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2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom7.72 2019 HD
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Yoruba Richen
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2014
Shark Girl
Shark Girl6.00 2014 HD
For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Madison Stewart
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2021
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant7.70 2021 HD
"The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Cher
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2020
Aboard Air Force One
Aboard Air Force One1 2020 HD
Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Steven Kamer
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2019
The Day We Walked on the Moon
The Day We Walked on the Moon4.75 2019 HD
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Michael Collins
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2014
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink7.00 2014 HD
It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Elizabeth Hadly
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2013
Samurai Headhunters
Samurai Headhunters6.60 2013 HD
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Demetri Goritsas
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2015
The Day Hitler Died
The Day Hitler Died6.75 2015 HD
The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Mark Strong
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2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.63 2012 HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...
Genre: Documentary
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2010
Mystery of the Hope Diamond
Mystery of the Hope Diamond1 2010 HD
Unlock the secrets of the most celebrated and prized gem in the world. Learn why the Hope Diamond has inspired superstition and passion since its...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Kim Basinger
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2019
Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes
Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes9.00 2019 HD
Genre: Documentary
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2013
The Real Beauty and the Beast
The Real Beauty and the Beast1 2013 HD
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Robert Leigh
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2019
Adolf Island
Adolf Island6.50 2019 HD
Caroline Sturdy Colls, a world leader in the forensic investigation of Nazi crime scenes, is chasing clues to an unsolved case: a concentration camp...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Caroline Sturdy Colls
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2007
Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise
Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise1 2007 HD
Going from 0 to 150 mph in three seconds, withstanding three Gs of force, and taking off from what's often called "the most dangerous place on the...
Genre: Documentary
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2013
Legend of Lead Belly
Legend of Lead Belly9.00 2013 HD
Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Lead Belly
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2020
Mystery of the Ice Age Giants
Mystery of the Ice Age Giants6.70 2020 HD
During the last Ice Age, millions of large animals roamed the Earth, from wooly mammoths and giant sloths to cave lions and saber-toothed cats. But...
Genre: Documentary
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2013
The Day Kennedy Died
The Day Kennedy Died6.80 2013 HD
The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who...
Genre: Documentary
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2018
Honey Badger: Grit
Honey Badger: Grit7.00 2018 HD
On the harsh and unforgiving plains of central Namibia, Africa, a young honey badger named Grit has just left home to venture out in the great, wide...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Bray Poor
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2017
Baboon King
Baboon King8.00 2017 HD
In Africa's Simien Mountains, Braveheart is the undisputed king of his gelada family. For four years, he has fought off predators, kept the peace,...
Genre: Documentary
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2023
The Last 747
The Last 7471 2023 HD
The iconic design of the Boeing 747 has endured for over 5 decades, but the end of production is looming. In this documentary special we follow the...
Genre: Documentary
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