What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, is rapidly drying up. After 2017, the largest rural to urban water transfer will exponentially accelerate the rate at which the sea shrinks, exposing acres of dried lake bed. The exposed playa, containing 100 years worth of farm chemicals, could become airborne, sending billowing clouds of toxic dust towards major population centers in the Southwest. Located 230 feet below sea-level, in a desolate pocket of Southern California's Colorado Desert, the plight of the sea is largely ignored. There are a few outspoken people who claim to know how to save it. Randy Brown, community activist, set out to do something no one had ever attempted - to walk the entire shoreline of the sea. In June of 2015, with temperatures reaching 120 degrees, he set out on his 6 day, 115 mile journey. His mission - to raise awareness for the sea, a forgotten place of extraordinary beauty, silently threatening to make itself known once again. Will the people be inspired to save it before it's too late?

An in-depth portrait of a snake cult in Jolo, W. Va. Depicts a snake hunt in the mountains, two serpent-handling services, and a prayer vigil for a victim of a snake bite. Includes discussions with church members who explain their reasons for handling serpents and the persecutions they have suffered.

A brazen acting teacher suffering from chronic pain announces he is going to end his life, and spends the next five months hashing the decision out with the young filmmaker who attempts to change his mind.

Since cavemen were drawing on walls to sell sticks, content has been fundamentally transforming business. But now more than ever content is disrupting the traditional marketing approach. Why? Because consumers are in complete control of what they want to engage in. Twenty-five years ago big brands controlled the message through advertising and big media companies controlled the airwaves and printing factories. Technology has changed the game. Consumers can ignore advertising and marketing at will. To break through the clutter, brands need to tell remarkable stories that are worth listening to and become the media to survive. The Story of Content: Rise of the New Marketing, is the first comprehensive film of its kind for the industry. It explores the evolution of content marketing through the eyes of the world's leading brands such as Red Bull, General Electric and Marriott. Featuring case studies from early pioneers to today's marketing innovators, we traveled across the U.S., Germany, Denmark and Australia to show how content marketing has changed, and will continue to change, business and media forever.

Square One is a documentary that investigates the first-ever 1993 allegations against Michael Jackson. It strategically uncovers new evidence and information through interviews with people closest to the case. These interviews showcase never-before-heard public statements from witnesses, Michael Jackson’s nephew, and legal assistant to the prosecutor in ‘93.

History is replete with psychotic killers with a horrific and utterly barbarous list of murders and slayings. Explore the darkness that haunts our souls and takes some over the precipice. This is the horror...13 of the Most Evil People to have walked the Earth.

A Documentary about Autism and Sensory Perception

What is the alien agenda? And why has the government gone to such great lengths to stifle the overwhelming evidence that otherworldly creatures exist? Some of our greatest minds unveil the truth behind this massive cover-up.

The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the KV-1 tank's crew heroic deed. Having a losing fight, the crew of Semyon Konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles with enemy personnel near Nizhnemityakin farm in Tarasovskoye district of Rostov region. This is the story of not the poster heroes, but broken, cheerful, and very diverse guys who just wanted to live. At the decisive moment they managed to do the only right thing and performed the deed worthy of the legend.

Even a century on the terrible memories of the war in the trenches are still so vivid that they have been burned into the collective consciousness of the public. The film includes footage from both sides of the conflict and details the weapons and resources available to the troops. It graphically illustrates the grim reality of the life they had to endure whilst living and fighting in the trenches.

A rough around the edges group of documentary filmmakers interview the elusive author, Amandrew Longing. The pick up a mysterious young man and make him part of the crew. Due to Amandrew being a bit of a nut job, they find themselves bringing back a Spokeswoman. The next day we meet Hermie, Amadrew's daughter/son. The film ends with a twist. Lover her or hate Amandrew Longing is a force!

Behind the enigmatic smile, the Mona Lisa remains a mystery, fuelling endless speculation.

The American Dream Is the cultural motif that has inspired North America for the last century. Work hard, save, sacrifice and you will get ahead. America offers the freedom of upward mobility. But over the last decade the American Dream has been called into question. For many, it no longer seems to be working. The MILLENNIAL DREAM is a feature length documentary that explores the values that may replace the cultural motif known as The American Dream. As the Millennial generation becomes the most significant portion of the work force what will change about what we want from our jobs, what education will look like, what kinds of companies will succeed in the new economy and what kinds of living communities will be desired? And what can cities and regions do to attract the new economy? Interviews with experts such as Seth Godin and the personal reflections of young workers will stir debate and dialogue around what might emerge as the Millennial Dream.

A feature documentary telling the story of three men who have spent longer in solitary confinement than any other prisoners in the US. Innocent of the crimes of which they are accused, from their 6 foot by 9 foot cells they campaigned for decades to end this unconstitutional, cruel and unusual punishment.

The story of World heavyweight champion boxer Charles L. "Sonny" Liston, who was knocked down 2 minutes into a championship fight by a seemingly harmless right hook from Muhammad Ali. It would forever be known as the "Phantom Punch". Liston later died under mysterious circumstances.

FINDING OSCAR is a feature length documentary about the search for justice in the devastating case of the Dos Erres massacre in Guatemala. That search leads to the trail of two little boys who were plucked from a nightmare and offer the only living evidence that ties the Guatemalan government to the massacre.

Every year, without fail, Jane Goodall breaks a grueling schedule of lecture tours and conservation work to go 'home' -- her spiritual home of Gombe National park in East Africa. This film follows her on that journey, returning to Tanzania to see her beloved chimps, some of whom her work has practically made household names - Fifi, Freud and Frodo. We'll hear her thoughts every step of the way during the weeks leading up to Gombe -- as she visits a chimp sanctuary in Congo, delivers a final lecture, attends meetings and continues her work for the Jane Goodall Institute. This film reveals a new side of Jane Goodall, the thoughts and emotions generally hidden from the multitude of film crews that have followed her in the past.

A feature-length documentary about priests and nuns who protested the Vietnam War by breaking into draft boards, destroying draft records, and then waiting around to be arrested. Their actions inspired a movement, which shaped the anti-war movement and helped bring an end to the draft.

Uranium Drive-In is the story of an economically devastated rural mining community in Colorado that finds itself hopeful for the first time in decades. Their potential salvation: a new uranium mill, the first of its kind built in the U.S. in 30 years.

Have you ever seen a ghost? After seeing this program you can say you have... What figure appeared on horseback in the woods outside the Arianna Miles? Have your room at the Bucksville House tidied up in the morning by Colonial Maids who turn and vanish. At the Wedgewood Inn, explore a tunnel of the underground railroad where slaves passed through to freedom and some still remain. In this program you will see some of the most amazing images of spirits ever recorded-exactly as they were revealed to our cameras. Absolutely no computer generated images or post production effects or recreations were utilized in this production. Gives justice to the field of ghost hunting other documentaries fail to bring you anything other than campfire ghost stories.

Real estate agent John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search for old pictures to use for a history book about his neighborhood, resulted in him bidding and winning a box full of old negatives. John goes through the massive quantity of negatives, describes how impressed he is by the quality of the images, becomes quickly determined they are not reverent to his project and just puts them away. That could have very likely had been the end of the story, if the power of the images had not pushed him to fall in love with photography. John confides that his photo hobby quickly motivated him to set up a darkroom and devote large amounts of time printing. As he learned more about photography, he recognized that those negatives he had bought, then stored, were the work of a real master. In an attempt to confirm his suspicion, he selected about 100 images and put them online with the hope that the feedback would confirm his judgement as to the strength of the images.

An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already troubled cell and almost brings its collapse, as the British operatives are closing in. Heralded by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as one of the most important films in fifty years of Israeli cinema.

An examination of the life and death of two students attending Marymount College who lost their lives in a car jacking in San Pedro, CA. back in 1994. The shooter, Raymond Butler, a local gang member, is on Death Row at San Quentin Prison.