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You Can See Everything
Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.
Who Is Martin Mull?
Discover Martin Mull's restless reinvention from smoky folk clubs to primetime sitcoms to gallery walls, told in his own words and by the friends who watched it happen, including Steve Martin, Tom Waits, David Alan Grier and others.
Awakening: The Fight for Israel's Democracy
When Israel is hijacked from within by extremist political forces, a group of citizens transform overnight into protest leaders. They embark on an epic struggle for their democracy - one that pushes the nation to the brink of civil war. Then war does break out, and the stakes rise even higher.
Kill. Bury. Print.
When the McCurtain Gazette, a small family-run newspaper, begins reporting on alleged sex, drugs, and violence within the county sheriff's office, they find themselves the target of the sheriff's retaliation. Tensions escalate when the paper obtains a secret recording revealing the sheriff and local officials allegedly discussing having the family killed, turning a local investigation into international news.
25 Cats from Qatar
The nation of Qatar has a street cat population equal to the entire human population of the entire country – and is growing fast. Disease is rampant, and local adoption is rare. 25 CATS FROM QATAR follows one mission – led by a network of multinational underground animal rescuers in Doha and a Milwaukee flight attendant/ cat cafe owner – to transport out 25 lucky felines and find homes for them abroad, all the while searching for a long-term solution to the crisis.
The Cote Photo
To many investigators, this photo has become known as the best official UFO photo ever made public. This image has endured decades of scrutiny and, if anything, has grown more relevant over time. As governments around the world begin to acknowledge and declassify UFO/UAP encounters, the Cote photo feels less like an anomaly and more like an early glimpse into a much larger, still-unfolding story. It continues to fascinate researchers and the public alike—and raises the possibility that more images like it remain hidden, classified, or yet to be released. With Sergio Loaiza as his guide, attorney Esteban Carranza explores how encounters with the unknown transform identity and belief.
Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes
Follows musician Pete Townshend's colorful life and career, and specifically about a time that almost destroyed him and his band: when, shortly after the release of the album Tommy, Townshend and The Who tried to make a science fiction rock opera called Lifehouse.
Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth
Katô follows the Munduruku through their decades-long struggle for land and clean water, revealing a world where daily survival is an act of resistance. Refusing to wait for government recognition, the community has taken up the mantle of self-demarcation, putting their bodies on the line to map their own return. Supporting them is a women-led video collective that transforms cameras into visual arrows, documenting the destruction while affirming a vitality that cannot be extracted. By reclaiming the Katô—the ancestral Dark Earth—the Munduruku remind us that the soil is a living witness. Their fight for the land is not merely local; it is a desperate defense of the lungs of Mother Earth, upon which all life depends.
Finding Happy
At her lowest point, a woman rescues an injured one-day old sparrow, and their profound bond sparks a worldwide journey to explore with other extraordinary human-animal connections, challenging us to see kindness, connection, and compassion, in a whole new light.
Inside the Trustor Scandal
For the first time since 1997, Joachim Posener finally emerges from hiding and allows himself to be interviewed about his life and the Trustor affair. Twenty-seven years ago, he disappeared without a trace, and ever since, he has been on the international most wanted list. Now, Karin af Klintberg searches for him to find out how he lives and where he's been hiding all these years. But perhaps above all, to uncover what everyone is wondering: Was he guilty? Through new and opposing testimonies from never-before-heard voices, Karin simultaneously continues the search for the truth about the coup. How could five people swindle 600 million kr and still go free? And where did the money actually go?
Hitler’s Games: Berlin 1936 in Colour
In 1931, Germany was awarded the Olympic Games in the hope this would draw them into the international community and world peace would be promoted through sport. For two weeks in August 1936 cameras captured the world’s greatest sporting spectacle, including the Gold Medal triumphs of record-breaking sprinter Jesse Owens. The Berlin Olympics were groundbreaking – many innovations introduced in 1936 such as television coverage and the torch relay became part of every subsequent Games. Hitler’s Games in Colour tells the story of the remarkable amateurs who excelled, but also how Hitler used the Games as propaganda for his brutal regime, to show the Nazis as benign and their military ambitions as modest. Using black and white archive, transformed by cutting-edge restoration and colourisation, this is the story of 16 days that fooled the world…
Eclipse Across Europe
On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, Europe will look to the skies for a once-in-a-lifetime event: a total solar eclipse. For the first time in 27 years, the moon’s shadow will sweep dramatically across Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, captivating an estimated 980 million viewers. Traveling at an astonishing 1,500 mph and stretching 190 miles wide, this cosmic marvel promises to be the most talked-about natural event of the decade. Our one-hour special delivers the ultimate front-row seat to this breathtaking phenomenon, packed with expert insights, cutting-edge visuals, and a countdown to the moment the world stands still.
My Grandfather Charles Manson
Sophia was always the good girl growing up and her father's rock, but her quest to identify her unknown grandfather results in a shocking discovery: He is Charles Manson, history's most notorious criminal; and he bears striking physical similarities to her beloved father. Sophia's discovery propels her into an underworld of Manson family members and unreliable narrators as she traces her grandfather's life. Along the way, her genetics unlock never-before-released records and audio recordings that illuminate Manson's pathology in startling ways. But the more Sophia uncovers, the more her relationship with her father is strained. For Sophia, there's no turning back. What has she inherited, and how will she reckon with her family legacy?