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- StarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorLyriq BentBen ChaplinKidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century.
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsEthan HawkeEve HewsonEli A. SmithA freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
- StarsFrancis ChoulerJustin SalingerCarel NelThe documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- StarsLaurence OlivierAverell HarrimanAnthony EdenA groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
- DirectorYelena LanskayaStarsRyan MerrimanSteve BacicWilliam MacDonaldDuring the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate times-a symbol of hope that leads the men of the First Cavalry on a journey of self-discovery and newfound brotherhood.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria BelloTwo Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
- StarsJoseph M. MarshallIrene BedardGil BirminghamTales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
- DirectorSam PollardStarsMartin Luther KingJ. Edgar HooverDavid GarrowBased on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- DirectorJonathan SilversStarsMichel MartinRobert R.A. TurnerDeNeen L. BrownDeadly assault on the 100th anniversary of the crime in the context of other racial massacres and police killings.
- DirectorEmily KunstlerSarah KunstlerStarsChief Egunwale AmusanJosephine Bolling McCallGwen CarrInterweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
- DirectorDror MorehStarsGamal HelalMartin IndykDaniel KurtzerThe epic behind-the-scenes story of the United States' 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Recounted from the unique perspective of the American mediators on the frontlines.
- StarsGraham SibleyStefan AdegbolaJenny SteadThrough a poverty-ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChao DengLi SunRyan ZhengIn a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
- DirectorRon BroughStarsStephen ShepherdMichael K. WinderWhich U.S. President attended school in the Kirtland Temple? Which President first borrowed a copy of the Book of Mormon from the Library of Congress? What did JFK and LBJ do for the LDS Church? Which U.S. President spoke at an LDS youth conference? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this groundbreaking documentary that explores the story of America's Presidents and the LDS Church. You'll discover surprising facts and unexpected relationships as you follow the rise of the LDS Church from obscurity to an organization with political clout. You'll be entertained by amusing anecdotes that highlight the personalities of United States Presidents and the Lord's prophets. And you'll be amazed at the stories behind the stories that interweave the fastest-growing church in the United States with the highest office in the land.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsAnthony HopkinsJoan AllenPowers BootheA biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.
- DirectorKim A. SnyderStarsJaclyn CorinSamantha FuentesX GonzálezStudents at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida speak out against the national gun-violence epidemic after a mass shooting at their school kills 17 people.
- DirectorRon MeyerIf you were born in the '40s, your decade began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to an unprecedented third term. The country was isolationist and american workers got the forty hour work week.
- DirectorRon MeyerIf you were born in the '60s, your decade opened with John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States. Over 850,000 "war baby" students entered college as freshman. The cartoon The Flintstones appeared on Television for the first time.
- DirectorRon MeyerStarsAnn-MargretThe BeatlesCarl BernsteinIf you were born in the '70s, you are part of Generation X. Your parents were Baby Boomers, part of the "Me" generation.
- DirectorRon MeyerStarsCharles BarkleyHerb BrooksSteve BushIf you were born in the '80s, your parents were the last wave of Baby Boomers. They, along with everybody else, were embracing the future with the personal computer.
- DirectorZachary WeilStarsBrooks MooreJim StoneLarry JunkerWho were the men and women of the Apollo Space Program? Where are they today? What do they think of the extraordinary effort they helped make possible? Half a century later, Project Apollo remains the single greatest initiative in peacetime the world has ever known. Its story speaks to the most beautiful characteristics of our humanity: a metaphor for our ability to rise to challenges once thought insurmountable and push past them with even bigger and bolder solutions. Behind every astronaut who set foot upon the moon and every figurehead who inspired us to get there was Apollo's massive workforce: a team of men and women over 400,000 strong--spanning race, socio-economics, culture and company--who came to understand that the overall Program was only as good as the effort they put into it. When We Were Apollo is a feature-length documentary offering an intimate and personal look at Apollo through the lives and experiences of some of its most inspiring behind-the-scenes figures: engineers, technicians, builders and contractors who spent the better part of a decade working to get us to the moon and back.
- DirectorJen SenkoStarsGlenn BeckEric BoehlertDavid BrockAfter her dad shifts his politics from left to right, his daughter tries to understand what happened.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. LynnDue to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
- DirectorCristina TrebbiStarsNathan EnglishVictor GarberAndrew C. IsenbergThe Old and New World in 1491, and the biological conquest after their collision.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsHarrison FordHelen MirrenBrandon SklenarThe Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsLeslie UggamsOlivia ColeLouis Gossett Jr.Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJoaquin PhoenixVanessa KirbyTahar RahimAn epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne HecheShortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonAngela BassettDelroy LindoBiographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.
- StarsRobert MitchumJane SeymourHart BochnerThe trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsEric BanaDaniel CraigMarie-Josée CrozeAfter the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsFrank SinatraTrevor HowardRaffaella CarràAn American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsJosh BrolinElizabeth BanksIoan GruffuddA chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.
- DirectorTaylor MordenStarsLauren LapkusTom CaseyKevin SmithThis nostalgic documentary reveals the real story of Blockbuster's demise, and how one last location in Bend, Oregon keeps the spirit of a bygone era alive.
- CreatorJules VerneStarsDavid TennantIbrahim KomaLeonie BeneschGentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.
- StarsMorgan FreemanJordan BrownJustin JacksonA documentary of the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies through the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction, this series examines the integral role slavery played in shaping the new country and challenges the long held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Remarkable stories of individual slaves offer fresh perspectives on the slave experience.
- StarsJosh GatesBrian C. WeedEvan B. StoneAn archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsHamilton MorrisShanika ColeEwen LeslieWestern set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsOrlando BloomEva GreenLiam NeesonBalian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.