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What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

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Diana: The Royal Truth

1 hr 0 mins

A captivating first hand account of the life of one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, Diana Princess of Wales, by the man who lived through it all, Paul Burrell.

Diana: The Royal Truth
  • 2017

Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

1 hr 47 mins

The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont festival.

Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont
  • 2020

Miss Snake Charmer

1 hr 4 mins

The contestants for Miss Snake Charmer are not your typical high school beauty queens. These teens must show they are more than just pretty faces-that they have the guts and grit to win America's toughest beauty pageant. Contestants must prove their bravery by killing, and skinning, a rattlesnake before showcasing their talents and evening wear. The winner then spends the weekend reigning over pits of live vipers during the World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup.

Miss Snake Charmer
  • 2018

The Truth About Marriage

1 hr 22 mins

This humorous and uplifting documentary by filmmaker Roger Nygard presents some of the most challenging ideas about relationships as it answers the question: Why do half of marriages fail, and why the rest are such hard work?

The Truth About Marriage
  • 2018

Black Patriots

0 hrs 43 mins

Documentary chronicling the role of African Americans during America's Revolutionary War.

Black Patriots
  • 2020

Pink: The Truth

0 hrs 59 mins

She has risen from nowhere to conquer the music world with songs that’ll be played for years to come. She is a force to be reckoned with in the music scene. She is…Pink.

Pink: The Truth
  • 2016

Field of Operations: The Tunisia Campaign

The first combined army consisting of British and US troops banding together to push their enemy from North Africa for good. One of the most famous campaigns of the entire second world war.

Field of Operations: The Tunisia Campaign
  • 2020
  • 2020

Anapeson

0 hrs 40 mins

Count Karl Ulysses von Salis-Marschlins was a Swiss botanist and naturalist. He travelled widely observing and studying the lands he visited. In 1789 he travelled in the Kingdom of Naples. On returning home, he wrote a book about it. Here is how he described his visit to the "Casino del Duca" at San Basilio, the largest estate of Apulia, South Italy. "Anapeson" are these places, now, sleepless and abandoned within the distracted modernity. The History as ruins.

Anapeson
  • 2015

A Bipolar Expedition

1 hr 5 mins

Midland's businessman Paul Downes hires a castle in Jamaica and invites 12 young Ukrainian women to join him in the hope one will marry him. Unfortunately Paul suffers bi-polar disorder and has a manic episode for most of the 2 week holiday. He quickly loses interest in the women and what at first looked like a distorted reality TV show transforms into a bizarre spin on James Bond as Paul plots to take over the world.

A Bipolar Expedition
  • 2010

The Day I Had to Grow Up

0 hrs 24 mins

Edited by Emmy Award winner Krysia Carter-Giez, "The Day I Had To Grow Up" is a call to action. It features six activists and the events that shaped their political lives. This documentary is about the future of Youth Activism in America.

The Day I Had to Grow Up
  • 2020

My War

1 hr 37 mins

A disturbing portrayal of foreign fighters wanting to film themselves in Syria. The complexity of this documentary is what resides in the head of the Canadians that volunteered to help the Kurds. More interested in videoing themselves in the perfect uniform while reciting perfect worded war phases, than ever trying to understand they are in fact, nothing but propaganda for the war effort.

My War
  • 2018

Meeting Michael

1 hr 15 mins

When Adam Kontras got a press pass to a Bulls game on November 9th 1995, he bought his first video camera that morning and captured everything. Join Adam as he tells his kids the magical story of 'Meeting Michael' 25 years later with the original footage.

Meeting Michael
  • 2020

Big Elvis the Pete Vallee Story

1 hr 0 mins

Claimed to be a love child of the King of Rock N' Roll, this is the untold story of Pete 'Big Elvis' Vallee, the world's heaviest Elvis Presley impersonator inducted into the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.

Big Elvis the Pete Vallee Story
  • 2020

Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts

1 hr 0 mins

No surprise that Eddie Murphy was voted most popular kid in his high school graduating class. Despite humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, Eddie has naturally attracted a fan club. Almost six decades later he remains loved for his infectious smile and goofy laugh. Yet, there are several layers to the Murphy mystique. It all began with a raw, insult comedy routine on local stages. Repeated auditions for Saturday Night Live in 1980 led to four years of memorable parody skits as Gumby, Mr. Rogers and Buckwheat and actually kept the show from cancellation. Transition to the big screen has produced 36 films with $6.6 billion in box office receipts. There have been six Golden Globe nominations for 48 Hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor, Dolemite Is My Name, and Dreamgirls for which he won Best Supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination in 2007. Versatility has become his comedic trademark with multiple movies where Murphy plays as many as six roles. Follow a career which has also earned him labels as writer, producer and singer. The Grammys acknowledged his album recordings of both humor and music with three nominations and one win in the early eighties. Most prestigious award of all was The Mark Twain Prize for Humor at the J.F.K. Center in 2005. Talent aside, learn about the mysterious death of his father when he was only eight. Trace Eddie's unconventional family life as the father to 10 children. Nothing will stop this talent as Eddie continues to make his fans Laugh 'Til it Hurts.

Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
  • 2020

The Story of Racheltjie De Beer

1 hr 36 mins

South African wilderness 1800's. Five years after their mother's death, preadolescent Rachel and 5-year-old Jamie find themselves on their way to the virgin gold fields with their father Herman as he tries to start a new life. When Jamie goes missing in a freak blizzard, Rachel braves the snowstorm to search for her little brother in the 19th-century South-African wilderness.

The Story of Racheltjie De Beer
  • 2019

Bigfoot: The Legend is Real

1 hr 21 mins

The Crypto Crew team uncover and document evidence of the elusive legend known as Bigfoot. Follow along as the team treks various mountainous areas in search for evidence. Be intrigued by the numerous witness interviews of those who have seen the beast. This is the ultimate Bigfoot documentary.

Bigfoot: The Legend is Real
  • 2020

UFO Conspiracies: The Hidden Truth

1 hr 0 mins

UFO Conspiracies : The Hidden Truth charts the US government's involvement with UFO phenomenon from 1947 to the present day. Featuring rare classified footage, expert interviews, images and recordings it uncovers the investigations, cover-ups and the recent astonishing revelation of a secret 20 million dollar UFO research program.

UFO Conspiracies: The Hidden Truth
  • 2020

Stove

0 hrs 18 mins
  • 2013

Doin' My Drugs

1 hr 34 mins

Doin' My Drugs tells the extraordinary story of musician Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn, born HIV+ in Zambia in 1985. He emigrated to Denmark as an infant for treatment. At eight, he lost both parents to AIDS, and nearly died himself. After recovery, Thomas fell in love with music and, at twenty, became a pop star. After marrying and fathering two sons, Thomas reconnected with family in Zambia, and was shocked to discover that AIDS was still devastating the country. Determined to make a difference, Thomas decided to dedicate his life to using his music, and his own story, to raise awareness about HIV and treatment in Zambia. Teaming with an extraordinary group of Zambian musicians, Thomas has embarked on a crusade to wipe HIV and AIDS in Zambia, and throughout Africa.

Doin' My Drugs
  • 2019

Some Kind of Heaven

1 hr 21 mins

America's seniors have discovered the fountain of youth. It's in The Villages - America's largest retirement community in Florida. Home to over 130,000 seniors, The Villages offers residents a utopian version of the American yesteryear - wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countless activities all in service of enjoying their golden years. This documentary invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of residents - and one interloper - who are unable to find happiness within the community's pre-packaged paradise.

Some Kind of Heaven

Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band

1 hr 20 mins

In a South Florida retirement community, 91-year-old Saul Dreier starts a klezmer band with fellow concentration camp survivor Ruby Sosnowicz, hoping to use music to celebrate life and memorialize those who perished in the Holocaust.

Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band
  • 2020

White Riot

1 hr 20 mins

Expanding her (White Riot: London (2017)) short documentary film, Rubika Shah's energizing film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by 'music's biggest colonialist' Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot (2019) blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation's youth, RAR's multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As founder Red Saunders explains: 'We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika'. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978's huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses.

White Riot

After So Many Days

1 hr 26 mins

After a decade of making music together, Jim and Sam, a recently married singer/songwriter duo from Los Angeles, were not the conventionally successful band they hoped they'd be. Feeling stuck and anxious about their future, the duo made a spontaneous decision to go "all in," making a pact to play one show every day for a year. With suitcases and a guitar, the troubadours ventured out for a 365-day tour down unexplored roads, and onto unexpected stages, bringing their music to new audiences throughout 14 different countries. After So Many Days, is an intimate front row seat to the highs and lows of what it's like for two people to pursue a dream, together.

After So Many Days
  • 2019
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