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The Great Darkened Days
While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his long journey home, he encounters various characters under the sway of a destructive madness borne of the chaotic times. His voyage, both violent and fascinating, is a hallucinatory initiation to the darker side of the American dream.

- 2018
UFO Chronicles: Masters of Deception
UFO Chronicles is an unprecedented and uncensored film series featuring the top authorities on the UFO enigma. Pilots, Astronauts, Government Officials, Military Officials, Medical Experts, Scientists, Religious Leaders and more reveal in never before seen interviews the ramifications of the Alien Presence on planet Earth. The UFO Chronicles collector's series discloses information you were never meant to know. Dr. David Rudiak is the world's foremost authority on the Roswell "Smoking Gun" evidence - the General Ramey memo that detailed what actually occurred in Roswell. His reconstruction and analysis of this historical document stands in sharp contrast to the story released by the government. UFO expert Stanton Friedman uses the background history of what happened at Roswell to detail the actual sequence of events and reviews in detail the cover-ups that have emerged and taken place over the years by the shadow government and the mainstream media. Mr. Friedman tells the story of air force fighter pilots who were ordered to shoot down UFOs and the ongoing disclosure by many of the countries of the world of the truth about aliens, UFOs, and how important it is that the people of the Earth know the truth.
- 2017
Voices from the New Jungle
Documentary Film maker, Mark Brown, attempts to discover the damaging effect the over-spilling immigrant population has on the coastal city of Calais, France.

- 2015
Sam Smith: Dreams Come True
Take a look at the life of music-industry sensation, Sam Smith. Follow his path to stardom from his crucial formative years - to current international fame. Hear the story of how his failed romances that led to his universally adored ballads. Featuring the Tracks: "Time Won't Wait", "Momentarily Mine", "A Little Melancholy", "All This Madness", and "Out of our Heads".

- 2015
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
A documentary that follows the struggle for exoneration of four Latina lesbians who were wrongfully convicted of gang rape against two young girls.

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- 2016
Finding Altamira
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y de la Pedrueca, in 1868, accidentally discovered Paleolithic paintings with the help of a hunter named Modesto Cubillas inside Altamira's caves, located in Cantabria, northern Spain. Trying to expose their discovery to the academic world so that they could study the paintings, Sautuola incurred the scepticism and discredit of all experts, who claimed that the caves were false and the paintings made by Sautuola himself, in an effort to get rich. Looking for the truth, Sautuola spent the rest of his life fighting to prove that those paintings were real, trying to restore his innocence from the accusations of falsehood launched against him.

- Metascore57
- 2016
Pacific Warriors
A insight into the origins and stories of Pacific Island rugby teams such as Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. This documentary explores the backgrounds of a wide variety of players, past and present.

- 2015
Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey
The documentary, "Midnight Return" explores the enduring and emotional power of film as seen through the lens of the blockbuster success Midnight Express (1978). When Billy Hayes, one of the most infamous names of his generation and on whom the picture is based, returns to Turkey thirty years after his daring escape from prison, he faces a country still haunted by the film. Turkey suffered tremendous economic and psychological damage as a result of "Midnight Express" and more than thirty years later they are still trying to escape the stigma. So when a group of young Turkish Policemen reach out to their mortal enemy, Billy Hayes and invite him back to Istanbul for a conference, no one is more shocked and thrilled than Billy himself.

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- 2016
Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.
The first authorized biography of Christopher Wallace, allowing Christopher to narrate his own life story. Using archival footage and previously unknown audio to tell the story along with interviews with those that knew him the best.

- 2017
Antarctica: Ice and Sky
From the Oscar-winning director of March of the Penguins, Antarctica: Ice and Sky is an epic tale of scientific adventure and a stirring personal memoir that recounts the remarkable life's journey of Claude Lorius, the first scientist to discover conclusive evidence of man-made climate change deep beneath the Earth's surface.

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- 2015
Dog by Dog
An examination of efforts in the United States to tighten regulations on commercial dog kennels, known as 'puppy mills,' where animals are kept without adequate regard for their welfare.
- 2015
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a near-death burn accident, he worked his way up through Hollywood, leading to his ultimate rise as Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series and making countless moviegoers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. Featuring interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), To Hell and Back peels off the mask of Kane Hodder, cinema's most prolific killer, in a gut-wrenching, but inspiring, documentary. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen, get ready to meet the man behind the mask in To Hell and Back - an uniquely human story about one of cinema's most vicious monsters.

- 2017
3801 Lancaster: American Tragedy
3801 Lancaster: American Tragedy tells the riveting story of a doctor who made millions preying on the poor and vulnerable of Philadelphia. Told through the eyes of police officers, detectives, reporters, jurors, and victims, the film chronicles a systemic miscarriage of justice that ravaged West Philadelphia for decades.

- 2015
Bad Coyote
It's new, it's fearless and very real. Following a deadly coyote assault on Taylor Mitchell in Cape Breton's national park, Maritimers react to the perceived threat and infiltration of what is thought to be a new super species, a coyote that is partially a wolf. But is the response rational, or based on fear mongering?

- 2013
Alien Contact: UFO Invaders
"Across the world, millions of people have witnessed massive UFOs in our skies. They have not only seen the Alien craft, but have experienced a phenomenon that utterly defies our current understanding of science and physics. The fact is there have been dozens, possibly hundreds of UFO's that have crashed on Planet Earth. Mankind has witnessed these crashes, communicated with the visitors, even left our planet with them once they are able to return to their world. But the most shocking revelation of all is the reason why they come. In the modern age, government and military factions move quickly to take over the crash area; remove all evidence large and small; threaten local authorities and eyewitnesses to never speak a word under the name of national security; then release a plausible cover story like a well-oiled machine. They recover technology so advanced that even though it has transformed our world, much of it is still beyond their grasp. They also recover corpses and on several occasions live Alien beings, often referred to as extraterrestrial biological entities or EBE's. Secretive military and black operations teams know WHY the UFOs are here. We the people however are constantly redirected by endless forms of information technology that serves as the supreme distraction. Why, because there is a war out there in outer space, a war that has been raging for centuries. SHORT - There have been hundreds of UFO's that have crashed on Planet Earth. Mankind has witnessed these crashes, communicated with the visitors, even left our planet with them once they are able to return to their world. But the most shocking revelation of all is the reason why they come - because there is a war out there in outer space, a war that has been raging for centuries.
- 2016
I Am JFK Jr.
I Am JFK Jr. - A Tribute to a Good Man is an homage to America's fallen prince and the Kennedy legacy. It is the story of a young man destined for greatness, but determined to be good in a world filled with high expectations. Featuring cinematically shot interviews with John's friends ranging from the famous, like Robert De Niro and Cindy Crawford, to the controversial, like Mike Tysonand Larry Flynt; from media stars like Christiane Amanpour, Chris Cuomo, Paul Begala, and Ann Coulter, to close friends like Grateful Dead songwriter John Perry Barlow and New York restaurateur Richie Notar, John's former Chief of Staff RoseMarie Terenzio, and colleagues at John's pioneering George Magazine Gary Ginsberg and Matt Berman.President Ronald Reaganâ€TMs son Michael Reagan and author Doug Wead talk about the destinies of presidential children, actor Kristoffer Polaha talks about the man he played on screen, while authors Christopher Andersen and Laurence Leamer offer background on the life of America's most famous family. In addition to personal photos from John's closest friends, I Am JFK Jr. features vintage footage of young John in the White House, on vacation with his family, and rare footage of him in the years after his famous father's assassination.

- 2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won’t die. Rock veterans like Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, and Ian MacKaye join a legion of young bands releasing music on tape to push Lou along on his journey to remember.

- 2016
Special Blood
A poignant, no-holds-barred documentary chronicling the lives of four patients with a dramatic, rare disease. Struggling to be heard by an ignorant healthcare system, they join their voices together to conquer adversity and create change.

- 2016
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
Stan Romanek is the center of the world's most documented extraterrestrial contact story. The intention of this documentary is not to prove the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrials, but to pose the question: What if this is all true?

- 2013
This Changes Everything
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? Naomi Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

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- 2015
Political Animals
Political Animals is a powerful, award winning documentary about four California lawmakers -- all women -- who took the fight for equality from the streets into the halls of government to create lasting social justice and equality.

- 2016
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Jen Senko, a documentary filmmaker, looks at the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her WWII vet father who changed from a life-long, nonpolitical Democrat to an angry, right-wing fanatic after his discovery of talk radio on a lengthened commute to work. In trying to understand how this happened, she not only finds this to be a phenomenon, but also uncovers some of the forces behind it: a plan by Roger Ailes under Nixon to create a media for the GOP; the Lewis Powell Memo, urging business leaders to influence institutions of public opinion - especially the universities - the media and the courts; and under Reagan, the dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine - all of which helped to change the entire country's direction and culture, misinformed millions, divided families and even the country itself.

- 2015
Alien Global Threat
Are Aliens from other planets coming here as benign messengers or as a global threat? Who are the Aliens and what do they want? Many credible sources with the highest level of security have already admitted much about the Alien presence. From top ranking ex-military personnel, to presidents and astronauts, much information about the Alien alliance has leaked out, but why are we kept in the dark about this global interaction with our planet? New research reveals that world governments have had a secret pact with aliens for decades and that human abductions are being allowed by government and military factions because a secret war exists against nefarious alien races with a sinister agenda.

- 2016
Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil
There have been many evil men in the history of the world including serial killers, rapists and mass murderers - but none of them as extreme and as monstrous as Adolf Hitler. He dominated the hearts and minds of the German nation and catapulted them into infamous world history. When Hitler rallied the nation, his oratory was so spellbinding and powerful that many claimed he was possessed. When he lifted the spear of destiny he knew that he held the course of human history in his hands. Occultists claimed that Hitler was possessed by the ancient god Moloch and prophesied that he would bring destruction on a massive scale. The Bible said the Anti-Christ would rule for seven years, that he would appear to be ordinary and could be lost in a crowd. No wonder so many pointed the finger at Hitler as the embodiment of the Anti-Christ. New research reveals that the Nazi party went headlong into the abyss of the Occult and was engulfed in the most evil energy in the universe.

- 2016