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Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | documentary, history |
Country | USA |
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:01 |
Going Clear intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, family, documentary |
Country | USA |
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | family, documentary |
Country | Tanzania, United Kingdom, USA, Uganda |
Duration | 01:17 |
A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | horror, documentary, detective, biography, history |
Country | Republic of Ireland, USA, United Kingdom, Italy |
Malachi Martin; an Irish priest who dedicated his life to battling an ancient evil. Malachi Martin; exorcist. Using first-hand interviews, dramatic reconstruction, archival evidence and Martin's own words, this documentary will follow Father Martin's incredible crusade from the 1970s through to his death in 1999. So. Does the Devil exist?
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | fantasy, documentary, biography |
Country | USA |
After a vicious attack leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in "Marwencol", a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | documentary, sport |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:53 |
Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field. For players and coaches alike, the season will be not only about winning games — it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of football and part of life.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | documentary, sport |
Country | USA |
Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have previously been considered momentary setbacks and ignored in the name of toughness and dedication to the team.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | USA |
Sanctuary tells the story of a campaign by Greenpeace, for whom the Bardems currently act as Antarctic ambassadors, to preserve the Southern Ocean. Knowing that there's no replacement for first-hand experience, Javier and Carlos travel to the continent with a team of scientists to learn about its astonishing diversity of ecosystems, and the role of oceans in reducing carbon dioxide.
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | documentary, biography, sport |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:33 |
Explore Ali’s challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs through recordings of his own voice. The two-part documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who was a beacon of hope for oppressed people around the world and, in his later years, was recognized as a global citizen and a symbol of humanity and understanding.