The Tillman Story follows the mother of Pat Tillman, an NFL football player turned US Army Ranger, as she tries to uncover the truth about her son’s death in Afghanistan. Seeking to propagandise his death, the military claime...
In 2008 two Swedish sisters, Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, were filmed by BBC cameras throwing themselves into oncoming traffic on a British motorway. The shocking scenes came to national attention in the UK where it was watche...
Philip Markoff had a bright future in front of him. He was a second-year medical student at Boston University and was getting ready to get married to his fiancé. But Markoff’s seemingly idyllic life took an unexpected t...
In the perpetual human tradition, filmmaker Roger Nygard decides to seek out the answers to life’s grandest questions. His travels bring him to the broadest range of people he can find around the world. This award winni...
June 17th, 1994 looks at and details notable sporting events occurring around the time of the police chase of OJ Simpson on the date in question. Filmed by Brett Morgen, the documentary was released as part of ESPN’s 30...
The Lazarus Effect documents the successful treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Africa. Directed by Lance Bangs and produced by Spike Jonze, the film focuses on the positive effect of free antiretroviral drug therapy in Africa....
The global financial crisis that unfolded in 2007-08 drove millions of people into bankruptcy and the economy into recession. Directed by Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon, this film dissects the causes and implicat...
The Two Escobars reveals the surprising parallels between Colombian soccer team captain Andres Escobar and international drug lord Pablo Escobar. Both had a passion for the sport, achieved great success, and ultimately suffer...
Broad Street Bullies tells the history of ice hockey and how the National Ice Hockey League was born. It also gives the Philadelphia Flyers history right from when they began to reaching to the finals thrice and winning the N...
A four-part series presented by art critic Alastair Sooke exploring the life and work of the greatest modern artists: Warhol, Matisse, Picasso and Dali. – Andy Warhol was one of the most important figures of Pop Art mov...
Freakonomics is the film version of the best-selling book of the same name by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. It examines human nature through the science of economics with provocative and amusing case studies. Assembling a...
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan reveals how countless numbers of Afghan boys, who are sometimes as young as ten years old, are lured off the streets with the promise of a new and better life. This horrific practice is known a...