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- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAyrton SennaReginaldo LemeJohn BisignanoA documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- DirectorMorgan MatthewsStarsJamie BerryEmily BevanKeith BotsfordFocusing on the career and family of its legendary founder Sir Frank Williams, the British sports documentary tells the extraordinary story of the Williams Formula 1 team, from its inception to the present day.
- Witness a clash of oceanic titans in the remote crystal-blue battlefields of Ascension Island. Yellowfin tuna and mako and tiger sharks are all apex predators, but to these sharks, yellowfin tuna are the ultimate prize. The tuna are often faster, fitter and bigger than the sharks, reaching well over 113 kilograms. Any shark hunting these beasts needs brute strength and a little bit of luck to capture one. But when a third player enters the game, the scales tip. Who will win?Not great , not terrible 5/10 for me
- DirectorBertrand LoyerDuring four years of shooting in the icy waters that surround the volcanic archipelago of the Crozet Islands, we have followed the trial and tribulations of Delphine, a young female adolescent killer whale. Living and growing within her family group she gradually learns how to find her bearings, how to hunt king penguins or Minke rorquals and how to get stranded in order to catch sea elephants.
- DirectorJean-François BarthodStarsSimon BarrittDavid GasmanGary GranvilleFilmmaker David Reichert tours the Crozet Islands off the coast of South Africa, observing killer whales as they hunt elephant seals and king penguins.
- DirectorMark FordStarsAlex AlonsoBart BartholomewCharlie BeckRevisits the riots in gripping detail and draws from a diverse collection of voices - the rappers, rioters, victims, police officers, journalists and everyday citizens of South Central Los Angeles.
- DirectorGary LegonHistory of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles from the first one built up to the 1990 models.
- DirectorAndy DelianaStarsElidon AlikajJohn AliteGeorge AnastasiaAfter meeting with a dozen of gangsters, Will Parker will try to define the essence of the "Life", in the streets of New York. The task seems easy to fulfill, but, separating truth form fiction becomes harder, as he tries to understand the real nature of a gangster. One of them, in particular, becomes the protagonist of the stories told on the camera. As Parker is investigating the testimony of a murder and a revenge, past stories of violence and survival will surface.
- DirectorAdrian MustoA film based on current conditions in Chernobyl and Pripyat, where the Soviet Government tried to cover up a catastrophic nuclear accident - something the world had never seen before.
- DirectorPavel BaydikovStarsAgafia LukovaDavid A. Watson
- DirectorIrmgard von zur MühlenStarsIrmgard von zur MühlenFrederic MartinAleksandr VoronsovThis chilling, vitally important documentary was produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The film contains unedited, previously unavailable film footage of Auschwitz shot by the Soviet military forces between January 27 and February 28, 1945 and includes an interview with Alexander Voronsov, the cameraman who shot the footage. The horrifying images include: survivors; camp visit by Soviet investigation commission; criminal experiments; forced laborers; evacuation of ill and weak prisoners with the aid of Russian and Polish volunteers; aerial photos of the IG Farben Works in Monowitz; and pictures of local people cleaning up the camp under Soviet supervision.
- DirectorFrank CapraJoris IvensStarsJohn BealHoward DuffWalter HustonA comprehensive look at the war in the Pacific during World War II. Shot as a propaganda film by acclaimed Hollywood director Frank Capra
- StarsBob WoodruffCao JunAn Inconvenient Border follows Bob Woodruff as he travels along the border between China and North Korea. He follows the two rivers that make up the border: the Yalu in the south and the Tumen in the north. He starts in Dandong in China where a thriving trade relationship exists, but as he travelers furthers there are signs of a more troubled relationship between the two countries.
- DirectorTodd SansomStarsVeronique CardonDavid ChapmanLouis CyrKnown as the "father of modern bodybuilding," Eugen Sandow demonstrated the art of showmanship by giving his audiences a physique worth marveling.
- DirectorJames BaileyStarsPatricia StarckSusan BenedictAlan VarnerAbout the nurses who used their professional skills to murder the handicapped, mentally ill and infirm at the behest of the Third Reich and directly participated in genocide.
- DirectorEwen ThomsonStarsRoss KempRoss Kemp joins the crew of HMS Northumberland as they patrol the one million square miles of ocean off the coast of Somalia to protect sea traffic from the threat of piracy.
- StarsColm FeoreRon LeaNicholas RiceDescribes the western world's most potent religion, Catholicism, and its determination to maintain power at any cost in medieval France, 15th century Spain, Renaissance Italy and even into the 19th century. Historians, experts and Church authorities advise on the handling of this controversial subject matter.
- StarsBettany HughesBettany Hughes examines the roots of the Minotaur myth, taking her back to the Minoan civilization.
- DirectorJoe WiechaStarsEli WallachAn exploration of traditional vampire lore, its connections to pop culture and some underlying science.
- DirectorSimcha JacoboviciStarsUzi AvnerManfred BietakJohn BimsonUsing 'investigative archaeology' Simcha Jacobovici and his team release never before seen evidence that support the Biblical tale.
- DirectorYavar AbbasFrom the first life to us today, this explains why we're here and how we evolved into humans
- StarsJosh BrolinRichard MachowiczJames MeigsFrom the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
- DirectorChris GormlieAs the concept of society grew and developed, the first great cities of the ancient world came to prominence. This episode from the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection investigates the realities behind everyday life in the city including law and order, education, taxation and the surprising truth behind early class systems. The program also looks at the incredible legacies of the great civilizations of Greece and Rome.
- StarsPaul CooperJake Barrett-MillsAnnie KellyPaul Cooper explores the reasons behind the collapse of a different civilizations from a wide variety of locations and eras. In each hour-plus episode, Cooper investigates what these disparate civilizations had in common, why they failed and what did it feel like to watch it happen? Repurposing information previously presented as a podcast, Cooper illustrates his texts with aerial drone footage, stunning landscapes, maps and satellite images, haunting ruins, and battle reenactments.
- DirectorThomas PurifoyStarsDel TackettKevin L. AndersonSteve A. AustinExplore the world to see how it intersects with the stories related in Genesis. Del Tackett of "The Truth Project" hikes through canyons, climbs mountains, and dives below the sea to examine two competing views - one compelling truth.
- StarsHenry StrozierGeorge ArmelagosCharlie BamforthThis show traces the important role that beer has played in human history from the probable origins of the first beer at the dawn of history to the development of a special beer for use in zero gravity space missions.
- DirectorMelanie ArcherTim KirbyStarsBettany HughesNicholas FarrellGeorge TsonevBest known for the myth of the Minotaur, Crete gave birth to Europe's first civilization. Yet little is known about those who inhabited the island. But now, with fresh archeological evidence, light is finally being shed on this ancient culture.
- DirectorJobim SampsonStarsEric Meyers
- DirectorSharif MirshakDocumentary film on the marine mysteries of the Magdalen Islands, the Quebec archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, North America's tempestuous inland saltwater sea. Over 700 sunken ships are documented by Leonard Clark and three generations of his family in the village of Old Harry. Leonard is the ultimate amateur archaeologist; devoting his life to studying the history of the Magdalen Islands, the provenance of the legions of shipwrecks, and clues of sunken treasure forfeited by the sea. Along this singular path, Leonard Clark shares historical facts and sunken treasure lore with Mario Cyr, a local hero and world-renowned underwater cameraman. Today, history buffs, adventurers, and locals alike find numerous antique coins, wood relics, and other artifacts from centuries of European shipwrecks along the beaches of the Magdalen Islands. Our film delivers the narratives of both historical and living legends of these remote red-sand atolls!
- StarsJoann FletcherChris NauntonGlenn GodenhoJoann Fletcher presents the extraordinary story of Ancient Egypt, from its beginnings to the great pyramid builders and on, to the last of the pharaohs.
- DirectorDarryl KinsonAn exhibition walk-through of the Tutankhamun treasures in the Cairo museum including interviews with many of the individuals involved in the organization of this exhibit.
- DirectorJeff MorganStarsPhilip MadocAt the height of Egypt's new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods. Where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen?
- Did ancient Phoenicians, a powerful Mediterranean nation of seafaring traders also known as the Canaanites in the Bible, really sacrifice their children in rituals involving human sacrifice, or was this claim just a fabrication?
- Scholars, scientists and archeologists offer possible explanations for the plagues described in the biblical Book of Exodus.
- DirectorFritz HeedeNijole SparkisStarsJoseph AtwillRod BlackhirstRobert EisenmanBased on the best-selling religious studies book by Joseph Atwill, this documentary shows that Jesus is not a historical figure, the events of Jesus' life were based on a Roman military campaign, his supposed second coming refers to an event that already occurred, and the Gospels were written by a family of Caesars who left us documents to prove it. Besides Atwill, six other controversial Bible scholars weigh in, showing that the teachings of Christ came from the ancient pagan mystery schools, and that Christianity was used as a political tool to control the masses of the day and is still being used this way today.
- StarsWill LymanA five part documentary on computer history - from Babbage to Silicon Valley.
- DirectorZak PennStarsZak PennJoe LewandowskiRobert RentschlerA crew search for all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s.
- StarsMarilyn MilgromLinda WilliamsMarc WarrenA serious, non-titillating history of pornography, from the earliest days of erotic art right up to the present day's multimedia.
- DirectorRob ColdstreamStarsSalvatore VecchioJong-Un KimChung Ming LeeExamination of the turbulent rule and complex psychology of Kim Jong Un and follows the last three turbulent years inside the Hermit Kingdom as its young and unpredictable leader tries to turn around his country's fortunes.
- StarsMadeleine AlbrightAnthony 'Buckets' BlakesWilliam 'Bull' BullardVICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un. With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio of Harlem Globetrotters in tow, VICE traveled to the capital of Pyongyang for a tour of the city, a basketball clinic, an exhibition game, and a first-ever meeting between the leader and an American delegation.
- DirectorAndreas Voigt
- DirectorGauthier FlauderThe Ennedi massif lies mostly forgotten in the heart of the Sahara Desert, in northern Chad, but it shelters secret canyons with a flora and fauna of breathtaking beauty. In 1950, Hubert Gillet, a professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, began to explore this lost paradise. For more than a decade, he travelled through these mysterious mountains, on the back of a camel, discovering "a unique flora and fauna, relics of a golden age, which have survived in the depths of the Sahara Desert." Even today, access to the Ennedi massif is difficult, and only a few rare nomads have been privileged enough to penetrate the heart of this astounding massif. Come explore this hidden treasure.
- The source of many legends and myths, the mysterious Punans travel through the Indonesian primeval forest. They number a few thousand and live in small groups scattered over an immense territory, and each encounter with them raises more questions than it provides answers. To survive in the jungle, the Punan had to invent hunting techniques suited to their environment. But when a wild game is killed, they always adopt the little orphans that they find - so monkeys or otters often become members of their families.
- DirectorChris MaloneStarsEddie MarsanAndrew ByronHubert HanowiczThe inside story of Alexander Litvinenko's murder in London and the subsequent international manhunt that led to the Kremlin, told in full for the first time, with exclusive access to key individuals.
- DirectorPhilippe LafaixIn this episode, we follow the river dwellers like 14 year old Jesse, who row for hours a day, risking death trying to fasten his tiny canoes onto the fast moving tourist boats. The children hope to earn a few pennies for their family, plying jungle delicacies to the passengers and crew.
- 2020–20221h 30m7.4 (9)TV EpisodeDirectorLucy JohnstoneOliver PriceLiv WittStarsGlynis BarberPrincess AnneEmily AndrewsDocumentary exploring the life of Princess Anne, the queen's only daughter. The programme examines her skill as a horse rider,and the incident in 1974, when she survived an attempt to kidnap her and hold her to ransom.
- Titled the royal elephant, Dependra Gaja is the biggest and the most respected of all the elephants in Nepal, and is believed to be the embodiment of Ganesh, the Hindu god with the head of an elephant. Dhoraï, the elephant's Cornac servant, travels with Dependra Gaja through the jungle of the Chitwan reserve, helping to prevent wild animals from threatening the Tharus villages.
- Kilo is a Dourou. He lives in Taboun, a small village of about a hundred inhabitants, lost in the middle of the huge savanna of northern Cameroon. This year, a bush fire destroyed a large part of Kilo's cotton crop. His eldest son, Gibi, who is eleven, has been promoted to a class in which the chalk and slate board he has used up to now have to be replaced by notebooks and textbooks. The only possibility for Kilo to meet this new expense is to capture a python and sell its skin. But the giant snake is a feared devil... One needs a lot of courage and magic to confront him!
- DirectorJean QueyratStarsWarioIn Southern Ethiopia, Wario belongs to the Borana, a semi-nomadic tribe renowned for salt trading. It is time for him to prove that he is a real Borana. His test? A 200-kilometer journey to learn the difficult labor of salt trade.
- StarsMark RossmanScientists travel to the most extreme places on earth with the latest devices that may allow us to protect ourselves from violent storms, quakes, and volcanoes. Previously considered independent of one another, Scientists are now focusing on the interrelationships between these natural disasters.
- DirectorIngo Herbst
- StarsNoam de la RosaDenis ErdAlexandru LevitschiThe hideously mutilated body of a DEA agent sparks the largest manhunt in the Drug Enforcement Administration's history. It would take a special unit of investigators, and a battalion of Mexican soldiers to bring the killers to justice.
- DirectorMark TerryStarsMark TerryDavid AinleyRobert MulvaneyAn up-to-date look at the climate change research currently being done by the scientists stationed in Antarctica.
- DirectorJean QueyratStarsLasse BergAnn-Helen LaestadiusThe Baaka Pygmies are like elves. They live in the forest, hidden under the cover of leaves. They hunt using nets and they gather wild honey at dizzying heights. No one knows the great African equatorial rainforest better than they do. They sing polyphonic songs with a unique musical texture that has fascinated the greatest musicians. These songs express their beliefs in the spirits of the forest.
- DirectorBo LandinFor nearly 500 years the Norse people dominated the oceans, known by their ships and for their destruction of anything in their way. They used sophisticated navigation methods and navigated safely over remarkably long distances.
- Can a local natural disaster impact the global weather.
- DirectorMaurice SweeneyStarsLiam CunninghamDavid WilmotCiarán McMenaminThe story of the engineers who worked tirelessly to keep the electric power running as the Titanic sank. Their selfless actions kept the lights on and the electric lifeboat winches operational to facilitate the survival of others.
- DirectorStefan JarlJan LindqvistStarsStefan JarlKenneth 'Kenta' GustafssonGustav 'Stoffe' SvenssonThe first entry in a series of films about the lives of social misfits Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson and Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson.
- DirectorStefan JarlStarsKenneth 'Kenta' GustafssonGustav 'Stoffe' SvenssonEva BlondinAbout a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.
- DirectorStefan JarlStarsStefan JarlEva BlondinKenneth 'Kenta' GustafssonThis documentary is the third in a trilogy about a group of Swedish nonconformists. The first documentary was shot in 1967, and followed a bunch of rebellious youths around. These kids had nothing but contempt for those who fit into the society around them, and they were experimenting with drugs, and partying pretty heavily. In particular, it tells the stories of two young men, Kenta and Stoffe. Then, in 1979, the documentarian returns to cover the two men's lives, and the lives of their friends. What had been a friendly, cheerful bunch is now deeply involved in petty crime and drug use. Indeed, one of the two men followed in the earlier film (Stoffe) dies of a drug overdose during the filming of the documentary. The filmmaker returned in the early '90s, to see what has become of Stoffe's family, his friends, and Kenta and his family and friends. Stoffe's wife refused to meet with the filmmaker, but indicated that his son had been adopted, and has become a mechanic, living in the countryside. Kenta remained a "rebel," and remains proud of that fact, but his children studied hard and are on the verge of more conventional success.
- DirectorLuc VrijdaghsBrazil has well prepared itself for the Olympic Games of 2016, to embrace sports enthusiasts from all over the world. However, the people from the favela's have, as always, been forgotten. Barber Shop Brazil talks about current state of the favela's and of the common man's fear, not of drug dealers, but of the police. This is not a film about corruption but about the life of ordinary teenagers in Brazil's capital. The story plays in the outer skirts of Rio, in the Favela Jacarezinho. Barber Pedro rents the chairs in his barber shop to teenagers, but only if they stop getting involved in drugs and crime. Not only eager to learn a profession, the teenagers of Salao Faria have even developed a very specific haircut: the Jaca Haircut.
- StarsStephanie MarchAdam AbdelmoulaAbdirahman AbdishakurSomalia is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Almost two decades of terrorism has taken a huge toll. Now the African nation is facing its worst drought in 40 years with significant areas on the brink of famine.
- DirectorOlivier SarbilJames JonesDescribed by some military commanders as the deadliest urban combat since World War II, the battle to drive ISIS out of Mosul as the terror group held civilians captive there was brutal and grueling. Shot over the course of the entire nine-month fight, this vivid documentary follows the experiences of four young soldiers in a team of Iraqi Special Forces tasked with leading the battle. Visceral footage of the fighting is interwoven with intimate and searching interviews with the young soldiers. Full of hope at the beginning of the campaign, the reality of fighting an elusive and vicious enemy in a city full of trapped civilians ultimately takes its toll: By the end of filming, one of the four soldiers is dead. And for the surviving soldiers, haunted by what they have seen and done, the war goes on. Mosul is a stunning look at the high cost of the Iraqi Army's victory over ISIS in the city, large parts of which have been destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of civilians still displaced.
- DirectorJérôme SégurStarsJuniorWabakTo become an adult, Junior from Kontu Island must capture a shark armed with a lasso and a propeller. On Pentecost Island, Wabak of the Vanuatu Nation must jump from a wooden tower with vines around his ankles as his only safety line.
- StarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressWill LymanInside Iraq, as militias and the military fight for the future of the country. The film examines the power of the militias, the impact on civilians, and the places where ISIS has been pushed out.
- DirectorLuc VrijdaghsIndia has only recently openly raised its voice to one of the most violent aspects of society: the incredibly high number of rapes and the impunity of the attackers. Women seem to be helpless and have no chance to ask for justice. Some women, however, have found the strength to resist society's stigma. Soniya has a beauty parlour and barber shop in New Delhi. She survived an acid attack, several years earlier. Being mutilated for the rest of her life, she makes it her mission to give beauty and self-respect to the women around her. Barber Shop India demonstrates that beauty lies in the mind.
- DirectorRaphael TrezaStarsRaphael TrezaCobra Gypsies offers a contemporary and colorful window to the amazing ancient culture of the nomadic Kalbeliya tribes, living in rural Rajasthan, Northern India. The film explores their culture of eternal dance, syncopated music, snake charming, colorful fashion and the nomadic way of life of these exotic looking castoffs, ancestors to the modern Roma Gypsies living in Europe today.
- DirectorPhilippe LafaixWe make the epic journey from Kinshasha, capital of the DRC, to Kisangani, the third largest city in this vast country. The only way to move between the cities is by boat or plane. We join 1,500 people onboard the 'Gbemani', sailing along the Congo River. Without fresh water, electricity, or medicines, it is a perilous voyage.