DOCUMENTARY Movies

A special documentary companion to Bravo's "Dirty John" scripted anthology series, "Dirty John, The Dirty Truth" delves into con man John Meehan’s terrifying history of deception that began long before he seduced and manipulated Debra Newell.

American Movie (1999) On the northwest side of Milwaukee, Mark Borchardt dreams the American dream: for him, it's making movies. Using relatives, local theater talent, slacker friends, his Mastercard, and $3,000 from his Uncle Bill, Mark strives over three years to finish "Covan," a short horror fil

The Laughter Life (2018) The Laughter Life follows a week in the life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show that has garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.

Weed the People (2018) Patients suffering from cancer, and their families, struggle against mean-spirited legislation, and the proclaimed goal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to roll back marijuana reforms in states such as California.

The Last Race (2018) THE LAST RACE is the portrait of a small-town stock car racetrack and the tribe of blue-collar drivers that call it home, struggling to hold onto an American racing tradition as the world ...

Decanted. (2016) "What does it take to make it in Napa Valley?" This feature length documentary follows the development of a brand new winery, Italics Winegrowers, seen through the eyes of elite Napa Valley winemakers in this small but highly revered wine region.

I Am (2010) Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.

For more than twenty years, the artist Miquel Barceló has lived in Africa, in Mali (Dogon Country) for long periods. It was there that he learned to paint between the termites, before the heat and the wind ate his work. On the very high rocks of Bandiagara, Barceló presents the performance of LOS

DamNation (2014) This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wren

United Skates Documentary (2015) It took nearly thirty years for mainstream America to discover the brilliance of jazz. Similarly, blues, R&B, and hip-hop were met with prejudice before being recognized for their artistic brilliance. Looking at the recurring pattern of struggle for acceptance faced

Forensic Files (19962011) Police increasingly utilize scientific laboratory analysis to solve crimes. This program reviews and re-enacts dramatic cases from around the world in which forensic scientists find and examine previously undetectable evidence. Through their hard work, criminals are brought

Demon House (2018) The story takes place with doing a docudrama about the home he purchased and experienced his first ghostly encounter. He returns home and convinces a couple of previous tenants to come back and discuss their accounts of the freighting ordeals that they endured during their stay at

The Homestretch (2014) The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Kasey, Anthony and Roque - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work

Itzhak (2017) A look at the life, work and religious heritage of violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017) A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (2017) Fred Beckey is the original American "Dirtbag" climber whose name evokes mystery, adulation and vitriol. Since the 1940s, Beckey has led an obsessive and nomadic quest of first ascents while poetically chronicling the exquisite beauty of nature and mountains

Americas Blues (2015) America's Blues takes a new angle on the Blues, focusing on, not only the musical impact it has had on all forms of Popular American Music, but also the influence it has had on art, fashion, language, film and racial equality.

Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football (2018) Carlos "Kaiser" Henrique Raposo was a professional footballer. But he never actually played a game. By convincing others of his abilities (with help from journalist friends) he moved from club to club, avoiding football but partying hard.

Sample the sights and sounds of three distinct environments with this exotic National Geographic program that takes you to the vast grasslands of the African savannah, the dense rainforests of the Amazon and the icy plains of the Arctic. Users can also choose from two different audio tracks to accom

O Mestre de Apipucos (1959) Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).

The Panama Papers (2018) A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.

Sherpa (2015) A fight on Everest? It seemed incredible. But in 2013 news channels around the world reported an ugly brawl at 6400 m (21,000 ft) as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. In 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had reached the summit in a spirit of co-o

In Trevor McDonald Return To South Africa, one of Britains most distinguished journalists and broadcasters discovers a very different South Africa to the one he last visited as a

Bra Boys (2007) The first officially sanctioned documentary about Maroubra's notorious surf-gang, the Bra Boys. Showing their success in professional big wave surfing, exploring their reputation for hard partying and rough justice, touching on their running battle with authorities and showing their

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018) Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein becomes a catalyst for the MeToo Movement. Contains testimonials from those who knew him well such as Hillary Clinton, Emma Thompson, Heather Kerr, Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Uma Thurman and more!

Bad Reputation (2018) Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.

Documentary exploring issues of social cleansing, decline, regeneration and gentrification of social housing in Britain over the past 30 years and meeting the people fighting to save their homes from demolition

When Trump Came to Town (2018) What's it like to be responsible for President Trump's UK visit? Go behind the scenes with the U.S. Embassy team responsible for keeping the Presidential show on the road.

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (1992) Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that features one of the most vivid and ...

Grey Gardens (1975) The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton. Edith is dry and quick-witted - a singer, married but later separated, a member of high

For All Mankind (1989) This movie documents the Apollo missions perhaps the most definitively of any movie under two hours. Al Reinert watched all the footage shot during the missions--over 6,000,000 feet of it, and picked out the best. Instead of being a newsy, fact-filled documentary, Reinart focu

Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole (2018) a documentary about the scientific detection of the decrease of and the creation of , the ozone hole, that were highlighted and widely discussed from the mid 70's till the Montreal- protocol were signed in the early 90's..it tells the basic story of the scie

Kurt & Courtney (1998) After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain's widow Courtney Love, an L.A. priva

Hope Has A Name is an inspiring documentary film about ordinary women bringing extraordinary hope in unlikely places. In Urban America, the bush of Africa, the war zone of the Congo and in closed nations there are women who are living outside their own cultures, society and comfort level to care for

Filmworker (2017) It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as 'Lord Bullingdon" in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving c

SHOT! The PsychoSpiritual Mantra of Rock (2016) SHOT! The Mick Rock Documentary is an odyssey into the colorful and crazy recesses of rock 'n' roll's history. A reckless joyride that delves deep into the mind of rock's greatest living photographer: Mick Rock. Told through the distorted lens of rock

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of JeanMichel Basquiat (2017) Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.

Far from Vietnam (1967) In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war.

In British comedy there is a line in the sand and that line is Billy Connolly. Before he found fame on an international level, British comedy was an end-of-the-pier kind of affair - but through sheer talent and force of personality, Connolly ploughed a different and deeply personal yet universal app

Welcome to Leith (2015) 'Welcome to Leith' is a feature documentary chronicling the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. Filmed in the days leading up to Cobb's arrest for terrorizing the townspeople on an armed patrol and his subsequent relea

Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018) Taylor Swift takes the stage and proves she doesn't care about her bad reputation.

21 X New York (2016) "21 x New York" is an intimate portrait of the city and its people. We meet the characters in the NYC subway and we follow them to the surface finding out about their lives, cravings, passions, hopes and dreams - sometimes lost and sometimes still waiting to be fulfilled. What c

Letter from Masanjia (2018) When a desperate SOS letter penned by a political prisoner turns up in Halloween decorations sold in Oregon, it sparks a nail-biting chain of events that exposes appalling human rights ...

Get the Picture (2013) Meet John G Morris, 95, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world. Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine & New York Times was instrumental in the early years of Magnum with his friends and peers Robert Capa & Hen

27: Gone Too Soon (2018) Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the ...

The Man from MoWax (2016) A pulsating documentary charting the extraordinary life and career of underground DJ icon, music producer and global trip hop mogul, James Lavelle. Starring DJ Shadow, 3D of Massive Attack, Futura, Ian Brown, Grandmaster Flash and Josh Homme.

The Godfathers of Hardcore (2017) Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma are lynch pins of New York Hardcore (NYHC), and their band Agnostic Front played a key role in defining, shaping and establishing the cultural code of conduct for the still-thriving movement. Film and Music Video Director Ian McFarland

Dead On Arrival: The Punk Documentary That Almost Never Was (2017) An in-depth look at the auspicious production of D.O.A. A Rite of Passage, the documentary funded by High Times founder Tom Forcade in which guerrilla filming methods captured the first (and only) U.S. tour of the notorious Sex Pisto