Master Jay, the murders of Jason Allen and Lindsay Cutshall, the Tylenol Poisoning scare, the mysterious death of musician Bobby Fuller, the Zodiac Killer, the assassination of spy Alexander Litvinenko, the murder of Vanessa Johnson, the murder of Amber Hagerman, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery, the disappearance of George Allen Smith, disappearance of heiress Jacqueline Levitz, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 2001 Anthrax attacks, the D.B Cooper skyjacking, the murder of Chandra Levy, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the murder of the Black Dahlia, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, and the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
- DirectorDenise DiAnniDenise DiIanni
- DirectorLuis MandokiStarsKevin BaconCharlize TheronCourtney LoveThe Jennings' fight for their daughters life after she is kidnapped by an experienced gang of thieves.
- A series of videos containing footage of real life events that were too disturbing for television.
- DirectorNimrod ErezStarsAnthony F. AveniRobert BauvalWalter CruttendenAn examination of the widely debated prediction that, based on the ancient Mayans' Long Count Calendar, the world will end in the year 2012. Collecting input from noted authors, anthropologists and professors, Erez and company strive to determine if the calendar portends a time of great spiritual transformation - or the complete and utter destruction of mankind.
- DirectorNikolaus GeyrhalterStarsClaus Hansen PetzArkadiusz RydellekBarbara HinzOUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.
- StarsSonia GrovesLoyd AuerbachDaniel HobbittGhostly apparitions and analysis.
- StarsJosh Rushing
- DirectorZana BriskiRoss KauffmanStarsKochiAvijit HalderShanti DasTwo documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
- DirectorBill MaloneyStarsBill MaloneyThis sixty minute rant is Bill Maliney's personal documentary on claimed historic child abuse which occurred at the Hart de la Garenne, given the 160 victims who have come forward. Given that he swears throughout, I am not at all surprised why either. Child abuse victims (including those who's remains were found) do not seem to have any voice to reclaim their identity, their soul taken from high profile identities such as those involved in the historical "Elm Guest House" investigations as recent history depicts. Not surprising there are cover ups?
- DirectorAiyana ElliottStarsMichael BeckwithFred BisciGabriel CousensThe movie follows several diabetes patients' quest to overcome the disease by going on a raw vegetable diet.
- DirectorTria ThalmanStarsPhil AmicoChristopher AndersonMel AytonIt's the height of the Cold War and the United States government is desperate to combat the spread of Communism. The CIA launches a highly classified, top secret research program into the covert use of biological and chemical agents. In simulated attacks on enemy populations, entire cities in America are contaminated with bacteria, exposing millions of Americans to germ warfare. But the real focus of the research is on mastering the art of mind control. Psychiatrists at top academic institutions work under secret contract with the agency. Psychiatric patients, prisoners, even unwitting members of the public are exposed to a startling array of experiments designed to facilitate interrogations, induce amnesia and program in new behavior. Every psychological technique is explored, including hypnosis, electroshock therapy and lethal cocktails of drugs. What was the extent of these brainwashing experiments? How did the CIA become involved in such far-reaching and disturbing research? Join us as National Geographic presents: CIA Secret Experiments.
- DirectorVladimír Merta
- StarsJason GatesJanelle HornickelCoby KempeExplorer examines the powerful and highly addictive drug methamphetamine also known as "meth". Correspondent Lisa Ling charts meth's impact in the United States and in the world.
- DirectorHelen NixonStarsMichael MosleyDebbie BoltonElaine Fox
- DirectorSut JhallyStarsJean KilbourneJean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take action.
- DirectorSpain WillinghamStarsKeith ComptonSpain WillinghamSean GarahanLos Angeles, California: People Persons, mega-movie star, is having issues with his current Godlike fame status. He calls on his old friend, Sherman Firecracker, to help him get back to his normal self and try to shed his huge ego. San Francisco, California: After repeated film and theatrical production failures (The Color Purple "On ICE" , The Killing Fields: Cirque du Soleil edition) Sherman Firecracker turns to his best friend for help on his latest project - the most famous up and coming movie star, People Persons. They agree to make an indie film together without Hollywood influence in San Francisco, but when the cameras start rolling we see that People Persons is having a VERY hard time telling the difference between reality and the film itself. As cast members start to die, and the film crew begin to disappear, Sherman loses control and fears for his life. The cast and crew begin to slowly become infected by People Person's ego and fame...literally! Or is this just all part of the movie? Is this real, or just part of the reel?
- DirectorGonzo ShimuraStarsChris WhiteDouglas HampMilton William CooperIs there a connection between UFO's, alien abductions, channeling spirits, demonic possessions, the new age movement, secret societies, and satanism? In Age of Deceit: Fallen Angels and the New World Order, we investigate why the New World Order and the Global Elite are tirelessly working to form a One World Government and who they are getting this instruction from.
- DirectorGonzo ShimuraStarsDouglas HampRob SkibaCris PutnamMany believe Alchemy is merely a false science with the hopes to transmute base metals into gold. In reality, alchemy is an occult metaphor for transforming the human being from our current fallen state into a godlike ascended state. Such desires to discover the elixir of life, known as the philosophers stone, that would give man longevity, and the return to our glorified state of being has been part of mythological lure for centuries. But with the advent of the scientific and technological advancement in our day, these occult dreams founded in the alchemical philosophy are now being fulfilled. The Bible seems to speak of a day when the false prophet, through the lies of Satan would create an Image that will have breath and speak, causing the world to worship the image, and take it's mark, or else be killed. Is it possible that these future events spoken about in Revelation 13, are in fact unfolding right before our eyes? Does Artificial Intelligence, a hope for a singularity, and the advent of transhumanism, all play a role in the grand deception that will enslave humanity through the lie that the Mark of the Beast is actually the Philosophers Stone? Exclusive Interviews from Douglas Hamp, Rob Skiba, and Cris Putnam. Complete Transcript including citations will be available very soon. Disc One contains the following: Introduction Part I: Alchemy -The Mythologies of the Philosophers Stone -The History of Alchemy -The Book of Enoch -Dr. John Dee and the Enochian Evocation -Isis the Prophetess to her Son Horus -The Goal of Alchemy
- StarsErik ThompsonScientists are only now beginning to understand the most complex machine in the known universe - the brain. Go on a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier. From early civilizations' attempts at neurosurgery to today's robotic laser surgery, revolutionary new techniques are finally unlocking the story of the brain. As a result, we've learned more in the last five years than in the past 100.
- 2009– 47mNot Rated6.3 (14)TV EpisodeDirectorRon MeyerStarsKirk GillTom KimballJack LevinThis is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).
- DirectorWill SlocombeStarsAlicia WittCheryl HinesSonya WalgerThanksgiving for the eccentric Turner clan turns into a train wreck when "insane" daughter Nina comes home for the first time in 15 years.
- DirectorMat WhitecrossMichael WinterbottomStarsJanine HuardEwen CameronNaomi KleinAn investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
- DirectorAnnie Bradley
- DirectorJames ColquhounCarlo LedesmaStarsVicky BlewittIan BrighthopeJerome BurneFood Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
- DirectorDavid MaloneStarsDavid MaloneRoger PenroseDocumentary about four of the most brilliant mathematicians of all time, Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing, their genius, their tragic madness and their ultimate suicides.
- StarsCiarán McMenamin
- StarsRosslyn LukeSam FontanaDerrick R. MeansEscaping Evil: My Life in a Cult on BIO. brings viewers face to face with people who spent years living in fear according to a megalomaniac's version of the truth. Compelling interviews and remarkable re-creations offer a rarely seen firsthand picture of life inside a cult.
- DirectorLawrence BarracloughStarsLawrence BarracloughDavid BrianMichael EliasHaving come to terms with the size of his own 3.5 inch erect penis on My Penis and I (2005), Lawrence Barraclough follows it up by turning his attention to how other men feel about the size of their penises.
- DirectorHeather LeachStarsLisa RogersLisa Rogers investigates vaginal cosmetic surgery and why more and more women consider this surgical procedure.
- DirectorPan NalinStarsNicolos KostopoulosVaidya Narayan MurthyBrahmanand SwamigalAyurveda is science of life and art of healing; where body, mind and spirit are given equal importance. This voyage of thousands of miles across India and abroad takes you on a unique poetic journey, where we encounter remarkable men of medicine or simply a villager who lives in harmony with nature. "Hope is nature's way of enabling us to survive so that we can discover nature itself."
- DirectorSean KeetonA curious little creature stumbles upon a strange world where edible treasures lie in the bellies of papier-mâchè beasts and the natives are vicious hunters armed with blunt objects.
- DirectorRick CharnoskiCoan NicholsStarsSteve BaileyJohn CardielFrank GerwerTent City is a skate movie filmed during a month on the road in Australia. It's traveling with your friends, sleeping under the stars, and riding your skateboard.
- DirectorTiziano LugliStarsJamie Sorrentini
- DirectorBryan LawStarsMichael Berry Jr.When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he constructs a crude time-travel device using an abandoned trailer in the remote Minnesota wilderness. He conducts a series of trials on his dog. After sixty-two attempts, many of which end in canine tragedy, the unimaginable happens.