Lords of Scam (2021)
This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
16 Days of Glory (1985)
The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told “from the inside” through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry, and the singing voice of…
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations (1938)
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. This first half of her two-part film…
Nazis in the CIA (2013)
Florian Hartung and Dirk Pohlmann have reconstructed a previously unknown dimension of the collaboration between Nazis and the CIA in the Cold War. Drawing upon recently released documents, the film…
Alien Ancestors: The Gods of Man (2021)
Aliens in our ancient past is practically common knowledge. They came millennia ago, fought a great war between themselves and left behind a history of their occupation, vestiges of a…
The Blind Sea (2024)
Australian blind surfer Matt Formston’s mettle is pushed to the limits in this thrilling documentary. With only 3% vision, the 4x World Champion attempts his most fearsome and dangerous challenge…
Alone through Iran: 1144 miles of trust (2017)
The 45-year old Swedish woman, Kristina Paltén, ran across Iran to challenge her own prejudices against a culture and people she knew little about. She felt the very human need…
Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool (2011)
In his special, rising star Nick Kroll (“The League,” “Date Night,” “Get Him to the Greek”) blows the doors off the time-honored one-hour format by weaving in hilarious short films,…
Who was Hitler (2017)
Hitler’s biography told like never before. Besides brief historical localizations by a narrator, only contemporaries and Hitler himself speak: no interviews, no reenactment, no illustrative graphics and no technical gadgets….
Wendy Williams: What a Mess! (2021)
In this documentary, Wendy Williams, the self-anointed Queen of all Media, sheds her private persona and speaks directly to the camera, discussing every inch of joy and humiliation she has…
Fårö Document 1979 (1979)
In 1969, with Sven Nykvist as cinematographer, Ingmar Bergman made The Fårö Document, a film that ended with a rather pessimist view of the island’s future. One of the scenes…
Reclaiming Amy (2021)
To mark the ten year anniversary of her death, Amy Winehouse’s closest family and friends reveal the truth about the music icon and the impact that her loss has had…