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Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert took a group of amateur adventurers on a nearly impossible journey across South America. Positioned as a charity trek for cancer awareness, participants were to be part of a 5,000-mile expedition across the continent through the deepest parts of the Amazon jungle. Only one claims to have made it to the end… Mickey Grosman.
Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes (2024 )
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Follow the legend's epic journey through five World Cups, culminating in 2022's triumph. As the championship run unfolds, Messi shares some of his most personal reflections—on his national team career and the challenges he's faced.
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024 )
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Explore five powerful New York Mafia families, who ran organized crime in America.
American Godfathers: The Five Families (2024 )
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This Country's Charlie Cooper explores the gloriously bonkers world of British folklore. From crop circles to demon dogs, he's boldly going where no TV presenter has gone before.
Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country (2024 )
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This captivating six-part series brings the era of witches and witch-hunters to life through cinematic reenactments, complemented by insights from leading historians and experts in the field. The show immerses viewers in the historical context, blending expert testimony with vivid storytelling to explore the reality of witch trials.
Witches: Truth Behind the Trials (2024 )
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Quem é Essa Mulher? (2024 )
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World famous Grizzly 399 attempts to raise four cubs, making choices amidst a warming climate, human encroachment and disputes over her Endangered Species protections.
399: Queen of the Tetons (2024 )
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Strong is a powerful short documentary following filmmaker and producer Paris Jones' inspiring journey of resilience and triumph over cancer.
Strong, Living With Multiple Myeloma (2024 )
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In this rags to riches origin story, Lady Camden struggles to manage the demands of her freshly minted international fame, while Rex is forced to come to terms with the troubling childhood he left behind in Camden which drove him to so desperately seek joy, fantasy and escape through the performing arts.
Lady Like (2024 )
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The Montreal Canadiens continue to evolve with the sole objective of re-establishing the team as an NHL powerhouse. Up close with players, coaches, executives and diehard Habs fans, The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens reveals the 2023-24 behind-the-scenes story of an iconic sports organization undergoing profound change.
The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens (2024 )
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With guidance and mentorship from powerhouse investors Emma Grede and Ashley Graham, ambitious female entrepreneurs develop their side hustles in the hopes of quitting their day jobs to pursue their dream careers full time. These founders vie for the chance to build multi-million dollar companies while juggling the demands of their personal lives and day jobs.
Side Hustlers (2024 )
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Discover the chilling stories of five renowned international murder cases, featuring firsthand accounts from individuals close to each case and those seeking justice.
World's Most Notorious Killers (2024 )
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.
The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024 )
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Monty Don travels to Spain, discovering gardens across the country’s diverse landscape and exploring its rich and varied history and culture. In Episode 1, he visits historic and modern gardens around the harsh central plains of Spain. In Episode 2, he continues his journey through Spain, visiting the gardens of the South. In the final episode, he discovers gardens in the lesser-known green and mountainous North of Spain.
Monty Don's Spanish Gardens (2024 )
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Through the eyes of the victims, filmmaker Sonia Kronlund investigates to find out who is the man hiding himself behind so many identities.
The Man with a Thousand Faces (2024 )
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Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.
Eternal You (2024 )
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If money makes the world go round, perhaps nothing makes money go around the world like tourism. It has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. But have the planet’s must-go-to destinations become victims of their own success? Overbooked explores the complexities of an industry that on one hand caters to the basic human desire of movement and hospitality but on the other, highlights the economic, environmental and social harm of mass travel.
Overbooked (2024 )
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Broadcasting from the safety of his bunker in the year 2037, host Bruce Campbell revisits humanity’s greatest pop culture successes and failures.
Discontinued (2023 )
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In this special, watch the 650 million km journey of ISRO's Mangalyaan, India's first interplanetary mission to Mars.
Mangalyaan: India's Mission to Mars (2023 )
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Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You (2023 )
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One family's journey with autism through the lens of community in a small town in southern Arkansas.
You Have No Idea (2023 )
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KSI and The Paul Brothers, from humble beginnings on YouTube, to mainstream domination. These unrelenting (and controversial) creators show no signs of stopping.
KSI & The Pauls: Primed for Success (2023 )
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In Scooter LaForge: a life of art, the iconic queer artist reflects on his career, his struggles and triumphs, and the impact that current events have had on his life and the lives of so many artists in NYC. Originally from New Mexico, LaForge exhibits a signature style that is instantly recognizable, yet perpetually reinvented. His bespoke painted clothing, which claimed the attention and subsequent partnership of famed designer Patricia Field, has become a specialized luxury, sought after by celebrities such as Debbie Harry, Beyoncé, and Nicki Minaj. Layered with childhood fantasy and adult themes, classical inspiration and modern social commentary, his pieces are woven together using paint, found objects, fabric, and anything else that strikes his fancy.
Scooter LaForge: A Life of Art (2023 )
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This documentary follows 14 men and mountaineer Kevin DeVries on a trek to Everest Base Camp as he prepares to climb in the region after a cardiac arrest. More than a hike in the Himalayas, The True Summit calls men to the inward journey and the inescapable reality that the change we seek can only be found in a Christ-centered community.
The True Summit (2023 )
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BET+ ORIGINAL. This true-crime docuseries reveals the shocking details behind twisted stories of passion, jealousy and obsession that drive people to murder.
Love You To Death (2023 )
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At the crossroads of Armenia and Iran, a father and daughter must overcome war, religion, and geopolitics to establish their wines on the global stage and reclaim a 6,000-year-old tradition of winemaking.
Somm: Cup of Salvation (2023 )
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When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself.
Israelism (2023 )
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This series explores the eerie, puzzling and unnerving historical elements, places, icons, or events that seem to be plagued by what can only be described as a ‘curse’.
Cursed Histories (2023 )
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72 Seasons is Metallica’s long-awaited 12th studio album, preceded by first single “Lux Æterna”— hailed upon its November 28, 2022, release as “thundering, breakneck” (Billboard), “gut-punching” (Rolling Stone) and “blistering” (USA Today). 72 Seasons - Global Premiere will feature exclusive interviews with Metallica, with the full band delving into the origins and stories behind the songs and accompanying music videos for every track on the album. The result will be a one-night-only opportunity for fans to experience 72 Seasons first and fully. Be the first to hear the band’s new album, 72 Seasons, the day before its release, on the big screen with pummeling surround sound in this special event exclusively in cinemas for one night only.
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere (2023 )
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The Canary Islands (2023 )
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Sit back, relax, and join River Cottage's resident experts for a series of one-on-one lessons covering all manner of country-kitchen cooking. There is something for everyone, including everything one would need to cook and live like Hugh.
River Cottage Bites (2023 )
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On 24 February 2022, chef Yulia loses her former life and becomes a refugee, along with her two adopted daughters, fleeing the war in Ukraine. She now works as a butcher in Scotland and her husband is in one of the most dangerous spots on the front lines. The fear and connection to war doesn't leave her even when she is thousands of miles away. She is fighting for her children's future, and she fears losing her husband.
The Sound of the Wind (2023 )
