Democracy on Trial
Democracy on Trial examines the complex web of events surrounding former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 US presidential election. This PBS Frontline documentary traces how Trump and his...
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The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier
The arrest and death of American student Otto Warmbier still leave his parents and others asking questions about the young man’s 17 months in a North Korean prison for stealing a propaganda poster on a trip to Pyongyang. He w...
Knock Down The House
Knock Down the House details the 2018 congressional bids of four female Democrats: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Amy Vilela of Nevada, Cori Bush of Missouri, and Paula Jean Swearengin of West Virginia. Working with or...
North Korea: The Death of Kim Jong-nam
In February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He was attacked with a deadly nerve agent known as VX. Over the following days, two...
Ukraine on Fire
Ukraine on Fire, produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Igor Lopatonok, investigates the fall of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Stone interviews Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin to shed light on the a...
Requiem for the American Dream
Requiem for the American Dream is the result of four years’ worth of interviews with political activist and linguist Noam Chomsky. Considered by many to be one of the most important intellectuals alive, he discusses how wealt...
The Hacker Wars
Adopting the label hacktivist—a hacker who uses obtained information for political or activist causes—three young men set out to challenge the future of freedom and privacy on the internet. Operating on the edge of legality a...
Guantanamo: Blacked Out Bay
Guantanamo: Blacked Out Bay unveils a closer look inside one of the most notorious prison facilities in the world: the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. Originally intended to house the world’s most dangerous terrorist s...
War on Whistleblowers
War on Whistleblowers describes the trials and tribulations faced by whistleblowers and the sacrifices they make as they dare to speak the truth and expose corruption in both government and the private sector. It highlights t...
Death by China
Death by China examines the steadily emerging power and global ambitions of China. It is based on a book of the same name that is critical of the country’s abusive trade policies, currency manipulation, and dangerous consumer...
Defamation
In his exploration of modern Israeli life, filmmaker Yoav Shamir travels the world in search of the most recent manifestations of antisemitism, uncovering some startling answers in his documentary Defamation. As a Jew born an...
The War On Democracy
The War on Democracy examines the past and present relationships between the US and Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia. John Pilger uses archive footage to show how repeated US intervention, both ov...