Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground
This documentary special honors Henry Hampton’s masterpiece Eyes on the Prize and conjures ancestral memories, activates the radical imagination and explores the profound journey for Black liberation through the voices of the movement.
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You Don’t Nomi
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven’s SHOWGIRLS was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. YOU DON’T NOMI traces the film’s redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic,…
The Final Year
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Bosque de Niebla
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Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
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Amy
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Believer
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Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism
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Dolphin Reef
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The Living Matrix
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Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story
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Obit.
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