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The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
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The City Addicted to Crystal Meth

Louis Theroux travels to the city of Fresno, California, which has one of the largest concentrations of crystal meth users in the United States. The City Addicted to Crystal Meth explores the dangerous reality of living with...
LA 92
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LA 92

LA 92 chronicles the unfolding riots in Los Angeles, California, in 1992, as social justice activists demanded police reform in the wake of the police assault on Rodney King, a Black motorist. Framed by both the events that l...
Stalking Amanda: The Man in the Shadows
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Stalking Amanda: The Man in the Shadows

Stalking Amanda: The Man in the Shadows investigates the darker corners of the internet, exposing the devastating effects of cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and sextortion. The documentary centres on the tragic story of 15-year...
Poverty in the USA
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Poverty in the USA

Although the United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, it is also home to widespread poverty. Interestingly, the number of Americans living in poverty has doubled over the past half-century. For these indivi...
Last Days of Solitary
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Last Days of Solitary

Last Days of Solitary is a harrowing account of the long-lasting effects of solitary confinement on some of the most dangerous inmates in prison, and why it is such a struggle for them to successfully re-assimilate into socie...
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
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Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street follows the lives of five young heroin addicts in San Francisco over a period of three years. It chronicles the experiences of Jake, Jessica, Tracey, Oreo, and Alice as they naviga...
Aokigahara: Suicide Forest
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Aokigahara: Suicide Forest

Situated in Japan, the Aokigahara Forest is the most well-known suicide site in the country, with up to a hundred deaths reported each year. The site contains so many bodies that members of the Yakuza have reportedly paid hom...
Contagion: The BBC Four Pandemic
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Contagion: The BBC Four Pandemic

Running from September 2017 to December 2018, the BBC Four Pandemic app was the largest science experiment of its kind powered by citizens. Exploring the ambitious vision of the scientists behind the app, Contagion: The BBC F...
Requiem for the American Dream
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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...
Slavery by Another Name
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Slavery by Another Name

Slavery by Another Name explores the continuation of slavery long after the Emancipation Proclamation. Challenging the preconceived notion that slavery ended in the United States at the conclusion of the American Civil War, t...
Nanook of the North
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Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North is a silent documentary filmed and produced by Robert J. Flaherty which follows the everyday lives of an Inuit family in the Canadian Arctic. Set in northern Quebec, the film stars Nanook, his wife Nyla, a...