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This hilarious and poignant documentary explores the positive effects of the intense bond between dogs and humans, as told through the story of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum and her dog Chelsea. As seen on HBO.

"Trust Me" explores human nature, information technology and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another to create a more resilient world. Directed by Academy Award nominee Roko Belic, it demonstrates how an avalanche of negative news and min-information is unnecessarily increasing fear. This leads to mistrust, racism, polarization, mental health disorders and crime. Sensational media leverages our survival instincts to unscrupulously...

When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.

"The War of 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the 2006 war in Lebanon. A series of letters written by Hanady Salman--a mother living through the war in Beirut--carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflict. She tells the stories of her family and the people she lives the war with--the refugees, the wounded, and the everyday Lebanese, struggling to maintain their sanity and their humanity during...

Presents both the original black and white and colorized versions of the short documentary covering Seabiscuit's birth, early life, and rise to fame, originally produced after he had won the honor of 1938 Horse of the Year.

Descendants of the Mountain Meadows Massacre gather together at the site of the September 11, 1857 tragedy for the 150th Anniversary to remember and honor their ancestors. Special Features include: Interview with Sue S. Staton, Great Grand-daughter of Nancy Saphrona Huff, survivor of the massacre, Memorial Interviews with Descendants, and Memorial Still Photos. Event hosted by: Patti Norris, Cheri Baker Walker, and Karen Fancher.

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer.

Documents the history of slavery in America from colonial times to after the Civil War.

Discover the thrilling story of how people are made, from the moment of conception to the moment of birth 280 days later. Follow the gestation process, the most exquisite biological choreography found in nature. Using the latest research and advances in medicine, we can reveal this hidden world in forensic detail. Zeroing in on milestones along the road to creation; where critical events can change people's life.

A visceral film, a nail-biting, humorous account of everyday heroes who push themselves to the brink on a 750-mile, engineless boat race through the Pacific Northwest, up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Mixing raw, first-person footage with vast aerials and in-depth interviews this documentary tells the story of the race's improbable inception and the epic journey of those who answer its call. It may be the most complex and beautiful racecourse on Earth;...