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  • 2018
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    Betty White: First Lady of Television

    Betty White: First Lady of Television

    7.50 2018 HD

    The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips...

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  • 1998
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    The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs

    The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs

    10.00 1998 HD

    Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of...

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  • 2023
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    Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

    Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

    9.00 2023 HD

    After getting her start in coffee shops Joni Mitchell went on to set a new standard, marrying music and lyrics with such songs as “Both Sides,...

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  • 1995
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    Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

    Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

    1 1995 HD

    In commemoration of the 100th birthday of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, performers present classic Hammerstein songs.

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  • 2005
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    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    7.70 2005 HD

    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.

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  • 2023
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    Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

    Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

    8.00 2023 HD

    From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs,...

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  • 1983
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    The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

    1 1983 HD

    Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while...

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  • 2025
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    Caregiving

    Caregiving

    1 2025 HD

    From Executive Producer Bradley Cooper, this is the story of paid and unpaid caregivers navigating the challenges and joys of this deeply meaningful...

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  • 1975
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    Knuckle

    Knuckle

    1 1975 HD

    Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.

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  • 2008
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    Fiesta Mexicana

    Fiesta Mexicana

    8.00 2008 HD

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  • 2003
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    Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

    6.30 2003 HD

    The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt...

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  • 1973
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    Steambath

    Steambath

    5.40 1973 HD

    Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the...

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  • 2020
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    Once Upon a Time in Iraq

    Once Upon a Time in Iraq

    1 2020 HD

    Civilians, journalists and soldiers from both sides of the conflict explain their experience during the Iraq War, from the 2003 invasion through the...

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  • 2008
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    Walt Whitman

    Walt Whitman

    5.00 2008 HD

    This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in...

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  • 1977
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    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages

    1 1977 HD

    Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy...

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  • 1975
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    Henry James' The Jolly Corner

    Henry James' The Jolly Corner

    4.00 1975 HD

    Expatriate Spencer Brydon returns to his now-empty childhood home, and finds himself obsessed with what his life would have been, had he not left...

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  • 2014
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    The Rise of ISIS

    The Rise of ISIS

    7.00 2014 HD

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  • 1992
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    Lincoln and the War Within

    Lincoln and the War Within

    1 1992 HD

    First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He had to bridge the gap between the victorious North...

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  • 2006
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    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    6.20 2006 HD

    In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a...

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  • 1997
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    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    1 1997 HD

    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

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