The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
The history of black newspapers in America.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Stanley Nelson
Actors: Chester Commodore, Dora Harris Glasco, Earl Calloway, Evelyn Cunningham, Frank Bolden, George Barbour, Phyllis Garland, Timuel Black, Wallace Burney, Walter Gordon
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
Chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences — from the early days of silent movies to today’s blockbusters.
Horse Wrangler
Nando, a young horse wrangler in a rural Mexican village, has taken his own life following a disagreement with his father. Caballerango shows the boy’s family members and townspeople as…
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
In 2008, after a show celebrating the 20th anniversary of his fashion house, Maison Margiela, visionary designer Martin Margiela left the fashion world for good. Throughout his career, the Belgian…
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Describing herself as a ‘street queen,’ Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who…
Thursday’s Children
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children…
Disco Spinning The Story
Hosted by the one and only Disco Diva, Gloria Gaynor, “Disco: Spinning the Story” takes a comprehensive look at the evolution of the music that defined the 70’s. From the…
Secrets of the Salisbury Poisonings
In 2018, Russian spy Sergel Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by nerve agent Novichok, one of the deadliest substances on earth. Police, doctors, and eye witnesses recall the…
Ella Fitzgerald – Just One of Those Things
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next…
David Harewood: Psychosis and Me
David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living with psychosis and the NHS professionals who treat them.
Opeka
Pedro Opeka declined an opportunity to play professional soccer in his native Buenos Aires and realize his childhood dream. He chose instead to become a missionary and live in one…
Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago. Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami…
The Hottest August
Brett Story’s visionary look at New York City as it braces for an uncertain future.