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  • 2018
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    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    8.01 2018 HD

    For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Margaret Whitmer

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  • 1992
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    Lincoln and the War Within

    Lincoln and the War Within

    1 1992 HD

    First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He had to bridge the gap between the victorious North...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Margaret Whitmer

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  • 2019
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    Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

    Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

    7.20 2019 HD

    50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground,...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Joan Baez

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  • 2017
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    Out of Gitmo

    Out of Gitmo

    1 2017 HD

    The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Joan Baez

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  • 2024
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    1 2024 HD

    Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2017
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    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

    6.20 2017 HD

    A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1971
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    The Great Radio Comedians

    The Great Radio Comedians

    8.00 1971 HD

    Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1972
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    Another Part of the Forest

    Another Part of the Forest

    1 1972 HD

    A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Barry Sullivan

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  • 2022
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    Nazca Desert Mystery

    Nazca Desert Mystery

    7.30 2022 HD

    One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mercer Boffey

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  • 2008
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    Fiesta Mexicana

    Fiesta Mexicana

    8.00 2008 HD

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    Cast: Vikki Carr

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  • 2021
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    Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains

    Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains

    8.50 2021 HD

    Travel to the ice mountains of Chile to discover the secrets of the puma (aka panther, mountain lion and cougar) the area's largest predator....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Uma Thurman

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  • 2015
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    The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

    The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

    7.01 2015 HD

    The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kathleen Cleaver

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  • 2023
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    Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

    Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

    7.50 2023 HD

    From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Depino

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  • 2023
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    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

    9.00 2023 HD

    Compulsive Twitterer, Elon Musk bought himself his favorite social network in 2022, and brutally shaped it according to his desires. This punchy...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Depino

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  • 1993
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    After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

    1 1993 HD

    Award-winning actress Ruby Dee narrates this powerful documentary about the impact of AIDS on the families, friends and members of the acclaimed...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ruby Dee

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  • 2005
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    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    7.70 2005 HD

    A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bob Dylan

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  • 1985
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    The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

    6.70 1985 HD

    For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and...

    Genre: History

    Cast: David McCullough

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  • 2006
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    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    8.20 2006 HD

    Ric Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic influence of Andy Warhol. [Made for and aired on PBS's...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Andy Warhol

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  • 1994
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    Tupperware!

    Tupperware!

    1 1994 HD

    The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, the self-taught sales-woman who built...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Kathy Bates

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  • 2003
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    Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

    6.30 2003 HD

    The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Holm

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