Exchange Rate 1:4
On October 13, 1957, cash was exchanged in the GDR (old bills 1:1 for new bills). The film reports on this event.
Mama Africa
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into…
Ukraine on Fire
A Russian-backed conspiracy film produced by Oliver Stone, framing the Euromaidan protests and the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych as a Western-engineered coup.
Tokyo-Ga
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.
The Lost World of Tibet
Through vintage amateur movies as well as archival Communist propaganda documentaries, this program turns back the clock to see what Tibet was like from the 1930s to 1950. After the…
Take a Chance
Gert van der Graaf, an infamous stalker, reveals how his childhood crush on Abba superstar Agnetha Fältskog turned into an obsession that shaped the rest of his life, thus showing…
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the first televised trial…
Chicago at the Crossroad
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago’s segregated communities? What is known about the systems that created…
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
In May 1997, Tim Taylor, creative force behind the beloved Dayton, Ohio rock weirdos BRAINIAC, was on the verge of his band signing to a major record label when his…
From Russia with Lev
A documentary exploring Lev Parnas’ involvement in the Trump-Ukraine scandal that resulted in the former president’s impeachment, detailing Parnas’ unexpected entanglement with Trump and Giuliani, leading to his incarceration.
Jeremy Clarkson: King of Controversy
A look at the career of Jeremy Clarkson and the many controversies surrounding him.
Waltz with Bashir
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Ask Dr. Ruth
A documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became the United States’ most famous sex therapist. As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth…
