The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon (1989)
A behind-the-scenes look at the putting on of the successful West End stage musical, including footage of the cast rehearsing and the triumphant first night.
Genre: Documentary, Music, TV Movie
Director: David Wright
Actors: Alain Boublil, Bob Avian, Cameron Mackintosh, Claude-Michel Schönberg, David Caddick, Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Maltby, William D. Brohn
At the Death House Door (2008)
An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored evidence inculpating a man, who bragged to friends about…
PlantPure Nation (2015)
Three people try to start a pilot program to document the health benefits of a plant-based diet.
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (2021)
Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, “Happier Than Ever,” this cinematic concert experience features an intimate performance of every song in the album’s sequential order – for the…
Under the Volcano (2021)
The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that changed music forever.
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening – women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women…
A Thousand Cuts (2020)
Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places…
Kings Ransom (2009)
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed…
Gunner Palace (2004)
American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the “Gunners,” tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure…
2012: Science or Superstition (2008)
December 21, 2012: the end date of the sophisticated Long Count Calendar created by the ancient Maya in central America. Countless books and websites, magazine articles and newspaper headlines debate…
Sleep Furiously (2009)
Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel’s parents – both refugees – found a home. This is a landscape and population that is changing…
The Iceman and the Psychiatrist (2004)
For the third time, HBO cameras go inside Trenton State Maximum Security Prison–and inside the mind of one of the most prolific killers in U.S. history–in this gripping documentary. Mafia…
Madonna: The Confessions Tour (2006)
Filmed in its entirety at London’s Wembley Arena during her worldwide sold-out 25-city Confessions Tour (2006’s top-grossing tour world-wide), this concert film features songs from throughout the queen’s career but…