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Biggie and Tupac
BIGGIE AND TUPAC is a no holds barred investigation into the unsolved murders of two of the biggest superstars rap has ever produced, Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. Nick Broomfield hits the streets, putting his life at risk as he uncovers sensational new evidence that points...Watch Movie
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Party Monster
Originally a documentary (before it was made into an identically-named narrative film by the same filmmakers), PARTY MONSTER tells the story of the rise and fall of Michael Alig, a kid from Middle America who aspired to take the place of Andy Warhol. Michael quickly rose to become the biggest...Watch Movie
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Presumed Guilty
PRESUMED GUILTY: TALES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS chronicles a year of trench warfare in jails, holding cells, courtrooms, law offices and police stations, revealing the criminal justice system as never seen before. A powerful look at the triumphs, defeats and moral dilemmas of a group of lawyers in...Watch Movie
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The Ambassador
This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of gonzo journalism from international provocateur Mads Brügger (filmmaker of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner RED CHAPEL) rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on...Watch Movie
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The Reckoning
Late in the 20th century, in response to repeated mass atrocities that convulsed the world, more than one hundred and twenty countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC), the first permanent, independent (treaty based) international criminal court created to prosecute...Watch Movie
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The Invisible War
From Academy Award® and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick comes THE INVISIBLE WAR, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America's most shameful and best-kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the...Watch Movie
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Back Home Years Ago
BACK HOME YEARS AGO is about the real Chicago gangsters who migrated to Las Vegas and formed the basis for Martin Scorsese's epic, CASINO. The focus is on real life counterparts to the Nicholas Pileggi book "Casino," and subsequent film. BACK HOME YEARS AGO gives you insights...Watch Movie
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Unraveled
Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations...Watch Movie
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The Canal Street Madam
Until an FBI bust upended her life, Jeanette Maier was a successful New Orleans madam. Her discreet clientele included a number of powerful, high-ranking politicians. The ensuing very public trial, both in the courtroom and in the media, focused salaciously on the fact that...Watch Movie
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Neshoba
In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba, the infamous “Mississippi Burning” murders. The young men, two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi, were in the Deep South helping to register African-American voters...Watch Movie
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The Jena 6
Jena, LA: in a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of their school,...Watch Movie
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The House of Suh
One of Chicago's most famous murder cases surrounded sister and brother Catherine and Andrew Suh, first-generation Korean Americans, who conspired against, shot and killed Catherine's former boyfriend. Over a decade later, director Iris Shim revisits the case and opens a...Watch Movie
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The Past is a Foreign Country
In April 1989, a body floats down the Colorado River with a bullet wound in the back of its head. That body is John H. Jenkins, rare book and historical document dealer. He had been at the epicenter of one of the largest document-forgery scandals in Texas history and his death...Watch Movie
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The Perfect Victim
For over thirty years, three women have languished in Missouri State prison under unjust sentences for killing their abusive husbands. Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized...Watch Movie
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Zero Tolerance
Why are children as young as five being arrested in schools across the USA? In a misguided attempt to avoid another Columbine, in "zero tolerance’"states like Texas, Florida and California, police forces armed with guns and pepper spray have been patrolling hallways, monitoring playground...Watch Movie
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Stolen Art
In New York City in 1978, an unknown Czech artist by the name of Pavel Novak held an exhibit at WX Gallery entitled "Stolen Art," which featured paintings by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Gustave Courbet, Vincent van Gogh and other great masters, all reproduced with astonishing accuracy by...Watch Movie
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Blood Antiquities
The European art trade, synonymous with wealth and glamour, has always involved a degree of stolen and smuggled art. Now, Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage is financing terrorism and the Taliban. From Afghans scrabbling in the sand for treasures, to the dazzling show rooms...Watch Movie
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Whores' Glory
An eye-opening exploration of the oldest profession in the world, WHORES' GLORY travels the globe to show how prostitutes really live and work today. The conclusion to internationally renowned director Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy, following MEGACITIES (1998) and WORKINGMAN'S DEATH...Watch Movie
