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  • 1978
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    The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor

    0.50 1978 HD

    A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.

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  • 2025
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    Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

    Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

    10.00 2025 HD

    While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had...

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  • 2019
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    Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

    Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

    7.30 2019 HD

    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,...

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  • 2018
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    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    8.02 2018 HD

    For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his...

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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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  • 2024
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    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game

    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game

    1 2024 HD

    With 38 forts at stake, Verdun was highly strategic during WWI. Through rare archives, 3D animations and interviews with historians and scientists,...

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  • 2015
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    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    10.00 2015 HD

    There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this...

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  • 2024
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    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    7.60 2024 HD

    The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

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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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  • 2017
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    Falsettos

    Falsettos

    8.30 2017 HD

    Jewish family man Marvin leaves his wife and son for a male lover during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City.

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  • 1972
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    Another Part of the Forest

    Another Part of the Forest

    1 1972 HD

    A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.

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  • 2024
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    Us, Our Pets and the War

    Us, Our Pets and the War

    9.00 2024 HD

    Amid violence and war, Ukrainian citizens are coming together to rescue animals that have been left behind by those forced to flee. From cats and...

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  • 1984
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    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.20 1984 HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

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  • 2002
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    Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots

    1 2002 HD

    On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that...

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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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  • 2025
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    Next to Normal

    Next to Normal

    1 2025 HD

    A mother struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family. The PBS Great Performances recording...

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  • 2022
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    Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

    Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

    4.00 2022 HD

    Reviewing the pursuit of democracy within the U.S. on the anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot.

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  • 2017
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    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

    6.40 2017 HD

    A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital...

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  • 1987
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6.00 1987 HD

    Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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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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