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  • 2023
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    Island in Between

    Island in Between

    6.4 2023 HD

    The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sen-Po Tung

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  • 2021
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    Framing Britney Spears

    Framing Britney Spears

    7.1 2021 HD

    Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Britney Spears

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  • 2020
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    Time

    Time

    6.9 2020 HD

    Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sibil Fox Richardson

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  • 2021
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    Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

    Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

    6.8 2021 HD

    In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Janet Jackson

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  • 2011
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    Touch of Evil

    Touch of Evil

    6.9 2011 HD

    Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Brad Pitt

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  • 2023
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    The Legacy of J Dilla

    The Legacy of J Dilla

    0 2023 HD

    In his short lifetime, J Dilla was a musician, producer and visionary who profoundly influenced rap and hip-hop. Given how prolific he was in his 32...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: J Dilla

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  • 2014
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    9 Kisses

    9 Kisses

    6.2 2014 HD

    2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Reese Witherspoon

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  • 2017
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    Great Performers: Horror Show

    Great Performers: Horror Show

    6.7 2017 HD

    Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Nicole Kidman

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  • 2011
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    Bill Cunningham New York

    Bill Cunningham New York

    7.594 2011 HD

    Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bill Cunningham

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  • 2024
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    SPERMWORLD

    SPERMWORLD

    7.4 2024 HD

    Three men enter the new wild west of baby making, online forums where sperm donors connect with hopeful parents, but find themselves exchanging more...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steve Walker

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  • 2013
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    Making a Scene

    Making a Scene

    5.4 2013 HD

    For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Cate Blanchett

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  • 1996
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    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

    7 1996 HD

    The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Al Hirschfeld

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  • 2012
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    Wide-Awake

    Wide-Awake

    5.8 2012 HD

    Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

    Genre:

    Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis

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  • 2024
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    Sorry/Not Sorry

    Sorry/Not Sorry

    4 2024 HD

    An inside look at Louis C.K.’s public downfall and surprising return to the stage. Featuring interviews with three women -- Jen Kirkman, Abby...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jen Kirkman

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  • 2021
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    The Queen of Basketball

    The Queen of Basketball

    7.167 2021 HD

    She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the ’76 Olympics; she was drafted to...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lusia Harris

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  • 2021
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    Some Kind of Heaven

    Some Kind of Heaven

    7.2 2021 HD

    Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dennis Dean

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  • 2020
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    A Concerto Is a Conversation

    A Concerto Is a Conversation

    7 2020 HD

    A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kris Bowers

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  • 2019
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    Walk Run Cha-Cha

    Walk Run Cha-Cha

    5.6 2019 HD

    Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Chipaul Cao

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  • 2024
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    Trump and a New Era of Political Violence

    Trump and a New Era of Political Violence

    0 2024 HD

    "The latest apparent assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump indicates how much the American political landscape has been shaped by anger...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Baker

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  • 2016
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    Demon in the Freezer

    Demon in the Freezer

    6 2016 HD

    Errol Morris' "Demon in the Freezer" is a short 17-minute documentary about the stockpiles of the smallpox virus that remain stored for research...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: D.A. Henderson

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