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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...

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  • 1984
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    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.20 1984 HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

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  • 2024
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    Nazi Town, USA

    Nazi Town, USA

    8.20 2024 HD

    In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...

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  • 2025
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    We Want the Funk!

    We Want the Funk!

    9.50 2025 HD

    Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

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  • 2021
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    Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score

    Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score

    10.00 2021 HD

    Wicked in Concert features re-imagined musical arrangements created for the event, performed by celebrity artists from the worlds of film, pop,...

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  • 1984
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    The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

    The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

    7.40 1984 HD

    A documentary following the various stages in the production of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

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  • 1988
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    The Artist Was a Woman

    The Artist Was a Woman

    1 1988 HD

    The history of Western art has few examples of great women artists. This documentary uncovers the works of some gifted women, while exploring why...

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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...

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  • 2024
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    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    7.60 2024 HD

    The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

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  • 2024
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    Us, Our Pets and the War

    Us, Our Pets and the War

    9.00 2024 HD

    Amid violence and war, Ukrainian citizens are coming together to rescue animals that have been left behind by those forced to flee. From cats and...

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  • 2025
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    Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

    Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

    1 2025 HD

    Hannah Arendt was one of the most fearless writers of the 20th century, and her report of the Adolf Eichmann trial coined the phrase, “the...

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  • 2018
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    Sex, Lies and Butterflies

    Sex, Lies and Butterflies

    8.00 2018 HD

    An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage...

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  • 2021
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    Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

    Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

    1 2021 HD

    Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television...

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  • 2002
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    The Dinosaur Hunters

    The Dinosaur Hunters

    5.00 2002 HD

    One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific...

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  • 2014
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    National Gallery

    National Gallery

    7.42 2014 HD

    A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of the employees and the experiences of the...

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  • 1978
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    The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor

    0.50 1978 HD

    A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.

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  • 2006
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    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    6.20 2006 HD

    In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a...

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  • 1983
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.80 1983 HD

    From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.

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  • 2005
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    Pioneers of Primetime

    Pioneers of Primetime

    1 2005 HD

    An in-depth look at the early days of television and its first stars.

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  • 2015
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    In Jackson Heights

    In Jackson Heights

    6.80 2015 HD

    Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC...

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