Mavis!
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Jessica Edwards
Actors: Adam Ayres, Al Bell, Anthony Heilbut, Bob Dylan, Gene Barge, Julian Bond, Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, Steve Cropper
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Mother and daughter – Big Edie and Little Edie Beale – live with six cats in a crumbling house in East Hampton. Little Edie, in her 50s, who wears scarves…
The Green Fog
A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California, where the magic was…
A Year in Champagne
The exploding cork. Endless tiny bubbles floating up and up in the glass. An indulgence. A celebration. A seduction. A triumph. This is the essence of Champagne, isn’t it? But…
Krieger Vater König
MMA fighters Ismail Cetinkaya, Kamil Lipski and Carlos Eduardo Rocha navigate injury, defeat and emotional growth in this intimate documentary.
Rick Stein’s Taste of Shanghai
Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in the world and is rapidly expanding, but has it hung on to its culinary roots? Rick Stein wants to find out.
A History of Sex
Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950 in New York City) is an American photographer and artist who has become notorious through his photos of corpses and his use of feces…
Big Men
For her latest industrial exposé, Rachel Boynton (Our Brand Is Crisis) gained unprecedented access to Africa’s oil companies. The result is a gripping account of the costly personal tolls levied…
Raw Iron: The Making of ‘Pumping Iron’
A documentary on the making of “Pumping Iron” to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.
Things That Go Bump in the Night: The Spooky Pinball Story
A devoted family man in rural Wisconsin gives up the security of a successful 20-year career to pursue his dream in the boom-or-bust world of pinball manufacturing. While trying to…
Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4
The unsolved rape, mutilation and murder of young G.I. Darlene Krashoc has haunted Joe Kenda in the years since he turned in his gun and badge. Until a crack team…
Armstrong
Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in Ohio to his first steps on the Moon, and beyond.
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her…