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The Cult of JT LeRoy
Ethically charged, controversial and confusing, JT's life and death sprang open a Pandora's box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Sociopathy? Complicity? THE CULT OF JT LEROY is a...Watch Movie
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The Box
Every year, thousands of teens are placed in solitary confinement cells in juvenile halls, jails and prisons nationwide. This animated short tells the story of Ismael "Izzy" Nazario and the time he spent in solitary confinement in New York City's Rikers Island jail. This story is based on an...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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Charles Manson Superstar
In 1969, he became one of history's infamous villains, presented by the media as evil incarnate. CHARLES MANSON SUPERSTAR sets the record straight after years of media disinformation, and features an exclusive interview with Manson which allows him to speak for the first time...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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Massacred for Gold
In 1887, more than thirty Chinese miners were murdered in Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in North America, in the worst act of violence against Chinese immigrants in the West; no one was ever held accountable. With a haunting score by Canadian composer, Tim Hecker, and...Watch Movie
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Of Dolls and Murder
Before forensics, DNA and CSI we had dollhouses: an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. These surreal dollhouses reveal a dystopic and disturbing slice of domestic life with doll corpses for murder victims, or...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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Hafford's Saloon
This is a short video I made while doing research for my new feature, TOMBSTONE RASHOMON. It was shot on the streets of Tombstone and in a Western movie set, Old Tucson. It details, in real time, how long it took the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday to walk from their saloon...Watch Movie
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A Jail in Colombia
A look inside La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia. Called a "model" prison by Colombian officials, the prison in reality is controlled more by the prisoners than the guards (with 5,000 prisoners for 2,400 spots, and not more than 150 security guards assigned to La Modelo)....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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Alien Boy
On September 17, 2006 James Chasse was stopped by three law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon in broad daylight. A dozen eyewitnesses watched in horror as the officers tackled, beat, kicked and Taser'd James until he lay motionless on the pavement with sixteen broken ribs and a punctured...Watch Movie
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Boy 23
Investigating a period that Brazil is now trying to forget, this documentary reveals that, going much beyond theoretical support, Brazil was once the stage for eugenic experiments that scarred their victims forever. This documentary explores how a racially mixed nation absorbed eugenic ideas to...Watch Movie
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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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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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Human Failure
The expropriation of assets from German Jews during the Third Reich benefited virtually every German citizen. It was not only the Gestapo who invaded Jewish residences to confiscate all property, from bank accounts to the last item of clothing, it was the German tax officials. A competition...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 After Party
In 1993, the film THE LAST PARTY was released. The documentary followed Robert Downey Jr.'s initiation in to the world of politics. In 2000 came the sequel, THE PARTY'S OVER, following Philip Seymour Hoffman on the campaign trail. The third film in the trilogy, THE AFTER PARTY, is a documentary...Watch Movie
