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In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.
Queens (2024 )
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Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she vanished, sparking a search that ended in tragedy. This docuseries delves into the 2002 murder case.
American Murder: Laci Peterson (2024 )
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Will tell the stories of adventurous explorers, scientists and filmmakers with never-before-used technology as they embark on their mission, tackling challenges that arise from seeking to solve some of the ocean’s greatest outstanding mysteries.
OceanXplorers (2024 )
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A tragic affair of child abuse and judicial disaster, this docuseries revisits the Outreau case, one of the biggest scandals in French history.
The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare (2024 )
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In Mexico City's dark underbelly, women seeking better lives become entangled in an online escort network, unaware it will lead to a series of femicides.
Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas (2024 )
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Enter an unseen micro-verse where miniature heroes use amazing superpowers to survive in a series of spellbinding dramas.
A Real Bug's Life (2024 )
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After TikTok dancers join a management company and its associated church, unsettling details about the founder and their dark realities come to light.
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024 )
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As a teen, Little Nicolás managed to sneak between politicians, millionaires and even royals. This docuseries revisits his case through key testimonies.
Little Nicholas: Life of a Scoundrel (2024 )
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Immersive audio reveals the unexpected, unfamiliar, and untold ways in which animals communicate around the world.
Earthsounds (2024 )
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Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping (2024 )
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When a dating site for people seeking adulterous affairs is hacked, millions of users' intimate data is exposed, wrecking marriages and destroying lives.
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (2024 )
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Steve Martin is one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in entertainment. Dive into his extraordinary story from two distinct points of view—past and present—as Martin reflects on how his beginnings led to his unexpectedly fulfilling life today.
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024 )
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In 2012, a string of grisly murders sent shock waves through the Berlin party scene. The killer remained at large — until one of his targets survived.
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (2024 )
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Follow a select group of students throughout their final make-or-break year at Australia's elite dance Studio, Brent Street.
Dance Life (2024 )
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Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body.
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024 )
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Eerie encounters, bizarre disappearances, haunting events and more perplexing phenomena are explored in this chilling investigative docuseries.
Files of the Unexplained (2024 )
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Photographer will tell the intensely personal stories of the world’s greatest visual storytellers and artists, from how they found themselves behind a camera to how they dedicate themselves to the endless pursuit of perfecting their craft.
Photographer (2024 )
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Three women's lives are changed forever when a prolific stalker infiltrates their social media accounts. And they're only a fraction of his many victims.
Can I Tell You a Secret? (2024 )
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Featuring interviews with his followers, critics and Raël himself, this docuseries traces how a UFO-inspired religion spiraled into a controversial cult.
Raël: The Alien Prophet (2024 )
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A portrait that shows the spectacular work of Thibaut Courtois to reach the decisive stretch of the season after the serious injury suffered just before the start of LaLiga. We will experience the uncertainty of undergoing surgery, the sacrifice he made to get back to his best, his day-to-day life with Mishel, his children and family, his intense schedule and other previously unknown facets.
Courtois, the Return of the Number 1 (2024 )
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Learn more about this tasty Korean dish, usually called “chikin” in the country. From its flavorful evolution to its origin, viewers will discover how this became a favorite meal.
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody (2024 )
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The world’s best female cyclists take on the sport’s toughest challenge - the Tour de France Femmes.
Second to None (2024 )
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The documentary begins when the fictionalized drama ends. Sara spent three years volunteering to save refugees on the same journey that made her so famous, and was suddenly arrested in Aug. 2018, accused by Greek authorities of running a criminal enterprise with charges including “international espionage and people smuggling.” If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison and the end of her humanitarian career. Shot over three years, the film follows Sara’s fight for justice and journey of self-discovery.
Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini (2024 )
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In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo relives her tortured adolescence, wondering if she remembered it all wrong.
You Were My First Boyfriend (2024 )
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When an unidentified hiker is found deceased in the Florida wilderness, authorities release a sketch. Multiple hikers call in claiming to have met the man. There's only one problem – he never told them his name. It would take two years, thousands of devoted internet sleuths, and a miracle of science to identify him, and that's when the trouble really starts.
They Called Him Mostly Harmless (2024 )
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The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and written out of sports history – until now, with dazzling archival footage and interviews with the former players.
Copa 71 (2024 )
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Follow the exceptional spirit and drive of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Tatiana Suarez as she prepares to reenter the cage after nearly four years away from the sport. Suarez reflects on her journey from wrestling prodigy to professional athlete and the legacy she leaves young women, particularly those in the Latina community.
The Unbreakable Tatiana Suarez (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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This documentary examines the impact of how high-profile artists like Lil Nas X and Beyoncé are challenging the country music status quo and how Black artists in Nashville have been laying the foundation for this transformation for some time.
Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville's Renaissance (2024 )
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Tegan Quin (from Tegan and Sara) has been the victim of identity theft and an ongoing catfishing scam for over 15 years. While investigating, she shares for the first time, how she was ensnared in toxic fan culture that revealed the dark side of fame.
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024 )
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A deep dive into one of the most enduring and high-stakes mysteries in technology and finance: the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery (2024 )
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A man forms an unlikely friendship with a wild otter while living in the remote Shetland Islands.
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024 )
