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Sunrise at Campobello (1960) The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 39 in 1921 and how his family (and especially wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the stor

Gut Hack (2017) A bio-hacker seeks to cure himself by swapping his microbiome with a donor's, a controversial and dangerous technique.

Betty: They Say Im Different (2017) Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She "was the first..." as former husband Miles Davis said. "Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince". An ...

Follows Terry Bradshaw, an Intimate Portrait Of Hall Of Fame Quarterback, in a revealing interview and rare archival footage.

Dying to Do Letterman (2011) When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learned he was dying of cancer, he dedicated the rest of his life to making his dream come true: performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. This documentary chronicles his five-year journey, as he races his own

Stewart 2022 Set in the late 60s early 70s, STEWART follows Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart on an immersive, colorful and emotive journey that transcends motor sport and explores universal themes of love, loss and human vulnerability

My Talk with Florence 2015 Two Persons One Tape One Interview No Cuts No tricks One of the most brutal and disturbing pieces of oral history Florence Burnier Bauer was born in Paris in 1949 to an upper middle class family with Russian roots Raped by her Granddad at an early age and passed around in

Art of Darkness (2014) Art of Darkness is a feature documentary intimately profiling controversial painter and performance artist Bryan Lewis Saunders. Bryan is renowned for his commitment to producing a self portrait every day, which, to date, number well over 10,000. A complex individual with admi

South Bureau Homicide (2015) South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los Angeles, explores the unsung bond created by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the local community's anti-violent-crime activists who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace of homicidal violence that plagues a d

My Friend Rockefeller (2015) Christian Gerhartsreiter, a man eventually known as "Clark Rockefeller", lived a life of deception; the FBI called it "the longest-running con in FBI history." After ingratiating himself into New York society and marrying a top banker with a Harvard M

Show Me the Picture The Story of Jim Marshall 2019 Photographer Jim Marshall captures the heights of the Rock and Roll music era, from the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, to the civil rights movements and some of the most iconic moments of the 60s

Who Is Harry Nilsson And Why Is Everybody Talkin About Him 2010 The documentary explores the enigmatic life and music of Harry Nilsson in an attempt to answer the question, Who is Harry Nilsson The film includes new and archive audio and film including interviews with Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van D

Son of Cornwall 2020 Son of Cornwall is a biopic about the life and career of opera star John Treleaven His son takes him on a personal and emotional journey down memory lane, exploring what drives him as an artist The film tells of success and sacrifice and the cost of living your dream As the son

I ragazzi di via Panisperna 1988 The lives of a group of highly gifted young physicists known as the Via Panisperna Boys, led by Enrico Fermi One of them, Ettore Majorana, mysteriously disappeared in 1938

Felix Austria 2013 Compelled by the inheritance of a mysterious box of letters, American aesthete Felix Pfeifle begins the journey of a lifetime to reach the source of the correspondence the last heir of the Holy Roman Emperors, aging Archduke Otto von Habsburg The quest takes Felix across America ,

Verplant Wie zwei Typen versuchen, mit dem Rad nach Vietnam zu fahren 2021 Matthias and Tobias want to cycle from Germany to Vietnam Their lack of training shows when they start their endeavor in August 2018 Against all odds and without ever losing their humor they push forward to reach that one amb

Martha A Picture Story 2019 In 1970s New York, Martha Cooper captured the birth of the global graffiti art movement Decades later, she is celebrated as the an icon, and at 75 years of age she continues to document not only the dynamic street art and graffiti movement but has also produced decades of

Jump Shot uncovers the inspiring true story of Kenny Sailors, the proclaimed developer of the modern day jump shot in basketball He defined the game, but only now is he ready to share his thoughts on why the game never defined him

Rembrandt (1936) This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid Hendrickje, whom he's unable t

My Many Sons (2016) The life story of legendary basketball coach Don Meyer.

Endurance (1998) The gold medal for the men's 10,000-metre race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

Tom Hanks The Nomad 2023 From humble beginnings to an aspiring thespian to acting as some of the worlds most iconic and notable characters He has picked up a reputation as Americas Nice Guy, The Everyman and a nomad of the arts But we all know him

Unfit The Psychology of Donald Trump 2020 After years of empirical observation, for the first time ever, prominent mental health professionals present their observations on camera as part of their ethical Duty to Warn the public of imminent danger Medical doctors and mental health professionals go o

One Nation Under Trump (2016) One Nation Under Trump is the first comprehensive feature documentary to delve into the zeitgeist of the unstoppable Donald Trump revolution, from the ground floor all the way to the pinnacle of the 2016 American political landscape.

Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018) Documentary portrait of pioneering filmmaker and mother Merata Mita, detailing how her filmmaking intersected with the lives of her children and indigenous filmmakers globally, and featuring rare archival footage dating back to 1977.

Dennis Viollet: A United Man (2016) Directed by Rachel Viollet, and featuring interviews with soccer legends; Sir Alex Ferguson, Bryan Robson, Denis Law, Nobby Stiles and Paddy Crerand, this inspiring documentary showcases the life of Manchester United and Busby Babe legend Dennis Viollet. A natural

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (2016) Both a biopic of a complicated man and an exploration of the gathering forces that converged to shape a new American cuisine and create the cult of "celebrity chef"... A consummate hedonist, Jeremiah Tower's career spans the riotous sexual revolu

Love, Lizzo 2022 Follows Lizzos life from her humble beginnings to her meteoric rise Having an intimate look into the moments that shaped her hard earned rise to fame, success, love and international stardom

Whina 2022 A biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs

The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.

The Forecaster (2014) MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial adviser, used the number pi to predict economic turning points with precision. When some big New York bankers asked him to join the club to help them to take over Russia, he refused to join the manipulation. A few days

Raising Matty Christian (2014) This inspirational documentary profiles the life of Matthew G. Christian (1983-2009), known as 'Matty' from the town of Canton, Massachusetts, who was born without a full set of arms and legs and without a tongue. As told through interviews with his parents Allie and J

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014) Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don't. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you probably don't know that until a last minute change of heart by NASA, Big Bird was supposed to go to s

The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936 In 1860 Paris, chemist Louis Pasteur is considered a quack within the medical community for advocating that doctors and surgeons wash their hands and boil their instruments to destroy microbes that can kill their patients He came across this belief when discovering mi

The Great Moment 1944 In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to Dr W T G Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity Frost drives to a country farmhouse and gives the medal to Mortons widow, Elizabeth Morton who explain

The Image You Missed 2018 An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaigs decades spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland Drawing on over 30 years of unique and never seen before footage, The Image You Missed i

Mad As Hell (2014) The Young Turks, one of the most popular online news shows in the world, has amassed a YouTube network consisting of millions of subscribers and billions of views. But that wasn't always ...

A documentary that explores the diverse world of people who make stop motion animated films with LEGO bricks

Memories and Confessions 1993 A docu drama that follows Manoel de Oliveiras life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal

Beautiful Boxer 2003 Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muay Thai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman The movie chronicles her life from a young boy who likes to wear lipstick and flowers to her sensational career as a kickboxer whose specialty is ancient

The Pathological Optimist (2017) In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license ...

Oscar Wilde (1960) In the 1890s, famed writer Oscar Wilde (Robert Morley) embarks on a relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas (John Neville), despite his marriage to Constance (Phyllis Calvert). This relationship and its consequences are the focus of this dramatization of Wilde's life. Wilde sues Alf

Moses 1995 A retelling of the Bible story Pharaoh Ramses II decrees the death of all Hebrew children, but Moses, placed in a basket in the Nile by his mother, is taken by a royal Princess and raised as the brother of the heir to the throne of Egypt, Mermefta Moses is called by God to lead his people

Galileo 1975 This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science Galileo made himself one of the worlds first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter He supported Copernicus theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun This brought

The Road to Coronation Street 2010 In 1960 a former child actor with writing ambitions,Mancunian Tony Warren begins submitting television scripts for Shadow Squad to progressive Canadian producer Harry Elton,who wants to nurture local talent Tony,however,is keen to sell a drama he has written about

The Drop Box (2015) The Drop Box tells the story of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak and his heroic efforts to embrace and protect the most vulnerable members of society. It is an exploration of the physical, emotional and financial toll associated with providing refuge to orphans that would otherwi

Waltz with Bashir 2008 One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs Every night, the same number of beasts The two men conclude that theres a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early ei

How to Change the World (2015) In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world's imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life, How To Change The World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and