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- An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated.
- The life story and achievements of dreamer and physicist Albert Einstein.
- Documentary film about the Italian Mafia and their organized crime activities in USA, mainly New York, between the '60's to mid '90's. Well documented with plenty of interviews and original footage. Story told by ex-members of Mafia, FBI agents and prosecutors at that time, cops and journalists. It explains how they functioned, the rule of silence called Omerta, which five families ruled New York and how; and also how the FBI and US government managed to dismantle them after 30 years of the crime syndicate being untouchable. Listen to what Rudy Giuliani, Joseph D. Pistone aka 'Donnie Brasco' and many others had to say about it.
- On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters out of Chicago attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln. This documentary tells that story.
- The contradictions and complexities of American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson serve as the subjects of this documentary from filmmaker Trey Nelson.
- A range of secret societies have been the unseen hand of history that steer human events from the shadows. Among their members are presidents and proselytizers, dictators and dilettantes, artists and scientists, madmen and murderers. Their existence goes back to the dawn of Western civilization. Special will explore secret societies, including the Free Masons, who have embedded their symbols inside our greatest monuments, and even in our common currency.
- A rare look into the lives of modern day KKK members, in-depth interviews from KKK leaders, including associates of the largest surviving organizations who reveal their true identities and open up about their lives as Klan members.
- Ten years later, photographer Andrea Booher finds people that she photographed at the ruins of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
- Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes.
- Four segments that explore the cost of stubbornness, including a man who refuses to acknowledge some important events in his wife's life; a politician who attempts to win an election without ever lying.
- Stories where the faithful and the not-so-faithful cross paths, and where unexpected things happen when people try to get closer to God through pictures: hundreds of Polaroid camera-toting believers gather in the Mojave Desert each month hoping to see God. And an artist, his Jesus model, the model's atheist girlfriend, and her religious father face off on The Last Supper.
- This episode is devoted to a single story by way of G.J. Echternkamp. G.J. spent years filming his mother and stepfather. In the '80s, his stepfather, Frank Garcia, was the bassist in a briefly-famous band called OXO. G.J.'s mom, Cindy Brown, met him at the height of his success, when the band's one Top 40 hit, "Whirly Girl," was on the charts. Twenty years later, they're still together, but living a life they probably wouldn't have imagined back then. G.J. started filming them as a joke, but over time, his reasons changed, and the way he saw both his parents changed as well.
- What do you do if you're unhappy with where you are in life? Some people simply will themselves to the next stage.
- Three stories of the unexpected consequences of trying new things including scientists that accidentally discover a way to erase memories and later get surprising requests from people who want their own minds wiped clean.
- Teenage boys find ways to impress girls using a mode of transport obsolete since the 19th century; a young man's fight for independence from his mother would be normal for most kids, except for some special circumstances.
- Two foreigners in the U.S., in the aftermath of two very different wars, try to make sense of life here.
- A pair of convicts almost escape prison using dental floss; high school students pose for yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the drama in their lives; a man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird.
- Two boxers in Tennessee who've known each other all their lives face off in a match that neither can afford to lose.
- Tales of troubled marriages include an animated true story by cartoonist Chris Ware; and a real-life look at a husband whose legal obsession causes serious trouble with his spouse.
- The true life stories of several Americans with the name John Smith, from an 11-week-old boy whose parents expected a girl, to a 46-year-old Texan, welcoming his son home from Iraq.
- Eli Roth, director of horror classic Hostel, is searching for the true nature of Evil. In a series of experiments, he examines what causes people to perform evil acts, then the daring test - could ordinary people perform acts of violence on strangers.
- Investigate groups that changed debate on climate and redefined politics of global warming.
- Witness a high-stakes experiment to rescue students prepared to quit high school without a diploma.
- The Univ. of Indiana conducted the most thorough census of Americans' sex life since the 1940's. In partnership with the Kinsey Institute, Discovery Channel conducts exclusive research and experiments that explore what Americans are really up to in bed.
- Examine the life of Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter, and the battle over gun laws and gun culture.
- This short documentary Frontline take a in depth look at the Newtown shootings.
- From PBS and FRONTLINE: With poignant and revealing intimacy, Two American Families chronicles the struggles of the Neumanns and the Stanleys as they try to hold onto their homes, their jobs, their health insurance, and a future for their children. A remarkable portrait of perseverance, the 90-minute film raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the U.S. economy and the fate of a declining middle class.
- It is 1993, and the American mob has reached a low point. Enter the newly Bath Avenue crew, who ushers in a violent new day in the life of Cosa Nostra, and the bloodshed gets out of hand.
- In the early 1970's, the five families of the American mafia ruled the streets of New York City, but a new generation of FBI agents are about to change the game.
- It is 1980, and one of the most successful and enduring mob families in America is in Philadelphia. When Old School Don Angelo Bruno is assassinated, a bloody new era begins.
- It is 1986, and with most of the mafia family bosses in jail, it's every man for himself. One gangster sees chaos as an opportunity, John Gotti.
- From PBS and Frontline: On the night she broke up with her boyfriend, a Florida deputy sheriff, Michelle O'Connell was found dead from a gunshot in the mouth. Next to her was her boyfriend's semi-automatic service pistol. The sheriff's office called it suicide, but was it? FRONTLINE and The New York Times investigate this death of a young, single mother, and what can go wrong when the police are faced with domestic violence allegations within their own ranks.
- It is 1978, and American law enforcement is at war with the American mob. But the FBI has a secret weapon, agent Joe Pistone, AKA Donnie Brasco who has infiltrated the Bonanno family.
- La Cosa Nostra is ruling the streets of New York, but one man is determined to bring an end to the violence and corruption: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani mounts the most ambitious Mafia prosecution in history--a case that will bring together an unprecedented arsenal of murder investigations, electronic wiretaps, undercover agents and paid informants.
- From PBS and Frontline: Thanks to social media, today's teens are able to directly interact with their culture - artists, celebrities, movies, brands, and even one another - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers still hold the upper hand? In Generation Like, author and FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff (The Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders) explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media - and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers. Do kids think they're being used? Do they care? Or does the perceived chance to be the next big star make it all worth it? The film is a powerful examination of the evolving and complicated relationship between teens and the companies that are increasingly working to target them.
- From PBS and FRONTLINE: Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, FRONTLINE examines the comeback of segregation in America. The film focuses on Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a group of mostly white parents are trying to form their own city with its own separate school district, leaving behind a population of black students. Through the battle in Baton Rouge, FRONTLINE shows the growing racial divide in American schools and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. Also this hour: FRONTLINE updates the story of Omarina Cabrera, a struggling student from the Bronx who today is excelling at an elite prep school in New England due to a groundbreaking program to stem the high school dropout crisis. Drawing on the 2012 film, Middle School Moment, FRONTLINE follows Omarina's achievements and challenges and shows the contrasts to her twin brother, who has remained in the Bronx.
- FRONTLINE investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublica, the film reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned another Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.