What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

China's rapid economic development has left behind vast rural areas still fighting for basic survival needs. A local doctor's personal quest to bring transformative healthcare to the remote villages of northwest China reveals an intimate portrait of an unobserved rural community. Restoring the Light explores how the doctor and two disabled families-including an inspired young woman, her brave grandmother and an optimistic young boy-retain hope and resilience in the face of enormous social and economic pressures that threaten to unravel their lives.

Beautifully filmed over a decade in the Arctic, Antarctic and sub-polar regions by nature photographer Richard Sidey, The Polar Realm is a visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe.

A gripping documentary detailing tales of incredible courage and cowardice in the aftermath of the 2000 Seton Hall Fire in New Jersey.

She was Americas' First Lady, a fashion icon and role model for the millions who looked up to her. Beloved by all, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an inspirational soul whose presence would leave those around her in awe, she knew how to control a room. Her soft breathy voice would steal the attention of those willing to listen. Jackie was well-travelled, she studied French during her time in college and spent a year abroad in Paris. She was fluent in several languages and aided her husband John F. Kennedy in his endeavours as the 35th President of the United States. Jackie had a strong knowledge of the arts and international culture. During her time in the White House, she established the White House fine arts committee and began reading books on how the White House looked during its introduction before renovating the interior with historic and tasteful furnishings. Jackie spent her life pleasing those around her. She sought the comfort of a stable family and home. Her tragic life resembled a fable, littered with loss and misery. Jackie stayed radiant and persevered through her hardships.

The film consists of twelve static single-shot tableaus depicting people doing everyday activities while living in the shadow of massive power-generating stations.

Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning comedian actress and human rights advocate. She has achieved amazing success in the entertainment industry. From the streets of New York to the stage of Broadway and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this is her story.

The culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a 25 year period. Charting Gilliam's final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a potent study of creative obsession.

Castro's Spies tells the thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban intelligence agents sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. From their recruitment, training and eventual capture on US soil; this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute's archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story, Castro's Spies gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a spy - where the stakes are life and death.

After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a German airstrike. A handful of soldiers and a young hunter from Yakutia, Yegor Cheerin, survive.

In this second installment in the Out of Darkness series, Heavy is the Crown explores the African origins of the world's major religions by examining the "original mythological stories" that have served not only as the basis for spiritual systems across the planet, but for many of the foundational concepts of "western civilization" itself. In addition to bringing to life the story of the Ausarian Drama, this first volume of Heavy is the Crown details how the original spiritual traditions of Ancient Kemet, most particularly the "Judgement Scene" found in the Book of the Coming Forth by Day, have laid the foundation for modern day western religion. Starring Tony Browder, Kaba Kamene, David Banner, and Prof. James Small.

Judge Brendan Sheehan tells the story of the investigation into JFKs murder, through interviews with the members of the Warren Commission staff, experts and other people personally involved in the events. The evidence found by the investigators and personal experience carry the story. Assassination expert Vincent Bugliosi and others explain how the many conspiracy theories are unsupported by evidence, while several staffers explain that they would have loved to find a conspiracy if one existed. Oswald's actions leading up to the assassination are told in detail by people who knew him. Investigators explain the "Single Bullet" finding, Autopsy evidence that was not revealed at the time, controversial "acoustic" evidence and CIA plots that were not revealed until the 70s is explored. Jack Ruby's role in the event is reviewed, along with the search for other potential conspirators. Finally, the lack of any "smoking gun" revealed by Assassination Records review wraps the story up.

When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.

A road trip undertaken by Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and a group of younger musicians made to the Mexican town of Banámichi in the state of Sonora, the birthplace of Ronstadt's beloved grandfather.

Lucky is wrongfully imprisoned after a public uprising that left his brother killed. He wants revenge but is visited by two mysterious men, Martin and Malcolm, who take him on a historical, educational journey to find nonviolent solutions.

Filmmaker Glenn Kaino partners with Olympic gold-medalist Tommie Smith as he looks back 50 years to the moment that helped define a movement and changed the course of his life forever.

The Roman Empire occupied Britannia (Britain) for four centuries, providing protection and peace in exchange for submission.

Ira Glasser is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As the leader of the American Civil Liberties Union for 23 years, he transformed the organization from a small, "mom-and-pop" operation on the verge of bankruptcy into a civil liberties juggernaut with offices in every state and a $30 million endowment. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans, from civil rights leaders to neo-Nazis. His story takes us to his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where in 1947 Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers broke the color barrier in baseball and inspired a generation of civil rights activists; to the offices of Robert Kennedy, where the U.S. Senator spoke with a young Ira and convinced him to take his first job with the ACLU; and to California, where a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor explains to Ira why he thinks the ACLU was wrong to defend the right of neo-Nazis to demonstrate near his home in Skokie, Illinois, over 40 years ago - and how recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, evoke painful memories. Amid high-profile controversies surrounding free speech, racial equality, and antisemitism - and on the occasion of the ACLU's centennial - Ira Glasser's story is as timely and provocative as ever.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.