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2018
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Won't You Be My Neighbor?8.00 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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2005
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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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1997
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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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2017
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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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2000
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Mailer on Mailer
Mailer on Mailer5.00 2000 HD
Norman Mailer frankly discusses American culture, politics, literature, and his own tumultuous life.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Norman Mailer
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1990
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Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs
Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs7.00 1990 HD
Genre: Music
Cast: Julie Andrews
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1982
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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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1995
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The Search for Satan
The Search for Satan8.00 1995 HD
FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars....
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Bennett G. Braun
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2015
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Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
Act One: Live from Lincoln Center1 2015 HD
James Lapine's tribute to a life in the theater based on Moss Hart's autobiography of the same name, starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. The...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Tony Shalhoub
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2015
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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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1998
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Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th1 1998 HD
Meet the match made in pop heaven, when the singer-songwriter and the 1960s hitmaking composer collaborated on the 1998 album Painted From Memory,...
Genre: Music
Cast: David Byrne
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2018
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Betty White: First Lady of Television
Betty White: First Lady of Television7.50 2018 HD
The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Betty White
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1977
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Calypso's Search for the Britannic
Calypso's Search for the Britannic1 1977 HD
For 70 years, the sudden sinking of the mighty British ship Britannic - larger than the sister ship Titanic - has been shrouded in mystery. Jacques...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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2009
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Love and Valor
Love and Valor1 2009 HD
Narrated by Tony Award winning actor Brian Dennehy, a tremendously moving story of a Union soldier and his wife during the Civil War. Based on the...
Genre: History
Cast: Brian Dennehy
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1972
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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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2023
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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.
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2023
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Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution1 2023 HD
From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: David Depino
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2021
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Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas
Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas8.00 2021 HD
Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas Haden Church
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2004
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Tax Me If You Can
Tax Me If You Can1 2004 HD
As the documentary “Tax Me If You Can” explored, the tax shelter became one of corporate America’s biggest hidden profit centers in...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Hedrick Smith
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2023
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Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song9.00 2023 HD
After getting her start in coffee shops Joni Mitchell went on to set a new standard, marrying music and lyrics with such songs as “Both Sides,...
Genre: Music
Cast: Joni Mitchell