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A feature-length documentary exploring the unsolved murder of French bicyclist Alain Malessard who was found dead in an Oregon Coast campground on Thanksgiving 1987.
Old Growth Murder (2022 )
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Two bounty hunters meet an old man claiming to be hijacker DB Cooper. Can they help him dig up the cash he hid half a century ago? Documentary footage blends with period reenactments to tell the tangled tale.
I Am DB Cooper (2022 )
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One woman's unshakable connection to the JFK assassination continues to haunt her fifty years later.
The Assassination & Mrs. Paine (2022 )
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Jan Broberg and her family tell the unbelievable story of how she survived two kidnappings and years of childhood sexual abuse by a family friend.
A Friend of the Family: True Evil (2022 )
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Chris Watts appeared to have a perfect life until he shockingly confesses to strangling his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Suburban Nightmare: Chris Watts (2022 )
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A new generation uses a new lens to look back on the case that shook the nation and the Beverly Hills brothers brutally murdered their parents in cold blood.
Suburban Nightmare: The Menendez Brothers (2022 )
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Charles Booker rode to the brink of one of the biggest upsets in political history. The documentary follows his campaign across Kentucky from the most urban to the most rural settings. Booker and his team rewrite the campaign playbook. They lean into the charge that average Kentuckians have common bonds, a unifying day-to-day struggle. That struggle is color blind. Booker fights to represent Kentuckians that feel invisible. His message is simple whether you are from the city “Hood,” or the Appalachian “Holler,” you are not invisible.
From the Hood to the Holler (2022 )
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This documentary shows the investigation conducted by journalists Monic Néron and Simon Coutu to shed light on the career and personality of the young Trifluvien exiled in Thailand.
Alpha_02: le mystère Alexandre Cazes (2022 )
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Focuses on hip-hop culture & urban tribalism taking place within the five boroughs of New York.
Warriors of New York (2022 )
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A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole.
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (2022 )
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The casts of Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 are each currently in different stages of motherhood - some have kids in diapers, while others are now parenting teenagers! But they all share the unique experience of momming so young. For the first time, the moms and all their stories will be brought together in one supersized series that focuses on the unique bond this "Mom Group" shares as they face the reality of parenthood and adulting while entering this next phase of life together.
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter (2022 )
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Explore the hidden truths behind the fable and philosophy of the Playboy empire through a modern-day lens. The documentary series delves into the complex world Hugh Hefner created and examines its far-reaching consequences on our culture’s view of power and sexuality.
Secrets of Playboy (2022 )
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Hidden behind the laboratory doors of the forensic institutes, universities and research centres, scientists and experts uncover important information on how to convict the perpetrators.
Forensics - The Science of Crime (2022 )
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Sarah Richardson heads west to take on her biggest challenge yet, purchasing a dated and drab 5,000-square-foot Bavarian-inspired B&B in Whistler, BC. Audiences will step inside Sarah’s life with husband Alex and daughters Robin and Fiona as they travel across the country to transform the property into an efficient and profitable, four-season luxury vacation rental. It’s a massive undertaking as Sarah juggles the demands of managing a “back to the studs” renovation on the west coast while running her design business in Toronto and raising two kids.
Sarah's Mountain Escape (2022 )
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With supply chain shortages, prices skyrocketing and more shoplifting than ever before, positive customer relations are nearly impossible. “Customer Wars” spotlights the conflicts that arise when disgruntled and irrational customers come face-to-face with the employees doing their best to take care of their needs. From fiery exchanges at the fast-food drive thru to loss-prevention brawls, this series proves once and for all that “The customer is always right” is the exception rather than the rule.
Customer Wars (2022 )
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Crime experts explore the motives and modus operandi of female killers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
Deadly Women: Fatal Instincts (2022 )
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Exploring the conception of the reality show. Featuring commentaries from competitors, producers, media analysts and famous fans.
The Challenge: Untold History (2022 )
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With modern technology at everyone's fingertips, the possibility to solve cases has increased and this show will prove exactly why. Showcasing high-octane true stories with life and death stakes, each episode includes CCTV footage and interviews with the police solving the crimes, witnesses, and the families of the victims.
Real Time Crime (2022 )
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New Series Lost Car Rescue Traverses the Northern Canadian Wilderness in Search of Hidden Car Treasure
Lost Car Rescue (2022 )
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An elite team is investigating the Bermuda Triangle with the aid of a secret weapon—a map, decades in the making, marking the location of unidentified undersea wrecks and anomalies. Each week they will attempt to identify one mystery wreck, along the way evaluating the evidence behind legends and scientific theories like rogue waves, giant methane bubbles, ship-sucking whirlpools, and dead zones that bewilder equipment and planes. In the Bermuda Triangle, one never knows what one will find. On the ocean floor, the team makes historic and important discoveries that go beyond myth and conjecture.
The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters (2022 )
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Follow three families determined to break the 500-year-old curse of Emperor Montezuma and find the lost treasure estimated to be worth over $3 billion dollars. The series intercuts each family’s epic adventure as they search for the 7 Cities of Gold on three different properties in three different states – the Dillmans in Utah, the Hoaglands in Nevada, and the Villescases in New Mexico.
Lost Gold of the Aztecs (2022 )
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Set deep in the heart of Central Queensland, this new factual series follows the highs and lows of a community of passionate sapphire hunters working in extreme conditions.
Gem Hunters Down Under (2022 )
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In this series, 10 stars of the ballroom scene pair up with 10 queer and trans filmmakers to battle each other in five categories: Vogue, Bizarre, Sex Siren, Face and Runway. Instead of “walking the ball,” the teams compete by creating stunning short videos that honour the category conventions while serving something fresh and fab.
CBX: Canadian Ballroom Extravaganza (2022 )
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It follows the resistance to modernization in rural Mexico. It is a reminder that it is still possible to live in tune with our essence as human beings.
Gods of Mexico (2022 )
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Having just turned 60, Tom Cruise is still one of the leading names in Hollywood. A prolific actor with a career spanning over 40 years, he is continually building a giant legacy within the film industry. His ability seems to know no limits.
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action (2022 )
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At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around the globe to better understand how she can preserve her own Romanian and Armenian heritage, as well as our collective memory. Blending the intellectual with the poetic, she embarks on a personal quest with universal resonance, navigating the continuum between paper and digital—and reminding us that human knowledge is above all an affair of the soul and the spirit.
Beyond Paper (2022 )
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Average Americans from several states and one South African immigrant weigh in on the political climax in 2020.
America Sounds: A Red and Blue Amber Alert (2022 )
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Renowned paranormal investigator Chad Calek shares over an hour of the most intense paranormal activity he's ever captured during his 25-year investigative career.
74 Minutes (2022 )
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At 14, she was one of SD’s best basketball players. By 17, her social activism had made her a household name across the Great Plains. 30 years after her death, SuAnne Big Crow continues to galvanize the Lakota in their fight to reclaim their culture.
Big Crow (2022 )
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Dave Evans was a renowned prosthetist, humanitarian and peace activist. A double amputee himself, he dedicated his post-military career to transforming lives shattered by these seemingly never-ending, interchangeable wars. From Syrian refugees in a prosthetics clinic in Amman, Jordan, to the fallout of war in places like Iraq, Dave chose a life of service to others.
The Wake Up Call (2022 )
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This documentary film is about the video game Shenmue. It tells the story of the games history, its fans, and how it impacted the gaming industry.
A Gamer's Journey - The Definitive History of Shenmue (2022 )
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Across the US, millions of project cars lay unfinished up on blocks or under tarps. Dan Brockett, Shea Seefeldt and Aaron Parker are on a mission to rescue those broken cars. And they won't just finish them, but they'll redeem them. These guys have about a week to get them across the finish line, whether it's on a track, down a dragstrip or up a mountain.
Runs Good (2022 )
