The People Speak (2009)
A look at America’s struggles with war, class, race and women’s rights. based on Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.”
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Chris Moore, Howard Zinn
Actors: David Strathairn, Don Cheadle, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, Rosario Dawson, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Viggo Mortensen
Radiohead: In Rainbows – From the Basement (2008)
A live performance by Radiohead of their 2007 album In Rainbows. This was their first of two full-episode performances, filmed at Maida Vale Studios in London, as part of the…
A New High (2015)
In the heart of downtown Seattle, a diverse group of men and women will come together to climb out of homelessness and drug addiction through an unorthodox recovery program that…
I Know a Woman Like That (2009)
Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman between 64 and 94 years old. Among those featured in…
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers (2012)
David Attenborough narrates this close up look at these tiny pollinators captured in flight as never before. Acrobats of the air – flying jewels – iridescent partners of countless plants:…
Freeheld (2007)
Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying. All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner – Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel…
Stand Tall (1997)
This documentary is very much in the style of Pumping Iron, but like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Rebuild it is centered around its “Star”, Lou Ferrigno. It charts his early years…
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of…
Batkid Begins (2015)
On November 15, 2013, the world came together to grant one 5-year-old leukemia patient his wish to be Batman for a day. “Batkid Begins” looks at why and how this…
Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror (2012)
This two-hour History Channel special examines controversial new theories about the man who ruled the world’s mightiest Empire with sadistic brutality. His reign of terror lasted just 1,400 days. Yet…
The Call of the Wild (2007)
The Call of the Wild is a 2007 documentary by independent filmmaker Ron Lamothe detailing the odyssey of Christopher McCandless, who is best known as the subject of the novel…
San Francisco 2.0 (2015)
San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists. With the onset of the digital gold rush, young members of…
ReMastered: The Lion’s Share (2019)
After discovering the family of Solomon Linda, the writer of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a reporter tries to help them fight for fair compensation.