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- DirectorFrédéric TchengStarsHalstonTom FallonJacqueline KennedyProdigiously talented, Halston reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life.
- DirectorJesse James MillerStarsSandra BernhardTodd BoydRon De BlasioI Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to America's stages and living rooms until his death at 65. Featuring an iconic comedic cast, historians, activists and artists who provide a unique brushstroke into the complex world of Pryor. The film dives deeply into the psyche of a comedic genius whose mother was a prostitute, father a pimp, and grandmother a madam. Pryor dispensed a penetrating comedic view of African American life - essentially comedy without jokes - that struck a chord with audiences of every ethnic, social and economic disposition.
- DirectorAvi BelkinStarsMike WallaceSpiro AgnewJonathan AlterA look at the career of 60 Minutes (1968) newsman, Mike Wallace.
- DirectorLuke WilesStarsRonan SummersHow did the world we call home come to be? Combining the latest scientific discoveries and theories with CGI, we journey through eons of fire and ice to detail how Earth evolved into a habitable planet and how humanity's success is putting us and our environment in peril.
- DirectorPaul LamontStarsRobert AaronSteve AddabboEric AndersenEric Andersen is widely regarded as one of the most poetic songwriters that sprang from the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s. His artful mélange of love, despair, hope and stirred memory has earned him a passionate international following and the respect and admiration of artists ranging from Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen to Lou Reed and Wyclef Jean. The Songpoet offers a look into the mind, soul and creative process of this multifaceted, complex and singularly driven artist whose career saw great expectations waylaid by misfortune. Set against the backdrop of American folk music, The Songpoet follows Andersens 50-year journey that took him from the Beat coffeehouses in North Beach, San Francisco to the folk clubs in Greenwich Village, New York City, to Japan as the first American singer-songwriter to tour that country and ultimately to his home in the Netherlands and to Europe where he continues to write, record and perform as well as pursue his new found artistic passion for abstract photography. More than a biography, the film is also a statement on the culture of fame, the fragility of an artists career and the integrity of the artist.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsRoy M. CohnKen AulettaMarie BrennerRoy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.
- DirectorJethro PatalinghugStruggling to maintain it relevance in a fast-changing city, a 50-year-old LGBT charity organization in the US, the Imperial Council of San Francisco, elects its next Emperor and Empress.
- DirectorPaul HaggisDan KraussStarsAlison Moed PaolercioCliff MorrisonDavid DenmarkDocumentary about the staff and patients of San Francisco General Hospital's AIDS ward during the early years of the epidemic.
- DirectorChuck SmithStarsBob DylanRichard ForemanAllen GinsbergBarbara Rubin's twenty-nine-minute experimental film 'Christmas on Earth' caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1963. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the city's underground film scene. All the more remarkable that the vision belonged to an 18-year-old girl. A virtual Zelig of the '60s, Barbara Rubin introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and bewitched Allen Ginsberg. The same unbridled creativity that inspired her to make films when women simply didn't, saw her breach yet another male domain, Orthodox Judaism, before her mysterious death at thirty-five years old. Life-long friend Jonas Mekas saved all her letters, creating a rich archive that film-maker Chuck Smith carefully sculpts into this fascinating portrait of a nearly forgotten artist. An avant-garde maverick, a rebel in a man's world, Barbara Rubin regains her rightful place in film history.
- DirectorJonathan AlterJohn BlockSteve McCarthyStarsHarvey AratonJohn AvlonMike BarnicleThe story of New York City journalists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill lauded in their time as the voice of New York.
- DirectorDouglass M. Stewart Jr.StarsChesley BonestellRay BradburyDouglas TrumbullChesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
- DirectorCaroline BerlerStarsDesiree AkhavanJanet BausVicky DuA history of queer cinema from the women who made it happen.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsJim AcostaRoger AilesBrooke BaldwinFilmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.
- DirectorSarah KerruishMatt MaudeStarsTony FadellAndy HertzfeldMarc PoratThe ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartphone").
- DirectorLisa AdesStarsHal BaumgartenMel BrooksMorton D. BrooksGI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish American men and women who fought in World War II. In their own words, veterans both famous and unknown (from Hollywood director Mel Brooks to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger) bring their war experiences to life: how they fought for for their nation and their people, struggled with anti-Semitism within their ranks, and emerged transformed, more powerfully American and more deeply Jewish.
- DirectorCharles OfficerStarsGuillaume CoteOlivier d'AgayAdam GopnikAntoine de Saint-Exupéry's transcendent story suggests an ethical philosophy about life and a universal code of respect for humanity. With every new generation that discovers the fable, the Little Prince's inspiring legacy is cemented.
- DirectorMichael EpsteinStarsJohn LennonDiana RobertsonRay ConnollyFilm telling the untold story of John Lennon's 1971 album Imagine, exploring the creative collaboration between Lennon and Yoko Ono and featuring interviews and never-seen-before footage.
- DirectorJason BaffaStarsBill MurrayPatrick ArterBen CrenshawFilmmaker Jason Baffa examines the personal bonds and dynamic relationships that form between golfers and caddies.
- DirectorWerner HerzogAndré SingerStarsMikhail GorbachevWerner HerzogAndré SingerThe life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
- DirectorCatherine LeggeMet While Incarcerated is a documentary about US & THEM confronting our beliefs about crime & punishment, good & evil, forgiveness & redemption by accessing the personal love stories of 3 prison wives seeking grace for the violent offenders they love.
- DirectorNat KatzmanStarsWillie BrownJohn BurtonPeter CoyoteA political biography of George Moscone, the first truly progressive mayor of San Francisco, whose life was cut short on November 27, 1978 by the same assassin who shot and killed gay Supervisor Harvey Milk.
- DirectorGregg GibbsStarsPeter CoyoteSwept up in the late-1960s counterculture revolution, a wealthy businessman starts a commune in pursuit of a utopian society. But his dreams are thwarted when he and his chosen family are faced with a series of tragedies that threaten their existence.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsRuth Bader GinsburgAnn KittnerHarryette HelselThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
- DirectorKaren KramerA look back at the Beat poets and radical protest singers of the legendary Greenwich Village coffee house scene of the '60s and how they influenced a new generation of folksingers and subversive poets in NYC to fight for social change.
- DirectorKirby BradleyAn exploration of the rise and fall of one of the greatest linebackers the NFL has ever seen, Junior Seau.
- DirectorGalen SummerStarsLynita StuartJill FlemingAnnie Leuba MooreNFL Cheerleaders find themselves embroiled in controversy and constant media coverage after they pose for Playboy magazine in 1978.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsIan SchragerSteve RubellDonald RubellThe story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
- DirectorJoshua MooreLiz PayneIn the center of the Bay Area, the center for all things tech, lays a center of a more analogue nature. The San Francisco Center for the Book. But what is at the center of a book?
- DirectorStephanie SoechtigJeremy SeifertStarsSue BaileyBucky BaileyKen WamsleyA group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.
- DirectorRian BrownGeoff PingreeThe Foreigner's Home explores Toni Morrison's artistic and intellectual vision through "The Foreigner's Home," her 2006 exhibition at the Louvre. Through exclusive footage of Morrison in dialogue with artists, along with extensive archival footage, music, and photographs, the film presents a series of candid and incisive exchanges about race, identity, "foreignness," and art's redemptive power.
- DirectorJames ErskineStarsFreddie FoxJohn CurryMeg Streeter LauckTHE ICE KING is the searing documentary of a lost cultural icon, a story of art, sport, sexuality, and rebellion. Including incredible unseen footage of some of his mort remarkable performances and with access to Curry's letters, archive interviews, and interviews with his family, friends and collaborators, this is a portrait of the man who turned ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Watch any figure skating and it falls into two possible camps: before and after John Curry. From what was a macho, technical sport whose judges punished deviation blossomed - through John Curry's stubborn beauty - ice-dancing. This was no Holiday on Ice, but a new artistic medium. After winning gold at the Winter Olympics for a rebelliously balletic routine, Curry saw the world's stages sheeted with ice. Audiences and reviewers alike were enthralled by his genius. But Curry's story is about more than skating. On the night of the final, Curry became the first openly gay Olympian at a time when homosexuality was barely legal. From bullying and prejudice, to relief in the gay underworld, to his untimely death from AIDS, Curry's story dovetails with the experiences of a generation. Tortured by demons, Curry was forever on the run. Never owning a home, he lived on the favours of those who loved him. The only place he found true freedom was the ice. This is the story of a man whose body was a battleground. From love affairs, to violence in sex clubs, to its 'unmanly' elegance on the ice, every act was rebellion. John Curry was no activist, but an artist expressing his authentic self - yet in a world where his existence was taboo, his life was unavoidably political.
- DirectorOndrej HudecekStarsGiancarlo EspositoPavel BártaMarc CrawfordThe most important ice hockey tournament in the history of the Czech Republic. The first Olympic Games with NHL players.
- DirectorLisa Immordino VreelandStarsPeggy GuggenheimJacqueline Bograd WeldFrancine ProseA portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune and impeccable taste into one of the premiere collections of twentieth century art.
- DirectorPetey BarmaPetey BarmaBret 'Brook' ParkerTwin Peaks Tavern, the bar that changed the face of the gay community in the 70's by opening it's windows, and the men who dared to be seen.
- DirectorAndrea Blaugrund NevinsStarsRichard DicksonKristina DuncanMichelle ChidoniBarbie, the most popular doll ever created is a fashion icon and a target for feminists. This features new footage, access to Barbie's biggest reinvention, and examines 60 years of women through the lens of an 11.5-inch plastic doll.
- DirectorDexton DeboreeStarsAnthony AndersonDapper DanMark WahlbergUnbanned explores the dynamic life of AJ1 from its unlikely origins to its role in disrupting NBA rules, birthing sneaker culture, and influencing a social and cultural revolution. This is the story of a shoe that changed the world.
- DirectorMorgan NevilleStarsFred RogersMargaret WhitmerTom JunodAn exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.
- DirectorSam DunnStarsBilly GibbonsDusty HillFrank BeardThe story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.
- DirectorCorbett JonesStarsArchie FieldsShun LaurenAfter cutting a hit record behind bars in an infamous maximum-security prison, a young man becomes a beacon of hope and a legend among inmates.
- DirectorBobby KimAlexis SpraicScott WeintrobBuilt To Fail follows Bobby Kim founder of The Hundreds as he goes on an intrepid journey to define and document one of the most elusive fashion phenomena of out times, "Streetwear." Only fifty years old, what started in the subcultures of the skate and the punk movement is today a $70 billion dollar industry. Bobby takes a very personal look at the people who were there at the beginning and started it all. From Rick Klotz of FreshJive to Eli Bonerz of X-Large and Stash and Futura of GFS -- they share the stories of their early struggles and what drove them in many cases, unwittingly, to create an industry. Bobby discovers what happened to Don Busweiler of Pervert who famously dropped out at the height of his fame. With Tommy Hilfiger and Russell Simmons Bobby learns how the business changed significantly once real money got involved. Bobby then talks to the latest generation of street wear designers and influencers from A$AP Rocky and Spanto of Born X Raised to Mega from Black Scale and Dennis of Crooks and Castles. What starts as a question about the definition of street wear becomes an intimate mediation as the lines between interviewer and subject blur and Bobby must take a hard look at the company he built, his future and what street wear has become.
- DirectorPeter BrattStarsDolores HuertaMartin Luther KingLuis ValdezIn the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.
- DirectorLarry WeinsteinStarsLarry WeinsteinBen SidranJennifer 8. LeeThe amazing story of a group of Jewish songwriters who wrote the soundtrack to Christmas.
- DirectorRachel DretzinJamila EphronStarsAmy AllnuttJack AllnuttHarry BurdickBased on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another in a variety of ways.
- DirectorSierra PettengillUsing over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia's Stone Mountain.
- DirectorChristiane BadgleyImmigration, globalization, Chinese factories and African dreams...This documentary weaves stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, "Made in China" dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism.
- DirectorJulien Temple
- DirectorMichele WestmorlandStarsLauren HuttonMichele WestmorlandThe documentary, Headhunt Revisited, follows Caroline Mytinger's unprecedented journey in 1926 to the 'Land of Headhunters' in the South Pacific to paint the rich cultural diversity of Melanesia. Over 80 years later Caroline's story inspires new generations of artists and non-artists alike about the importance of documenting culture and tradition.
- DirectorLilly RivlinStarsHeather BoothHeather Booth is the most influential organizer you have never heard of.
- DirectorSam Wainwright DouglasPaul LovelaceJessica WolfsonStarsJohn CusickByron DorganJim EberleSet in Houston, Texas in the shadow of the nation's oil industry, HOT GREASE tells the surprising story of how the biodiesel industry is turning an ostensibly worthless raw material-spent kitchen grease-into a green energy source capable of fueling all of the trains, ships and trucks throughout the country--if it can overcome the powerful forces working against it. Featuring innovators, entrepreneurs, grease collectors and supporters like Senator Al Franken, HOT GREASE follows the battle for biodiesel's future and it's very survival.
- DirectorHelen WhitneyStarsSharon StoneGabriel ByrneJim CraceWe don't know how. We don't know when. But death comes for us all. To be human is to wrestle with this truth and with the great unanswered question: How do we live with death in our eye? To borrow from Dylan Thomas (whose poem opens the film): Do we go gently or raging against the dying light? Or between these two extremes? Do we depart with equanimity or with anger? With clenched fists or more commonly with denial? Or do we see death as something to be fought and even possibly conquered, a challenge increasing pursued by some of the brightest scientific minds. Finally, what are the stories we tell ourselves as we go into the night - or into the light? "Awakening: Portraits of Life and Death" features fascinating, unexpected voices from various walks of life, old and young, believers and unbelievers, dying and healthy, well-known and obscure. For them death is no longer an abstraction. Whether through a dire prognosis, the imminence of their own death, the loss of a loved one, a sudden epiphany, or a temperament born to question, these are people who have truly 'awakened' to their mortality. The film is meant to raise ultimate questions, not to provide answers. How could it? Death is "that undiscovered country," as Hamlet so famously described it, "from whose bourn / No traveler returns."
- DirectorGriffin DunneStarsJoan DidionGriffin DunneAnna WintourLiterary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
- DirectorDaniel LindsayT.J. MartinStarsHenry AlfaroDanny BakewellJohn D. BarnettTwenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.
- DirectorJohn RidleyStarsDaryl GatesTom BradleyDamian 'Football' WilliamsAn in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
- DirectorBenjamin NolotStarsKimberleigh AndrewsKim BiddleAdam BrownA documentary about today's young adult hookup culture and the stories in pop-culture that influence it.
- DirectorAmir Bar-LevStarsJohn Perry BarlowTom ConstantenSam CutlerA look at the 30-year career of The Grateful Dead.
- DirectorBen PattersonStarsSteve MaddenKarla FriedersRachelle WattsWitness the incredible rise, fall, and resurrection of Steve Madden, the man who launched a billion dollar fashion empire and whose branded shoes are in the closet of practically every woman under 30 in America. The film recounts how Madden rebuilt his life following imprisonment because of his entanglement with the infamous Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort.
- DirectorAlice ElliottStarsLarry DavidGiancarlo EspositoDonald FaisonThe story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidized housing catering to people in the arts. Numerous celebrities pay homage to the impact the building had on their lives and careers.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsScotty BowersWilliam MannDavid KuhnA portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
- DirectorIra OpperStarsBill HeickWilliam HeickJimi HendrixThe search for the perfect wave and the price paid for paradise found. One of the last great dirtbag adventures of the 20th Century and learning that if want to keep paradise, you need to stand up for it.
- DirectorOren JacobyStarsRichard HambletonAndrew ValmorbidaMette MadsenRichard Hambleton was a founder of the street art movement before succumbing to drugs and homelessness. Rediscovered 20 years later, he gets a second chance. But will he take it?
- DirectorBrent WilsonStarsJay and the AmericansBrooks ArthurJeff BarryAn entertaining journey through the bands, songs, and harmonies of doo-wop. Streetlight Harmonies uncovers a definitive period of music and the artists that defined it. Millions know the music but few know the artists and their history.
- DirectorAnthony CaronnaAlexander SmithStarsSusanne BartschAmanda LeporeJohn Ronny VillbergA feature documentary exploring NYC culture through the influence of nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsNick CarrollDarrick DoernerLaird HamiltonFilmmaker Rory Kennedy examines the career of American Laird Hamilton, a man who has spent his life conquering untameable walls of water and changed the sport of big wave surfing forever.
- 20171h 25mNot Rated6.9 (133)DirectorStanley NelsonMarco WilliamsStarsTugart BrownTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact black colleges and universities have had on American history, culture, and national identity.
- DirectorJed RothsteinStarsDan DavidMatthew WiechertHerb GreenbergAn unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.
- DirectorRic BurnsLi-Shin YuStarsHoon LeeMae NgaiJean PfaelzerThe origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsKurt WolfeSue YackaCatherine Shugrue Dos SantosVictoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
- DirectorJeffrey SchwarzStarsAnn-MargretMichelle PfeifferTom HanksAllan Carr built his bombastic reputation producing the hit movie GREASE and Broadway sensation LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, but it all came crashing down after he conceived the notorious 1989 Academy Awards.
- DirectorEugene JareckiStarsElvis PresleyEugene JareckiJames CarvilleForty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
- DirectorJames KeachStarsTom ColeJames KeachEd MarkeyAlzheimer's disease affects a growing number of people. The cure has remained frustratingly elusive for years. Researchers may be nearing a breakthrough, though. Besides providing an overview of the disease's cause and effects, this documentary also takes a deep dive into the process of developing and testing one potential drug treatment.
- DirectorJennifer M. KrootBill WeberStarsArmistead MaupinLaura LinneyIan McKellenFollowing one of the world's most beloved storyteller's evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to re-claim their lives.
- StarsPeter CoyoteHuy DucJames WillbanksA comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
- DirectorDonna ZaccaroA true story of love, marriage and a quest for equality.
- DirectorCorbett RedfordStarsIggy PopMiranda JulyBillie Joe ArmstrongA documentary spanning over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of Berkeley's inspiring 924 Gilman Street music collective.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste ThoretStarsRonee BlakleyPeter BogdanovichCharles BurnettHow did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.
- DirectorBert MarcusCyrus SaidiStarsSteve AngelloCarl CoxChip EberhartDJs, producers, and promoters discuss the history and state of electronic dance music.
- CreatorDustin Lance BlackStarsRachel GriffithsAustin P. McKenzieMary-Louise ParkerA chronicled re-telling of the gay rights movement in the United States, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969.
- DirectorScott HarperIn a world where the Math Men are new Mad Man you discover that no matter how you try to avoid ads, it's impossible - 'You're Soaking In It'.
- DirectorPeter GetzelsHarriet Gordon GetzelsZuzana Ruzickova became a world-famous harpsichordist and interpreter of Bach after surviving three concentration camps during WWII and forty years of repression under the Czech communist regime.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsMelina AbdullahMichelle AlexanderCory BookerAn in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
- DirectorFrank DawsonAbby GinzbergStarsRoger AlvaradoZachary CarterKimberle CrenshawFrom the well-publicized events at SF State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960s. Through the stories of the young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests, revealing how unprepared these institutions were when confronted by demands for black studies programs, safer housing; fairer judicial proceedings and changes to democratize the institutions. The film's characters were at the crossroads of change and controversy at a pivotal time in America's history.
- DirectorFritz MitchellStarsStanley TucciM2M's first original long-form documentary, Battle at Versailles, follows an event in 1973 at Versailles that pitted France's best designers against the best America had to offer. It was the first time the fashion world's gaze was fixated on American design.
- DirectorTalleah Bridges McMahonLeslie Asako GladsjoLeah WilliamsThe final episode deals with Hurricane Katrina and the response to it, including how slow the federal government was to respond to a crisis with mostly African-American victims and how white police and citizens in New Orleans suburbs used guns to physically block African-American refugees from Katrina from entering their cities. It also covers the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American U.S. President and the rise of the "Black Lives Matter" movement in response to police shootings of unarmed African-Americans like Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Among the interviewees is Robert Day, former drug dealer and currently co-head of the Fortune Society, a group aimed at helping young Black prisoners re-enter society and find legitimate work, who talks about the continued criminalization of young Black men, who make up 50 percent of U.S. prison inmates even though they're only 6 percent of the U.S. population.
- Children of Dictators presents some of the most influential dictators of the 20th century through the eyes of their children and relatives. The 4x48-minute long documentary series shares rarely seen personal perspectives of history and offers a deeper understanding of the most feared leaders in the world, while focusing on the portraits of their children. The filmmakers worked without a crew and just two small broadcast cameras, giving them exclusive access to children of dictators, namely Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Goering in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami.
- StarsMichael PollanSamin NosratIsaac PollanAs he tries his hand at baking, brewing and braising, acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world.
- StarsBen MakuchBrian KrebsMichael ChertoffTapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
- DirectorSue WilliamsStarsGarrett BrownDan CassAnne GalliganConsumers love - and live on - their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone. But this revolution has a dark side, hidden from most consumers. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, the film tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.
- DirectorAnthony CaulfieldNicola CaulfieldStarsShahid AhmadRichard AplinBrian BagnallHow the Commodore Amiga helped influence a generation of Developers to take Video Gaming to a whole new level.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanDonald TrumpOmarosa Manigault NewmanHillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. FRONTLINE's acclaimed election-year series, "The Choice," returns - going behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk, "The Choice 2016" will investigate formative moments in Clinton and Trump's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters are being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate.
- StarsKevin MitnickAdam LubitzAmanda Brooke LernerRebels who made a difference for a required cause.
- StarsCharlamagne Tha GodSean 'Diddy' CombsMary J. BligeInside the Label explores prominent hip-hop record labels that transformed the music business in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. The series includes eight 1-hour episodes that reveals the power players responsible for many of the chart-topping artists and albums from this time period.
- DirectorLydia TenagliaMorgan FallonStarsStephen TorresMartha StewartJames VillasThis documentary profiles an influential chef who played a pivotal role in the invention of a revolutionary new American cuisine.
- DirectorC. FitzStarsThea AustinSandra BernhardC. FitzJEWEL'S CATCH ONE directed by filmmaker C. Fitz celebrates the legacy of a legendary Los Angeles nightclub, Catch One, and the life-changing impact its owner, Jewel Thais-Williams, had on her community breaking down racial and cultural barriers and building the oldest black-owned disco in America. Jewel's story celebrates music, fashion, celebrities and activism that helped changed the course of our country.
- DirectorFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoStarsNancy RooneyHarry MapplethorpeGeorge StackAn examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
- DirectorPeter MiddletonJames SpinneyStarsJohn M. HullMarilyn HullMiranda Beinart-SmithIn the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read. It is to my mind a masterpiece.' With exclusive access to these original recordings, NOTES ON BLINDNESS encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness.
- DirectorLiz GarbusStarsAnderson CooperPearson MarxStan StokowskiGloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.
- DirectorEzra EdelmanStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarMike AlbaneseMuhammad AliA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
- DirectorDeborah Riley DraperStarsBlair UnderwoodSada JacobsonSusan D. BachrachIn 1936 when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.
- StarsAnn CoulterTristan TaorminoKatie Lynn HallAlthough sex is necessary for the continuation of our species, its influence goes well beyond the need to procreate. Exploring the myriad ways sex has evolved in human culture, from ancient art to being featured in novels, technology, and politics, this show explores how sex has impacted humanity, and how changes in our evolving culture have, in turn, impacted our understanding of sex.