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The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bob Ricks

It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kilon Bauno

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David McCullough

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kylar Broadus

In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Katherine Cummings

The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Bowles

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Len Cariou

In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East...

Genre: History

Cast: Michael Murphy

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a deep dive into the heart of Arizona, meeting the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Vlasnik

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Linda Hunt

One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were rivaled then only by Elvis Presley. With his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fats Domino

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Beverly Gage

An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: F. Murray Abraham

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killing one hundred and forty-eight young women and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Murphy

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Murphy

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, the population of the United States doubled in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Oliver Platt

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kate Burton

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Liev Schreiber

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Murphy

An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sergei Khrushchev