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Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

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Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

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A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea...

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Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea...

Filmmaker explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

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Filmmaker explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default...

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Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default...

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middleclass Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

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Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middleclass Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.

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Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

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A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.

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A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy...

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The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy...

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Jonas Mekas chronicled life via diary films over 70+ years, from his 1949 NYC arrival until 2019. The Lithuanian exile shaped avant-garde cinema while building indie film institutions. "Fragments of Paradise" delves into his archives

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Jonas Mekas chronicled life via diary films over 70+ years, from his 1949 NYC arrival until 2019. The Lithuanian exile shaped avant-garde cinema while building indie film institutions. "Fragments of Paradise" delves into his archives

Inter-cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.

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Inter-cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.

Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.

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As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

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A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

In the 1960s chimpanzee Lucy was raised as a human in an experiment conducted by psychologists from the University of Oklahoma. When Lucy was taken to live on an island in The Gambia a young student, Janis, lived with her for 6 years.

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In the 1960s chimpanzee Lucy was raised as a human in an experiment conducted by psychologists from the University of Oklahoma. When Lucy was taken to live on an island in The Gambia a young student, Janis, lived with her for 6 years.

An exploration of Coward's expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen, including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives.

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An exploration of Coward's expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen, including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives.

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."

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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."

A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground.

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A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground.

In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.

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In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.

Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

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Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.

Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.

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  • Laura Poitras , 2016

From Academy Award winner Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR). Filmed over six years including through the 2016 presidential election and up to the present moment, RISK takes viewers closer than they have ever been before to Julian Assange and those who surround him.

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From Academy Award winner Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR). Filmed over six years including through the 2016 presidential election and up to the present moment, RISK takes viewers closer than they have ever been before to Julian Assange and those who surround him.

Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.

Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.

Joyous, Oscar-winning documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival: six huge, free, star-studded neighbourhood concerts that encapsulated 1969's swelling Black cultural pride

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Joyous, Oscar-winning documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival: six huge, free, star-studded neighbourhood concerts that encapsulated 1969's swelling Black cultural pride

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.

"The Australian Dream" is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper, more powerful story about race, identity, and belonging.

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"The Australian Dream" is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper, more powerful story about race, identity, and belonging.

A Led Zeppelin concert filmed in Madison Square Garden, New York.

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A Led Zeppelin concert filmed in Madison Square Garden, New York.

A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

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A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.