What Documentary Movies to watch on Pluto

An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in seventh-century China.

American Courtesans is a feature documentary that takes you into the lives of American sex workers. These women discuss with you candidly what brought them to the doors of the sex trade, what they found when they got there, and why they stayed. Follow eleven sex workers through the streets, massage parlors, brothels, and strip clubs to the high rises in New York and the bell captains in Las Vegas. This is a story, a different kind of American story that will leave you speechless.

Election Day 2016. In the hours before Trump’s unexpected victory, a cross-section of Americans, on both sides of the aisle, live through history. “11/8/16” is a portrait of American democracy in all its chaotic glory.

Finding unexpected beauty in the discarded and decayed, photographer Rosamond Purcell has developed a body of work that has garnered international acclaim, graced the pages of National Geographic and over 20 published books, and has attracted admirers such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Errol Morris and Stephen Jay Gould.

From footsteps to bone cracks, Foley artists bring films to life with their imaginative sound effects, but as digital technology goes full speed ahead in 21st century moviemaking, can Hollywood’s low tech Foley artist survive in this high tech age?

The journals of a true NASA Arctic expedition unveils the adventure of a six-man crew's aboard an experimental vehicle designed to prepare the first human exploration of Mars. A voyage of fears and survival, hopes and dreams, through the beauties and the deadly dangers of two worlds: the High Arctic and Mars, a planet that might hide the secret of our origins.

"Racing Through the Forest - The History of the 1950-56 Pebble Beach Road Races". Inspired by the memoirs of the Del Monte Forest Road Race history, the Pebble Beach Concours and Pebble Beach Company teamed up with K&K Productions. Blending interviews with racers and incredible footage of the events, the film recalls the glories of this forgotten race with a video archive of its history. With over 50 interviews of legendary names in road racing such as Fred Knoop, Mick Marston, Bill Pollack, Jim Hall and Phil Remington. It chronicles the events from the first through the last Pebble Beach Road Races, which included legends like Carroll Shelby, Phil Hill and Bill Pollock in 1956. Through the ear-splitting sounds of unmuffled engines, the Pebble Beach Road Race is legendary for many reasons. It cultivated individuals from Phil Hill to Carrol Shelby. Bore witness to legendary vehicles from Skip Hudson's Roadster to the Ferrari 750 Monza. But most importantly it kick-started the American Road Race. Unfortunately, much of its legacy is lost to history, remaining only in flyers, scraps of footage and individual memory. But by piecing these together with legendary racers' first-hand accounts, we are taken back to the forgotten moments of community, the glorious roadsters and the genesis of road racing itself.

"Seven youthful people (representing the nation's 'youth') question why our government is still arresting people for mere possession of marijuana, even though our last three presidents, and many politicians smoked pot in their youth. Footage from 420 civil disobedience festivals is juxtaposed against ironic statements from politicos who continue to misrepresent the truth - supposedly out of concern for the very youth who have fallen prey to marijuana prohibition laws. To underscore this hypocrisy, 420 illuminates stories of college students, and others,who have been arrested, shot by police, and even murdered for mere possession of pot. 420 scans the history of pot - from the 30s to present day - exposing how the public has been duped, over and over by false propaganda and political agendas. Numerous law enforcement retirees provide shocking commentary and outspoken regret over a policy they helped enforce, only to realize it was a tragic mistake they now want to reverse.

A beautiful documentary telling the real story of a homeowner living with a haunting. Bridging the paranormal, real science and the human experience this documentary shows a detailed look at what could be the most haunted house in America.

US Marines strike back on their first attack of the Pacific War. In horrific conditions, US Marines fight a six month campaign of attrition against the seemingly invisible Japanese. It is a conflict that will decide the fates of the Pacific War. High above the 'Island of Death' fly aerial reconnaissance missions, capturing the conflict below with their cameras. Using photographs, that had been lost and forgotten after the war's end, original footage and first-hand accounts the documentary provides a unique insight into the Pacific hell that was Guadalcanal.

Futurists, enlightening the minds of the many for the acceptance of a digital value exchange system focused on prosperity and transforming our world.

Peter Curtis Pardini

Are we being visited by Aliens from other worlds? Are governments involved in a decades-long conspiracy to cover up the truth about an Alien Presence here on Earth? Many say Aliens are real and the greatest conspiracy ever is the cover-up of the shocking truth. When humanity encounters Aliens, every aspect of our lives will be profoundly affected: politics, religion, science and technology. With over fifty percent of Americans believing that UFOs are real, it's time to examine the ramifications much more closely. Join Nick Pope, who ran the UFO program at UK Ministry of Defense, as he reveals how the world will be changed forever when the Aliens arrive and we make first contact.

A documentary film that takes a journey into unforgiving wilderness to discover the existence of an elusive tribe of creatures that science is yet to acknowledge.

Girl on Wave follows windsurfer Sarah Hauser and documents her journey as a New-Caledonian athlete competing on the American stage of windsurfing. Performing in competitions around the globe, Sarah is leaving a unique mark on the sport.

This made-for-TV movie tells the story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, beginning in the 1930s when they met as actors under contract at RKO and ends with their divorce in 1960. In between are how their careers developed, their often-rocky marriage, and how they came to develop the groundbreaking and iconic "I Love Lucy" show.

A Japanese skier ultimately dreamed of literally skiing Mt. Everest. He planned to ski some 8,000 feet down an icy glacier at a 40 to 45 degree angle, from the 26,000 foot level near the summit. This documentary chronicles this incredible feat and the tremendous task of climbing Everest itself. The narrator reads from the diary that the skier personally kept.

Herzog examines the world championships for cattle auctioneers, his fascination with a language created by an economic system, and compares it to the lifestyle of the Amish, who live nearby.

Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preserving history. THE BOOKSELLERS takes viewers inside their small but fascinating world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers.

After spending two tumultuous terms in office, through a period of geopolitical upheaval and economic crisis, it is easy to forget how the young president captivated the world simply by being ‘Obama’.

Many people think of Space as a quiet and desolate vacuum of emptiness, but new evidence reveals that space is rife with activity beyond our comprehension. Just as we sent Voyager and Pioneer probes beyond our solar system, Aliens have probes of their own that may have arrived as early as the 1600's. While Tesla was the first to successfully communicate with neighboring worlds using radio waves, we have received recent signals from intelligent sources. In 1989, Russian Space Probe Phobos 2 photographed a UFO on the surface of Mars just prior to losing contact. Scientists have determined that the craft was real and of a thin elliptical shape over 20 miles in length. We are not alone in outer space and while the Aliens may be initiating contact, they could also be here already.

Songs captured during a series of October 1974 performances by The Grateful Dead at Winterland in San Francisco. The Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart. Songs include: US Blues, One More Saturday Night, Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Truckin', Sugar Magnolia, The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Playin' In the Band, Stella Blue, Casey Jones, Morning Dew, Johnny B Goode.

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? In two episodes, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness. EVERYTHING: The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy. NOTHING: Explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Jim Al-Khalili sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the super-small shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim Al-Khalili can prove it