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Drag Kids
Feature length documentary of four preteens who enter the adult world of competitive drag queens.

- 2019
Welcome to Chechnya
Chechnya, there are no homosexuals. That is what the tyrannical leader Ramzan Kadyrov has decided. Here we follow a group of activists who risk their lives to save LGBTQ + people who are threatened, detained, tortured and executed. The characters in the film have had their faces digitally altered to remain anonymous.

- Metascore86
- 2020
Stan
This drama based on Neil Brand's critically-acclaimed radio play of the same name follows Stan Laurel's last visit to his dying comedy partner and friend Oliver "Babe" Hardy and his subsequent coming to terms with the ghosts of his past.

- 2006
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
Like it or not, porn is here and it is harmful. In this controversial film, award-winning filmmaker Justin Hunt dissects the impact of pornography on societies around the globe, from how it affects the brain of the individual, to how modern technology leads to greater exposure to youth, to watching it literally tear a family apart. In what may well be one of the most devastating issues in modern culture, this film will break down the damage that porn is doing to us a human race and leave you thinking that it's clearly time that we start taking porn addiction a bit more seriously.

- 2017
Yogawoman
Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male teachers. Now there's a generation of women who are leading the way and they're radically changing people's lives. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya, from the golden beaches of Australia YOGAWOMAN uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever.

- Metascore48
- 2011
Accused
A psychological thriller, based on one of the most controversial court cases in the Netherlands. Lucia, a nurse, is sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having killed at least seven babies and elderly people.

- 2014
The Mysterious Monroe House
The Crypto Crew team investigates the famous Monroe House in Hartford City, IN . Can this Mysterious location live up to it's famous reputation? The team tries to uncover the secrets of the house and unlock some of the mysteries. Strange things occur as they delve into the history and the mysteries of the Monroe House. Some shocking revelations are unearthed.

- 2019
Pippin: His Life and Times
At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.

- 1982
Lads & Jockeys
A documentary that follows three 14-year-old boys training to become jockeys in a village near Paris.

- Metascore58
- 2008
Man in Camo
Man in Camo takes a close look at the life of visual artist, writer and filmmaker Ethan Minsker and his drive to create and crusade the making of art. Through the lens of old photographs and films, Minsker leads viewers on a journey through the hurdles that once held him back, from dyslexia to the violence of 1980s Washington D.C. It was these hurdles that forged his love of film and art, and his work now spans across three decades. Man In Camo brings forth not just the love of art, but the reasons for making it in the first place.

- 2018
50 Cent: The New Breed
- 2003
Bigfoot Witness
Bigfoot witnesses tell of their compelling brush with the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. There are numerous sightings all over the United States each year. Listen as these courageous individuals come forward to tell of their encounter. Listen as each person gives a detailed account of their eye opening experience. Bigfoot ! Oh yes! He's out there! part of the BIGFOOT WITNESS SERIES!

- 2015
Dark Legacy
John Hankey sets out to establish his opinions as infallible fact. Making long leaps based on the thinnest thread of circumstantial evidence does not make it fact. It makes it one mans opinion. He is an absolute fruitcake with more accusations than evidence. In absence of any real fact do what Hankey does: lie and call it incontrovertible fact.

- 2009
London: The Modern Babylon
Julien Temple's decades-spanning personal look at the history of his hometown, London.

- Metascore77
- 2012
Battle for Warsaw
Using rare newly found footage and eye-witness accounts from survivors, 'Battle for Warsaw' tells the tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives.

- 1978
No Place on Earth
While mapping out the largest cave system in Ukraine, explorer and investigator Chris Nicola discovers evidence that five Jewish families spent nearly a year and a half in the pitch-black caves to escape the Nazis. This is the story of the longest uninterrupted underground survival in recorded human history.

- Metascore58
- 2012
Generation Baby Buster
Documentary feature following one woman's quest to uncover why her biological clock hasn't started ticking, before she runs out of time. Armed with insight from those that write and think about the current state of affairs for mothers, Terra, 32, confronts her own ambivalence towards children head on and offers up some baby food-for-thought to a new generation of women: the baby busters.

- 2012
Following in Felix's Footsteps
For 5 years, Felix Opatowski suffered the horror of the Holocaust. When Felix found himself in Auschwitz, he dared to join a covert uprising with a desperate goal - blowing up the infamous crematoriums.
- 2013
Charmed by Darkness
The real-life story of Roger Morneau, a demon worshiper who became a Christian author and prayer warrior. As a young lad, Roger can't harmonize the teachings of his Church with those of the Bible. He comes to the conclusion that God is a tyrant and walks away from religion completely. Later, his affiliation with a secret society of spirit worshipers is arrested when he makes an unlikely friend. Told by eyewitnesses Cyril and Cynthia Grossé who risk their lives to help him. Set in 1946 and featuring gripping reenactments, flashbacks to World War II, Roger's childhood home and never-before-seen pictures and documents. The film also explores Roger's worldwide prayer ministry which included a list of over 25,000 names. True stories are told by actual people whose lives changed when Roger prayed for them and feature dramatic reenactments. A hard-partying young man is lost and looking for hope. A woman has multiple heart attacks, and the doctors don't know why. Interviews with Roger's family and friends testify that the battle with fallen angels is real, that the Bible is true and that prayer really can change things.

- 2019
Nureyev
Nureyev is a unique dance drama created for the screen. Combining original choreography with dramatic monologues, the film presents a multi-faceted portrait of the great Rudolph Nureyev - one of the seminal performing artists of our time.

- 2009
Weed
Documentary about the prevalence and popularity of marijuana in the early 1970's. Featuring interviews with customs agents, a drug dealer, a law professor, and marijuana smokers, such subjects as the growing, smuggling, smoking, selling, and legalization of marijuana are all addressed. The filmmakers take us on a tour around the world to various places that include Mexico, Canada, Cambodia, Nepal, and Saigon, Vietnam in order to show the ubiquity and availability of marijuana all over the globe.

- 1972
Over America
Celebrate the scenic differences of the country in Over America, a spectacular visual essay on the beauty and grandeur that is America. Every detail, from wave-swept coasts to majestic mountains, was brilliantly captured by high-definition cameras.

- 2008
Poured in Pennsylvania
Poured in PA follows the Commonwealth's storied beer past, delves into recent growth, and aims to capture the full tale of the beer industry in the Keystone State. This documentary features interviews with many industry pioneers like Dick Yuengling, Carol Stoudt, and Harris Family Brewery as they set out to be the first black-owned brewery in Pennsylvania. We also get to see how this industry has created opportunities for hop farmers, maltsters, and keg manufacturers to flourish in the state.

- 2018
Sissi
The young Emperor Franz Joseph is on his way to his summer residence at Ischl, where his birthday will be celebrated with a big party. His mother, Archduchess Sophie, has decided that he shall marry her niece Princess Helene of Bayern, and that the engagement shall be proclaimed at the ball. Franz Joseph doesn't know Helene yet, but his mother has already prepared everything. To avoid suspicions of what is going on, her sister, Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria, brings not only Princess Helene, called Néné, to the ball, but also the younger Princess Elisabeth, called Sissi. Archduchess Sophie is particular about strict etiquette at the court, and dislikes her niece Sissi, who is a free spirit, just as her father, Duke Max of Bavaria. To keep Sissi inactive, her room in Ischl is locked from outside, but Sissi escapes through a window. She goes to the woods, and when she is fishing in a river, Emperor Franz Joseph passes by in his royal carriage. He is immediately enamored by Sissi, who doesn't reveal her true identity. When Franz Joseph recognizes Sissi at the ball the same evening, he defies his mother and proclaims that Sissi will become his wife and the new Empress of Austria.

- 1955