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Across the Universe
2007 • Drama • Romance • Fantasy
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls i…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 • Music • Comedy • Documentary
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
Why matched: genres Music, Comedy
MLK/FBI
2020 • Documentary
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Matched on: Luther
King in the Wilderness
2018 • Documentary
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
Matched on: Luther
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019 • Documentary
Explore Ali’s challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs through recordings of his own voice. The two-part documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who was a bea…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Naqoyqatsi
2002 • Documentary
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Why matched: genres Documentary
The House I Live In
2012 • Documentary
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad.…
Why matched: genres Documentary
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 • Music • Documentary
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
When You're Strange
2010 • Music • Documentary
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America…
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024 • Music • Documentary
He had one chance to show the world he was still the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Discover the story behind Elvis Presley's triumphant '68 comeback special.
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009 • History • Documentary
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default,…
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 • Documentary
Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining tribute to the iconic Gore Vidal.…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 • Music • History • Documentary
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and uni…
Why matched: genres Music, History
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019 • Music • Documentary
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, communit…
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
13th
2016 • Documentary
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Why matched: genres Documentary
The Corporation
2003 • Documentary
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and soci…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Uncle Tom
2020 • Comedy • Documentary
In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being black in America.
Why matched: genres Comedy, Documentary
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 • History • TV Movie • Documentary
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe…
Why matched: genres History, TV Movie
O.J.: Made in America
2016 • Crime • History • Documentary
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Why matched: genres Crime, History
Chasing Trane
2017 • Music • Documentary
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has imp…
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary