Documentary

Documentary charting the life of blues guitarist B.B. King, with contributions from fellow musicians. Show More

The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania’s independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead – triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics. Show More

Fame has become what millions of us follow, believe in and seemingly what we care about most – as well as a billion-dollar-a-year industry. But what does our intense fascination with celebrity say about us? And how much is too high a price to pay for our own curiosity run rampant? “$ellebrity” is a candid […]

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth’s surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, black holes and beyond. Show More

Created as a companion documentary to the film “Valkyrie,” this documentary details the true story behind the plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Show More

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller’s only child, Samantha. Show More

Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on old televisions is background radiation from The Big Bang? That the gold on a wedding ring comes from a star that exploded 5 billion years ago? And, that we’re connected to the salt water of the first oceans through the water in our […]

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America’s win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to […]

“The Love We Make”, a film directed by Albert Maysles (“Gimme Shelter”) and Bradley Kaplan, follows Paul McCartney as he journeys through the streets of New York City in the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. It also chronicles the planning and performance of the benefit concert that […]

Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. This first glimpse inside his studio in decades is exactly that: a thrilling document of the 79-year-old’s creative process, juxtaposed with rare archival footage and intimate […]

An intimate portrait of Brooklyn-based electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem’s then-final live show on April 2, 2011, capturing both the exuberant, three-hour farewell concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and frontman James Murphy’s introspective 48 hours surrounding it. Show More

James Cameron brings together some the world’s leading Titanic experts, including engineers, naval architects, artists and historians, to solve the lingering mysteries of why and how the ‘unsinkable’ ship sank. Show More

The story of Walter L. Shaw, a telecommunications genius, and his son Walter T. Shaw, a ruthless jewel thief, is a metaphor and a symbol for its time – for the twentieth century and for today. Show More

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the […]

Records the sights and sounds of the many extraordinary street musicians from the Northeast of Brazil whose music and lyrics tell the stories of their lives with improvised humor, drama and colorful vulgarisms. Show More