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The preeminent pop culture series that goes behind the myths, icons, heroes and artists that make comic books box office hits. Takes a stylized look at comics through themes like Death and Resurrection, Villains, Heroes, Social Relevance, Politics, Gender and Relationships. Features interviews with a who’s who of comic book legends – including Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Todd McFarlane & other famous comic book artists.
Industry leaders including Eric Schmidt and Steve Wozniak are interviewed in this remarkable look at how Silicon Valley has produced an unrivaled stream of innovations.
A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere. Take a trip to the most northerly town on the planet for this gripping docu-soap charting the real-life highs and lows of its quirky inhabitants. The series is set in the town of Longyearbyen, an isolated outpost in the breathtaking wilderness of the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and Greenland. As well as its mining business, Svalbard houses the global seed vault and is at the centre of worldwide research into polar bears, climatology and glaciology. As a result it is home to a unique expat community made up of 46 different nationalities, including American, British and Norwegian. With extreme arctic conditions, three months of total darkness and the ever-present danger of polar bears, this is not your average neighbourhood - and these are certainly not your average characters!
An exploration of the influence the all-woman Kardashian dynasty has had on people's lives through unseen archival footage and exclusive interviews.
Stunning HD cinematography produces an epic yet intimate look at the mountains of North and South America.
A two-part mini-series which examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities.
Gibson TV’s Original Series, “The Conversation,” features intimate conversations between two artists from similar genres but from different eras. They discuss everything from songwriting to touring to playing and anything else that’s safe to share on YouTube.
Benedetta Rossi prepares her delicious recipes: are you ready to cook?
From India to Korea, this documentary series traces the origins of temple cuisine across cultures and the spirit of compassion behind every meal.
This documentary series uncovers the untold story of Elvis Presley’s extraordinary rise, fall, and resurrection - and the shadowy forces that shaped his career from behind the curtain. At the centre is a fateful gamble: Elvis’ seven-year residency in Las Vegas, a city built on vice, showbiz glitz, and deep ties to organized crime. But the Vegas move was not Elvis’ idea. It was orchestrated by his mysterious and manipulative manager, Colonel Tom Parker, a man with a secret past and hidden connections of his own.
This program will show ENHYPEN’s hard work and preparation for their debut as well as give a peek into their natural daily lives. Fans will be able to catch a glimpse of their practice room, recording process, film sites, and dormitory, and they’ll see new sides of the members as well as the chemistry between them.
A series of spy thrillers exploring the key turning-points in the race for nuclear supremacy. From the development of the A-bomb, via the Cuban missile crisis, to the spread of nuclear weapons to the Middle East and beyond, each story is told through the eyes of the men who risked everything to proliferate their nuclear secrets and those who tried to stop them. Nuclear weapons and the actions of these men have transformed the face of war - and now the world could pay the price.
Over the 1980s and 1990s Dublin transformed from a recession-blighted backwater to one of the wealthiest cities in Europe. As its fortunes changed so did those of its criminals, who began selling heroin, ecstasy and cocaine. Dublin Narcos tells the story of the rise in addiction, violence and organised crime which persists to this day, with first hand testimony from the kingpins and cops to the ravers and users. We also hear from the fearless journalists whose attempts at exposing the drugs barons led to the death of one of their bravest, Veronica Guerin.
Alex, Lola and Joaquin blast off into space (or a great adventure! From their secret bunker, they discover the science of the cosmos through earthbound experiments. With help from astronaut David Saint-Jacques, they explore a particular theme by travelling to places all across the country to carry out experiments... like they're in space!
The mystery, controversy and alleged criminality surrounding YouTuber Greg "Onision" Jackson, bringing forward new research and revelations about the man that the YouTube community loves to hate.
"Forgotten Wars of Russia" is a series of documentary films about armed conflicts that the Russian state entered from the time of the baptism of Russia to the Patriotic War of 1812. Over the years, Russia has been confronted by the strongest powers: Byzantium, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire, Persia, the Golden Horde… The viewer will learn about the features of weapons and tactics of warfare at different stages of national history, will see the reconstruction of the unknown battles of Kutuzov and Bagration, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Denis Davydov, Vladimir Monomakh and Svyatoslav the Wise. The cycle consists of 12 episodes, each of which is dedicated to the history of one war. Long gone times and events come to life on the screen in sieges and chases, the brilliance of metal and cannon smoke, in political intrigues and in the drama of human life in war.
The three-part complementary series features eminent scientists, theologians and conservationists discussing the environmental and conservation issues at stake and asks how much of the world revealed in Planet Earth will ever be seen again.
Twenty-five years ago, a fatal car accident took the life of the beloved Princess Diana of Wales, devastating the world. In the decades following her death, conspiracy theories and accusations have swirled - who was to blame? How did this happen? Over the course of four gripping parts, THE DIANA INVESTIGATIONS offers a new look into the tragedy that has shocked the world for decades. For the first time, hear exclusively from the key figures who investigated the beloved Princess' death as they provide new insight and reveal never-before-heard details.
In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album Prairie Wind with old friends and family members. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to Nashville that August to play at the famed Ryman Auditorium, once again gathering together friends and family for this special performance.
How do women, who have lived affective relationships that involved some form of violence, live and relate to the world? "Anastácias", portrays the lives of five black women from communities in the Jabaquara region, on the southern outskirts of São Paulo, from the premise of affection.
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
Are games the meaning of life? The Hobby is a funny, affectionate, character-driven portrait of the massive subculture of modern board games, featuring a fascinating and diverse group of subjects who find deep meaning in “meaningless” pursuits.
When it comes to recycled paint, it’s what’s inside the tin that counts. At Seagulls Paint, in the heart of Leeds, that counts for people too.
Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert. Back in Tehran they try their luck selling their illegally printed music album without permission. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them.
After decades abroad, Iona returns to her childhood home on Fiji, sensing that there she might find the answers to many questions she has about civilisation and its discontent.
A documentary that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof.
Episode of the French television series "Cinéma Cinémas" which documents the discovery of the negatives that led to the completion of the color version of Jacques Tati’s 1949 film "Jour de fête".
The hypnotic empathetic documentary about blind children features quotes from Jacques Lusseryan, who lost his sight as a child and used music by the blind Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.
In three long, uninterrupted one-takes shot over a single summer’s day and night, the camera moves slowly through the park while the guests alternately react to the lens or try to ignore it. A gang of Pierrot clones mingle with the visitors. The film is an joint creation between students of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Danish Film School, initiated independently by the students. Using Bakken as a frame - historically, architecturally and socially - all the contributors helped develop the concept for both the film and the performative interventions in front of the camera, which are sometimes inseparable from the hedonistic and condensed semi-fictional universe that an amusement park is.
The movie arose out of our sparetime as teenagers with fresh driver’s licenses and cobbled-together camera gear, wandering around a tired and honestly pretty grim post-industrial mill community, reinforced with after-hours access to the darkroom at the Sun Journal (where Aaron’s dad was the visuals editor), and some half-formed education in the techniques of Robert Frank, Frederick Wiseman, Dogme 95, Italian neorealism, pre-Obama Shepard Fairey, plus whatever culture pushed its way through the creaky pipes of low-bandwidth dial-up internet, or was smuggled up the actual superhighway of I-95 from Boston and eventually New York, or mailed first class via United States Postal Service from a burgeoning Netflix in those classic matte red envelopes, as valuable and rare as cash sent from China. [...] Somehow we negotiated access to a Canon XL1 3-CCD MiniDV camera and shotgun mic from the local public access station, in exchange for taping the high school graduation we didn’t participate in.
"She had told [...] that the car belonged to the friend for whom she was waiting. And gradually, [...] that Carol wanted to go to New Mexico." High- smith, "The Price Of Salt" (1952). First published under a pseudonym, Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt" (1952) is recognized as being the first "lesbian pulp" with a happy ending; the novel doesn't conclude with the death or heterosexual marriage of either woman, as was the moral imperative to punish such characters in these texts in the first half of the twentieth century.
Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.
Their crimes earned them the nickname Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde — and the story only gets weirder in this documentary about the most lucrative heist ever.
Throughout the South of the United States, tempers flare up as confederate monuments are targeted for removal. During a 6000 mile road trip through the former Confederacy, this documentary explores the legacy of Southern Heritage. A myriad of supporters and opponents is met along the way: White, Black, North and South. Each with their own view on what's worth remembering and preserving. Is there a way past these crossroads?
Quality Control presents PREACHERMAN, an original documentary starring Lil Baby. It is directed by Mandon Lovett and executive-produced by Pierre “Pee” Thomas and Kevin “Coach K” Lee.
This SBS documentary tells the story of the Socceroos historic 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign as told by the players themselves, including Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka, Jason Culina and Lucas Neill. It features extensive interviews with the squad, and never before seen behind the scenes vision.