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  • 2004
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    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    6.00 2004 HD

    The authoritative documentary on Country Music's most influential figure.

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  • 2025
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    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

    7.50 2025 HD

    In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life...

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  • 1990
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    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    1 1990 HD

    Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and...

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  • 1990
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    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    1 1990 HD

    A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group...

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  • 1999
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    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    7.60 1999 HD

    Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of...

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  • 2019
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    Words from a Bear

    Words from a Bear

    1 2019 HD

    A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native...

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  • 2013
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    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    3.50 2013 HD

    The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a...

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  • 2024
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    8.00 2024 HD

    Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of...

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  • 1986
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    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    1 1986 HD

    Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions...

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  • 2022
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    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

    1 2022 HD

    A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.

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  • 2021
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    Ballerina Boys

    Ballerina Boys

    9.50 2021 HD

    Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet...

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  • 2019
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    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    7.50 2019 HD

    This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

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  • 2023
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    Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

    Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

    1 2023 HD

    Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens...

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  • 2024
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    The Incomparable Mr. Buckley

    The Incomparable Mr. Buckley

    1 2024 HD

    See how one of the architects of the modern conservative movement rose to prominence as a public intellectual and influenced generations of...

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  • 2017
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    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    6.90 2017 HD

    A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented...

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  • 1989
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    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    1.33 1989 HD

    James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling...

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  • 1989
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    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    1 1989 HD

    The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...

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  • 1997
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    Vaudeville

    Vaudeville

    1 1997 HD

    Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s)...

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  • 2003
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    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    5.90 2003 HD

    Joni Mitchell's career as a singer-songwriter and painter is extensively profiled in this in-depth documentary, which originally aired as part of the...

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  • 2021
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    Becoming Helen Keller

    Becoming Helen Keller

    8.00 2021 HD

    The life and legacy of Helen Keller, including how she used her celebrity to advocate for human rights and social justice for women, the poor and...

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