Documentaries

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.

This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé''s celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso reflects on his imprisonment in 1968, during the military dictatorship.

Akara in the Fire of Intolerance is a documentary that joins the fight against intolerance that affects religions of African origin, based on the conflicting reality of acarajé, one of the most traditional dishes of Afro-Brazilian popular cuisine, which has suffered a series of of adaptations by merchants who wish to detach it from its religious origins.

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini''s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar''s abuse and hear from gymnasts.

In powerful images, alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, and dense soundscapes, Luiz Bolognesi documents the Indigenous community of the Yanomami and depicts their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rainforest.

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

Através de entrevistas das sobreviventes, esta intensa série documental revela como o predador sexual Jeffrey Epstein usou a fortuna e o poder para fugir à justiça.

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

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 unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America''s history lost — until now.

On a January night in 1985, music''s biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.