Richard Pryor: Icon
Richard Pryor’s impact on the craft of comedy and today’s top comics is legendary and unrivaled. This program surveys the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American comics of all time.
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Genre: Documentary
Actors: Cecil Brown, Chip Bolcik, George Lopez, George Wallace, Louie Anderson, Michael Schultz, Rashon Khan, Richard Pryor, Todd Boyd, Tracy Morgan
Long Live Chainsaw
Long Live Chainsaw reveals the true story of the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike legend, Stevie Smith. Born into poverty and raised by…
The Other Side
In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being…
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
When Kenny Scharf arrived in NYC in the early 1980’s, he quickly met and befriended Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat; There, amongst the fervent creative bustle of a depressed…
Actress
Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire when she gave up her career to start a family. When she decides to reclaim her life as an actor,…
Night and Fog
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler’s concentration camps.
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th
This documentary looks at the surge in political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government sentiment and its reverberations today, along with…
The Ivory Game
Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.
Kilian Jornet: Path to Everest
Surrounded by the mountains and people who are his inspiration, in ‘Path to Everest’, the mountain athlete Kilian Jornet reveals his most intimate fears, contradictions and passions. Summits of My…
Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire
With the original intention of empowering a citizenry’s ability to defend themselves against a corrupt or tyrannical government, the concept today may seem farfetched or the makings of a Hollywood…
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
He knows our natural world like no other, and there’s never been a more urgent time to hear his story and vision for our future.
The Great Postal Heist
The Great Postal Heist follows director Jay Galione’s father, a 30-year US Post Office clerk, who was harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for his colleagues. A moving indictment…
Rooney
A documentary covering the life and career of Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks,…
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
The story of Tony Blair’s destruction of the Labour Party, his well-remunerated business interests, and the thousands of innocent people who have died following his decision to invade Iraq.
Fastest
Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011, ‘FASTEST’ distills the thrilling, terrifying reality of the MotoGP world championship into a maximum-speed, full-length documentary feature film. ‘FASTEST’ captures a pivotal…
Huntwatch
Seals, lies and videotapes. Violent confrontation boils over on the ice floes of Canada as activists, fishermen and politicians battle over the fate of baby seals.
A Year in Burgundy
This documentary follows seven wine-making families in the Burgundy region of France, delving into the cultural and creative process of making wine. You’ll never look at wine the same way…