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- DirectorJeffrey SchwarzStarsPhyllis AntonellisGeorge BancroftRichard BarriosThe story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.
- DirectorMartin WitzStarsTrevor J. RolingHanspeter MüllerMario ScarabelliIn 1943, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug - its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research?
- DirectorCrayton RobeyStarsEdward AlbeeJoe AllenMatt BaneyOn the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Beloved by some for breaking new ground, and condemned by others for reinforcing gay stereotypes, The Boys in the Band sparked heated controversy that still exists four decades later.
- DirectorPete McGrainStarsWoody HarrelsonJustin LewisBill HoganHosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.
- DirectorJennifer Siebel NewsomStarsJennifer Siebel NewsomJean KilbourneJim SteyerExplores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.
- DirectorMac CarterStarsRyan ReynoldsPaul LevitzGerard JonesThe history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
- 2010– 6 eps5.6 (17)TV Mini SeriesStarsBrit HumeRonald ReaganHenry KissingerA history of the American conservative movement from the 1930s to the present.
- StarsGary PhilpHal SparksGraham HillA look at the strange history of marijuana in America, with a critical eye toward America's War on Drugs and its impact on society.
- DirectorEmil ChiaberiStarsRick RetelleCharlie WithersPatrick Sherrill"Murder by Proxy" is a feature-length documentary that examines the growing phenomenon of spree killings in the United States.
- DirectorBrigitte BermanStarsLarry AdlerBobbie ArnsteinJoan BaezA look at the battles Hugh Hefner fought over the years against the U.S. government, the religious right, and militant feminists.
- DirectorHeath TaitStarsMarty AndaluzGeorgia Anderson-PoundPaul ArmstrongA wacky and darkly candid autobiographical doc-drama of Heath Tait's start as an artist and animator struggling through the Gen-X 90's, attempting his indie career outside of Hollywood North, Canada.
- DirectorKirby DickStarsBarney FrankJames McGreeveyKevin NaffAn indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.
- DirectorKate DavisDavid HeilbronerFranco SacchiStarsGary BauerChip BerletGeorge W. BushAmerica's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."
- DirectorJon HartMathew KaufmanStarsBryce BrittonIrwin CoreyWilliam DavidsonChronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
- DirectorChris BellStarsChris BellMike BellMark BellAn examination of America's win-at-all-cost culture from the perspective of bodybuilding and performance enhancing drugs, as it focuses on a pair of siblings chasing their dream.
- DirectorEric BednarskiStarsMichael JonesJoseph RotblatPervez HoodbhoyThe biography of Joseph Rotblat, the only scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, and would eventually win a Nobel Peace Prize.
- DirectorScott RedaStarsMartin A. LeeCary GrantRoz PayneThe 1960's and 1970's were a time of change, a time of revolution, a time of the Hippies. Hippies reached across the nation and their effects are still felt today.
- StarsJohn NashRobert SpitzerJerome WakefieldThe many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.
- 20071h 45mPG-137.9 (741)59MetascoreDirectorRichard TrankStarsNicole KidmanSimon WiesenthalAsher BenNatanA documentary on the Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who became a Nazi hunter after surviving the Holocaust.
- DirectorDaniel G. KarslakeStarsImogene RobinsonVictor RobinsonGene RobinsonAn exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
- DirectorJosh GilbertStarsLou AdlerRaven BastParis ChongDocumentary about Tommy Chong's federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs over the Internet.
- StarsAnthony DeCurtisMartin TorgoffJohn LelandA look at the rise of illicit drug use and its cultural influence in the second half of the last century.
- DirectorBen LewisStarsMikhail GorbachevVáclav HavelWojciech JaruzelskiGeorge Orwell wrote that in a repressive political system every joke is a "tiny revolution." Jokes were an essential part of the communist experience because the monopoly of state power meant that any act of non-conformity, down to a simple turn of phrase, could be construed as a form of dissent. By the same token, a joke about any facet of life became a joke about communism. Hammer and Tickle recounts a humorous history of the Soviet Union and its satellite states through the jokes that flourished under the oppressive regimes in Russia and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. Jokes, the film contends, were a language of truth under Communism; a language that allowed people to navigate the disconnect between propaganda and reality and provided a means of resisting the system despite the absence of free speech. Using animated sequences, manipulated archival footage, and sketches to resurrect the jokes, the film offers an ironic take on the history of Communism while simultaneously investigating the social and political impact of jokes under Soviet rule. Interviews with Solidarity leader and former Polish president Lech Walesa, hard-line Polish leader General Jaroszelski, German actor Peter Sodann, German satirist and author Ernst Roehl, East German newspaper editor and Politburo member Guenter Schabowski, and academics Christie Davies and Roy Medvedev address the role that jokes played in challenging and weakening the Communist system from the inside even as joke-tellers faced censure or time in the Gulag for voicing their humor. Light and irreverent in its tone, Hammer and Tickle is really about the ultimate seriousness of joking and the use of the power of laughter to overcome hardship. This history of humor under the Soviet regime offers a direct, incontrovertible way to understand what it was like living in a Communist society, and is also proof that the human spirit can never be broken.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara BoxerA documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsDouglas CheekWalter CronkiteBob McChesneyDocumentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.