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- DirectorMatt WolfStarsKathelin GrayMarie HardingWilliam DempsterA look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
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- DirectorChris DurranceBarak GoodmanStarsStephen WolfRick PlutaCharles Williams IIIt influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system.
- DirectorNick SweeneyStarsNorma McCorveyAndy MeislerCharlotte TaftFinal series of interviews prior to Norma McCorvey's death and reveals the unvarnished truth behind her journey from pro-choice to pro-life and beyond - in what she calls her "deathbed confession.
- DirectorNicholas BruckmanStarsAdy BarkanCory BookerTracey CorderAdy Barkan's life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.
- DirectorRachel Beth AndersonAmanda MustardStarsBill FlickingerAngie MinnickAmanda MustardPhotojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.
- DirectorRachel DretzinBarak GoodmanAn investigative look at the tragedies of the Boeing 737 MAX air disasters in 2018 and 2019 that exposed a lack of oversight and quality measures by the manufacturer.
- DirectorLudvig GürStarsTony HawkSteve CaballeroRodney MullenThe story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.
- DirectorJeff GibbsStarsJeff GibbsDavid JoosKristin ZimmermanPlanet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsShane MacGowanThe PoguesSiobhan MacGowanA look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
- DirectorSeth KochRick LazesStarsDr. DreLennox LewisMike TysonAn inside look at the career of Lennox Lewis from his rough upbringing to the Olympics and the professional ranks where he established himself as one of the greats in the history of the sport.
- DirectorAnthony BaxterStarsAlec BaldwinTammy LorenKen LorenA documentary based on five years of research into a Michigan auto town where tens of thousands were drinking water into which poisonous lead had leached, and how officials failed to respond.
- DirectorLaura GabbertStarsDominique AnselSam BompasDinara KaskoFollows chef Yotam on his quest to bring the sumptuous art and decadence of Versailles to life in cake form at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- DirectorMary WhartonStarsMadeleine AlbrightTom BeardBonoJimmy Carter's election to the presidency of the United States in 1977 was helped by the links that this fan of pop music had with stars.
- DirectorDon HardyStarsSean PennCécile AccilienAnderson CooperAfter a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010 aid workers from around the world went to help, including actor and filmmaker Sean Penn.
- DirectorSam AbbasAshley ConnorStefano FaliveneStarsAshley ConnorNicola PecoriniStefano FaliveneAn anthology of short documentaries composed during the 2020 pandemic by leading cinematographers curated and produced by Sam Abbas.
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsJamal KhashoggiOmar AbdulazizIrfan FidanWhen Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.
- DirectorGlenn KainoAfshin ShahidiStarsLonnie BunchNelson GeorgeJemele HillFilmmaker Glenn Kaino partners with Olympic gold-medalist Tommie Smith as he looks back 50 years to the moment that helped define a movement and changed the course of his life forever.
- DirectorRick KornStarsBill AyresJeannine AyresHarry BelafonteDocumentary about the life of Harry Chapin.
- DirectorElizabeth LoStarsZeytinNazarKartalThe world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul.
- DirectorDawn PorterStarsPete SouzaBarack ObamaBen RhodesFormer Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
- DirectorJosh TurnbowConsidered by the United Nations to be "the most persecuted minority in the world,'' the Rohingya have fled from their home country of Myanmar into Bangladesh following a military-led terror campaign. Almost a million stateless people now amass in makeshift refugee camps, their survival banking entirely on humanitarian aid from international organizations like the UN's World Food Programme. "One Life" takes a cinematic journey following eight-year-old Nur Kalima as she adapts to life in the world's largest refugee camp. Moving from the individual to the global stage, the film delves into the ever-larger powers holding the fates of Nur and the rest of the Rohingya in their hands.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDorothy Otnow LewisCatherine YeagerRichard BurrAn examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.