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2018
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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2015
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution7.00 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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2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan7.71 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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2015
In Jackson Heights
In Jackson Heights6.50 2015 HD
Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space5.00 2023 HD
Raised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard University before arriving in New York in 1925. She...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Zora Neale Hurston
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1984
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'7.42 1984 HD
A documentary following the various stages in the production of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Steven Spielberg
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1985
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty6.70 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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1997
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature1 1997 HD
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Alfre Woodard
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1972
Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest1 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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2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library6.20 2017 HD
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Elvis Costello
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1978
The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor0.50 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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Richard Chamberlain
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2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union4.00 2022 HD
Reviewing the pursuit of democracy within the U.S. on the anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Fiona Hill
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1980
Drake's Venture
Drake's Venture1 1980 HD
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.
Genre: TV Movie
Cast: John Thaw
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2003
Prisoner of Paradise
Prisoner of Paradise6.30 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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1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered7.00 1993 HD
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful...
Genre: TV Movie
Cast: Audrey Hepburn
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2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation7.18 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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1990
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music9.00 1990 HD
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love...
Genre: Music
Cast: Sally Ann Howes
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1982
Hollywood’s Children
Hollywood’s Children1 1982 HD
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Roddy McDowall
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1983
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland8.00 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.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Kate Burton
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2023
The Hummingbird Effect
The Hummingbird Effect1 2023 HD
Costa Rica's motto is Pura Vida - Pure Life - and this deceptively small country is bursting with some of the most spectacular wildlife and pristine...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Harry Shum Jr.