What Documentary Movies to watch on Tubi

A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses.

An animated, factually incorrect biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one of the founding members of the comedy group Monty Python.

Extravaganza with lots of music legends from the 50s.

In the late-80s and early-90s, the prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paulo Borsellino went after the mob in Sicily. Political corruption made their job difficult, while the bloody-fisted mob made it dangerous. Interviews are with surviving colleagues and the crime photographer, Letizia Battaglia. Archival footage, including that of a spectacular trial, and gruesome photographs are shown.

The stand-up comedian is a special breed, both an artist and an artisan. They work by painstakingly developing a persona, scripting and editing an act, and revising it on the spot to suit the energy of a given audience. If the audience does not grasp the countless hours crafting the routine, and the empathic micro-calculations, then the act was a success... well, as long as it was funny. Alone Up There explores contemporary stand-up with a focus on the performer. Using interviews with several professional comedians and experts we will ask the questions: 'What kind of person can do stand-up?' and 'What kind of person would want to?' This film is a first-hand journey through one of the toughest jobs in the entertainment industry.

A compelling portrait of the Occupy Wall Street movement. From personal stories to analysis of the big picture issues, supporters, participants and critics shed light on why and how this movement took off with such explosive force, and what it means. Made in a unique and unprecedented collaboration of 99 filmmakers across the country, the production process of this feature film offers a uniquely diverse way of bringing meaning and context to the movement that has swept up America, and much of the world, with its story.

ANITA tells the story about a young, brilliant African American Anita Hill who accuses the Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unwanted sexual advances during explosive Senate Hearings in 1991 and ignites a political firestorm about sexual harassment, race, power and politics that resonates 20 years later today. ANITA is a dramatic look at the consequences to a private citizen acting out of a civic duty to 'speak truth to power.' For the first time on film Anita Hills speaks about her experience in the Senate Hearings, her impact on issues of sexual harassment, workplace rights for women and men, social justice and equality. The film is about the empowerment of girls and women, and men, through the extraordinary story of Anita Hill.

A documentary that follows three brothers as they discover the scenes of late-night New Orleans.

Cinema's prodigal daughter Jennifer Lynch braves the unmapped territory of Bollywood-Hollywood movie making, where chaos is the process and filmmaking doubles as a crash course in acceptance and self-realization.

The fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked because of a common conviction... The award winning "Free China: The Courage To Believe" tells the story of a mother and former Communist Party member, Jennifer Zeng, who along with more than 70 Million Chinese were practicing a belief that combined Buddhism and Daoism until the Chinese Government outlawed it. The Internet police intercepted an email and Jennifer was imprisoned for her faith. As she endured physical and mental torture, she had to decide: does she stand her ground and languish in jail, or does she recant her belief so she can tell her story to the world and be reunited with her family? A world away, Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese American businessman, wanted to do his part to stop the persecution by attempting to broadcast uncensored information on state controlled television. He was arrested in China and sentenced to three years of re-education in a prison camp where he endured forced labor, making amongst other things, Homer Simpson slippers sold at stores throughout the US. As political scandals surface and tensions rise along with more than one hundred and fifty thousand protests occurring each year inside China, this timely documentary highlights the issue of unfair trade practices with the West, organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience and widespread forced/slave labor. The film also highlights how new Internet technologies are helping bring freedom to 1.3 billion people in China and other repressive regimes throughout the world.

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

Somewhere off the western coast of Ireland, lying almost buried in what may well be called the toughest stretch of ocean on the globe, are the tiny Aran Islands. To those islands two years ago went Robert Flaherty, the man who made "Nanook of the North," "Moana" and "Tabu," there to record via the motion picture the struggle for the necessities of life carried on by the hardy and wholly admirable inhabitants. The result should rank as an outstanding contribution to the screen, of this or any other year. It is not story that makes it so, for there is little of that, as such; nor is it performances, for the players are the natives of Aran. It is rather the manner in which a saga has been told, with few words but magnificent photography, with little elaboration, but with a fine sense of that combination of scenic and basic detail which goes to make up a complete story of a people, told in pictures in the short space of slightly more than one hour. As far as the exhibitor is concerned, it is a picture with which he can go to all the women's clubs, all the schools and all the local organizations of like character. To them he may promise something unusual, a film which rates on a par with the "Nanook" of several years ago. The exhibitor also may make full use of the known ability and previous work of Mr. Flaherty, and can embellish his lobby with scenic stills. There are just three persons of importance in the cast, "Tiger" King, the "man of Aran," Maggie Dirrane, as his wife, and Michael Oillane, as their son. They are all three natives, as are the boatmen, the other players. In recording with vivid detail and often with thrilling action, the lives of these three, the producer has in essence recounted the story of the lives of all the people on the Aran Islands, where independence is the most vital consideration in their lives, while the sea dominates them all. Highlighting the picture, in addition to the seascapes which the camera has recorded in superb fashion, are the scenes in which "Tiger" and his fellow fishermen go to sea in an open boat no larger than a dory, in mountainous seas, by day or night, and harpoon sharks. Of interest of another sort is the manner in which a small portion of the wholly rocky surface of the island is smoothed, overlaid with seaweed tortuously gathered, on which is strewn earth, accumulated little by little from the rocky crevices and carried on the back in baskets, for the potato "crop." The utter fearlessness of the small boy and his mother, not to mention the men, in their eternal struggle against the thunderous and dominating sea, imparts to the picture a basic appeal. It is a picture to the selling of which the exhibitor can apply every type of cooperative effort. No matter what the box office may return, the showing of the film appears worth its own weight in prestige for the theatre and for the newspaper support it is certain to receive in most communities.

During World War II, a young African American is forced to continue his family's tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.

The story of Adolf Hitler.

When a series of package bombs shows up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn (Strathairn) is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy a corrupted government. Inspired by true events of the 1920s.

Anne Braden: Southern Patriot (1924-2006) is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed as a white southerner who was eloquent and prophetic by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail. Ostracized as a red, she fought for an inclusive movement community and mentored three generations of social justice activists.

21-year-old Gemma Barker was sentenced to 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. Over the course of several months, Gemma invented and impersonated three different boys, 'Aaron', 'Luke' and 'Connor' and under these three separate guises went on to seduce two teenage girls.

Bangkok in the 1950s. Jod and his friend Daeng are fearless aspiring gangsters. Their ability in street fight have them hired by a local gang and admired by all. But as years go by, this violent lifestyle is more and more difficult for Jod. He tries to avoid violence when he can but is soon put aside by more violent youngsters. When some of his friends die in internal wars, he decides to take his revenge on the gang.

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Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.

Is cannabis a bad seed? Or have its extraordinary health benefits been suppressed by government fear-mongering and corporate greed?

In this installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, we learn about the events on the Russian front of World War II. We learn about Russia's heroic resistance to invasion in the past and how those qualities were called upon in the current war. We also learn about Russian tenacity and their determination to win against the seemingly invincible forces of Nazi Germany in the bloodiest fighting of the war.

The first hunting safari by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, is captured through vintage footage and photographs. His son follows in his dad's footsteps in 1986 and along with his young son, goes in search of elephants in Africa.

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.