Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussing his life and work.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Laurent Bouzereau
Actors: Andrew Braunsberg, Andrzej Wajda, Barbara Lass, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Seigner, Paweł Edelman, Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer
Creating Woodstock
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Roll with Me
After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew’s life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States.
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
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Grass Is Greener
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Tim’s Vermeer
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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
An extremely rare film document photographed by Jack Hazan in several symbolic locations, including the Place de la Bastille. As Hazan recounts: “Things don’t go to plan for him and…
Louis Theroux: America’s Most Hated Family in Crisis
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins…
Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story
In 1955, when racial segregation defined the South, two groups of twelve-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in a non-violent act of cultural defiance that would change the course…
Caligula with Mary Beard
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Punk in London
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special
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Daisy and Max
Daisy Gomez is a family counselor in South L.A. married to Max, a gang interventionist. They have a baby daughter, Sarah. They are doing what they can to reduce violence…