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What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

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Prince Harry in Africa

0 hrs 45 mins

Prince Harry travels to Lesotho in Southern Africa, where he had spent part of his gap year over a decade ago, to see the progress being made by his charity Sentebale. In an intimate and honest interview with presenter Tom Bradby at Buckingham Palace, Prince Harry reveals his motivations for setting up Sentebale - a charity seeking to combat HIV/AIDS through the education of children and young people. Travelling through beautiful and challenging scenery, the film captures the moment Prince Harry is reunited with Mutsu, a local teenager the Prince met on his first visit to Lesotho. With guest appearances from Sir Elton John, Chris Martin and Joss Stone, the film shows Prince Harry mature from a boy to a man, determined to use his unique position to do good.

Prince Harry in Africa
  • 2016

Pet Fooled

1 hr 10 mins

Pet Fooled in an in-depth exposé of the inner workings of the commercial pet food industry, the majority of which is owned by only a few multi-conglomerate companies.

Pet Fooled
  • 2016

Shimon's Returns

0 hrs 54 mins

a Holocaust survivor who returns to places from his childhood as well as different hiding places in his struggle to survive.

  • 2014

Arrows of Fire

1 hr 5 mins

Seeking relief from city life, four friends ride motorbikes into the Australian outback where a disaster fractures their friendship and calls into question their need for adventure.

Arrows of Fire
  • 2013

PlantPure Nation

1 hr 35 mins

The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time.

PlantPure Nation
  • 2015

Afterimage

1 hr 38 mins

The great Polish director Andrzej Wajda returns with this passionate biopic about avant-garde artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski (brilliantly played by Polish superstar Boguslaw Linda), who battled Stalinist orthodoxy and his own physical impairments to advance his progressive ideas about art.

Afterimage

A Courtship

1 hr 11 mins

A documentary about Christian Courtship, an alternative to dating that seeks to ensure physical and emotional purity until marriage. Kelly, a 33 year old virgin, renounces dating believing that her parents along with God should find her husband. Problem is, her parents think she is crazy. Enter the Wright family who become her spiritual parents. They finally discover a promising suitor, but when his religious beliefs conflict with theirs, they wonder whether he is really the man God has chosen.

A Courtship
  • 2015

What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

1 hr 36 mins

Three men travel together across Europe. For two of them the journey involves a confrontation with the acts of their fathers, who were both senior Nazi officers. For the third, the eminent human rights lawyer and author Philippe Sands, it means visiting the place where much of his own Jewish family was destroyed by the fathers of the two men he has come to know. It is an emotional, psychological exploration of three men wrestling with their past, the present of Europe - and conflicting versions of the truth.

What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

Radicalized

1 hr 54 mins

Radicalized is a revolutionary film about political resistance in Los Angeles, California told through the eyes of a new generation of radicals in the social justice movement, where ideology meets reality and collides with the powers that be. This film contains footage of graphic police violence. Radicalized takes us inside this emerging consciousness, opening an intimate window into the gritty incubator of a millennial anarchist collective, cohabitating in a small apartment in a working class neighborhood, and into the streets. Recently, the collective launched a weekly radio show, 'On Resistance' (KPFK), asserting their evolving ideology while defining their role in the movement in Los Angeles and beyond.

Radicalized
  • 2015

Whose Streets?

1 hr 42 mins

An unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.

Whose Streets?

The Workers Cup

1 hr 32 mins

Inside Qatar's labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own.

The Workers Cup

De Palma

1 hr 50 mins

In the annals of Hollywood film since the artistic glories of the New Hollywood era, few have a better reputation and body of work in the field of suspense films exploring the contemporary darkness in American life than Brian De Palma. Here, the great film writer and director takes, us in his own words, through his professional life and a career that redefined film horror and suspense. All the while, he also confesses the challenges of working in Hollywood and the price even the great artists pay for being a part of it.

De Palma

44 Pages

1 hr 30 mins

A portrait of Highlights Magazine following the creation of the cultural phenomenon's 70th Anniversary issue, from the first editorial meeting to its arrival in homes, and introducing the quirky people who passionately produce the monthly publication for "the world's most important people,"...children. Along the way, a rich and tragic history is revealed, the state of childhood, technology, and education is explored, and the future of print media is questioned.

44 Pages
  • 2017

After Munich

1 hr 10 mins

After Munich is about the aftermath of the Munich Olympic massacre of eleven Israeli athletes in 1972 and how four women's lives have been changed forever.

After Munich
  • 2019

Flint: The Poisoning of an American City

1 hr 25 mins

100,000 people have been poisoned by lead, a lifelong affliction, yet somehow this shocking event has been normalized in the US. "Flint: The Poisoning of an American City" gives voice to the current struggle of city residents and follows the environmental history of the river and how the continued abuse and neglect of city infrastructure and environmental regulations have led to the poisoning of a city. Flint explores the critical question of how this could happen in America, and how this event should serve as a warning for the rest of the country. A recent report found that 5,300 American cities were found to be in violation of federal lead rules, and research published in USA Today detected excessive lead in nearly 2,000 public water systems across all 50 states. This documentary educates but also enrages and seeks to radically change how we view and value water.

Flint: The Poisoning of an American City
  • 2019

Let There Be Light

1 hr 20 mins

Let There Be Light follows the story of dedicated scientists working to build a small sun on Earth, which would unleash perpetual, cheap, clean energy for mankind. After decades of failed attempts, a massive push is now underway to crack the holy grail of energy.

Let There Be Light
  • 2017

The Gaelic King

1 hr 27 mins

Set in war-torn 800AD Scotland, The Gaelic King tells the story of warrior-king Alpin mac Eachdach. When his young brother is captured, Alpin must hunt the kidnappers though a dark forest that hides an ancient power.

The Gaelic King
  • 2018

The Ice King

1 hr 29 mins

THE ICE KING is the searing documentary of a lost cultural icon, a story of art, sport, sexuality, and rebellion. Including incredible unseen footage of some of his mort remarkable performances and with access to Curry's letters, archive interviews, and interviews with his family, friends and collaborators, this is a portrait of the man who turned ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Watch any figure skating and it falls into two possible camps: before and after John Curry. From what was a macho, technical sport whose judges punished deviation blossomed - through John Curry's stubborn beauty - ice-dancing. This was no Holiday on Ice, but a new artistic medium. After winning gold at the Winter Olympics for a rebelliously balletic routine, Curry saw the world's stages sheeted with ice. Audiences and reviewers alike were enthralled by his genius. But Curry's story is about more than skating. On the night of the final, Curry became the first openly gay Olympian at a time when homosexuality was barely legal. From bullying and prejudice, to relief in the gay underworld, to his untimely death from AIDS, Curry's story dovetails with the experiences of a generation. Tortured by demons, Curry was forever on the run. Never owning a home, he lived on the favours of those who loved him. The only place he found true freedom was the ice. This is the story of a man whose body was a battleground. From love affairs, to violence in sex clubs, to its 'unmanly' elegance on the ice, every act was rebellion. John Curry was no activist, but an artist expressing his authentic self - yet in a world where his existence was taboo, his life was unavoidably political.

The Ice King
  • 2018

The Return

1 hr 25 mins

Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity. Operating in a hybrid field THE RETURN is partially based on director Malene Choi's personal experience as well as stories shared by adoptees that Malene encountered in Seoul while shooting the film.

The Return
  • 2018

Haunters: The Art of the Scare

1 hr 28 mins

HAUNTERS is a heart-warming and heart-stopping documentary about people who sacrifice everything to create the most popular and polarizing haunted houses for Halloween - from boo-scare mazes to a controversial new subculture of extreme terror experiences.

Haunters: The Art of the Scare
  • 2017

Bible Conspiracies

1 hr 7 mins

The validity of the Bible has been debated and fought over for centuries. Stolen and adapted by other religions, it has spawned hundreds of sects and cults. Experts say much of what we read in today's version is riddled with deception and diversion, however there are also sacred and ancient secrets hidden within. The truth about the marriage of Jesus Christ to Mary Magdalene and their children; the real name of Jesus Christ and his unusual origins; the total destruction of the Tower of Babel by a strange alien race called the Anunnaki; Sodom and Gommorah being destroyed by a nuclear explosion; and even the hidden mathematical code that holds within it divine revelation about future events. Explore and investigate the latest theories and research and discover the real secrets of the Bible.

Bible Conspiracies
  • 2017

The Quest of Alain Ducasse

1 hr 24 mins

With 23 restaurants worldwide and 18 Michelin stars, Alain Ducasse fearlessly continues creating trendy new places, building schools, writing books and launching major projects.

The Quest of Alain Ducasse

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

1 hr 22 mins

A reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee, intercut with footage from old Bruce Lee films and pseudo-documentary footage.

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
  • 1980

There Are No Fakes

1 hr 53 mins

A painting by an iconic Native artist leads the rock star who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.

There Are No Fakes
  • 2019
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