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  • 2014
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    Life Itself

    Life Itself

    7.50 2014 HD

    The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling...

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  • 2015
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    Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

    Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

    6.60 2015 HD

    When Steve Jobs died the world wept. But what accounted for the grief of millions of people who didn’t know him? This evocative film navigates...

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  • 2019
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    Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    7.60 2019 HD

    With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early...

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  • 2023
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    Little Richard: I Am Everything

    Little Richard: I Am Everything

    6.90 2023 HD

    The story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the...

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  • 2021
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    Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

    Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

    6.90 2021 HD

    An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain...

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  • 2019
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    Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    7.80 2019 HD

    A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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  • 2022
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    Navalny

    Navalny

    7.25 2022 HD

    Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he...

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  • 2015
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    The Hunting Ground

    The Hunting Ground

    7.40 2015 HD

    A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families....

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  • 2016
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    Holy Hell

    Holy Hell

    6.62 2016 HD

    An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

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  • 2018
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    RBG

    RBG

    7.50 2018 HD

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish...

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  • 2024
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    Blue Carbon

    Blue Carbon

    6.50 2024 HD

    Blue Carbon - Nature's Superpower is a documentary that uses music and science to portray perhaps the best weapon in the fight against climate change.

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  • 2014
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    Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

    Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

    6.50 2014 HD

    A documentary that captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a springboard to explore...

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  • 2017
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    Trophy

    Trophy

    7.00 2017 HD

    This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex...

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  • 2017
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    The Force

    The Force

    6.80 2017 HD

    The Force presents a cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal...

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  • 2021
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    Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests

    Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests

    5.60 2021 HD

    A documentary exploring the history and growing dangers surrounding the seemingly innocuous Myers–Briggs personality test.

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  • 2020
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    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    4.60 2020 HD

    The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...

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  • 2014
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    Ivory Tower

    Ivory Tower

    7.20 2014 HD

    As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, "Is college worth it?" From the halls of Harvard to...

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  • 2017
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    Unseen Enemy

    Unseen Enemy

    7.60 2017 HD

    A documentary focused on infectious disease outbreaks.

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  • 2014
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    Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story

    Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story

    4.90 2014 HD

    A former U.S. Navy Seal seeks life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness living life as a transgender woman.

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  • 2017
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    Legion of Brothers

    Legion of Brothers

    6.00 2017 HD

    Afghanistan, immediately post-9/11: Small teams of Green Berets arrive on a series of secret missions to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is...

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