Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

Elizabeth Freya Garbus (born April 11, 1970) is an American documentary film director and producer. Notable documentaries Garbus has made are The Farm: Angola, USA, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Love, Marilyn, and What Happened, Miss Simone? She is a two-time Oscar Nominee, two-time Emmy Winner, Peabody Winner, Grammy Nominee, and DGA-Nominated director

  • Title: Liz Garbus
  • Popularity: 9.051
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1970-04-11
  • Place of Birth: USA
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  • Also Known As: Elizabeth Freya Garbus
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Liz Garbus Movies

  • 2011
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    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    6.619 2011 HD

    Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong.

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  • 1999
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    In Search of the Happy Ending

    In Search of the Happy Ending

    1 1999 HD

    Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of...

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  • 2002
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    The Execution of Wanda Jean

    The Execution of Wanda Jean

    6 2002 HD

    The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States...

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  • 2010
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    Family Affair

    Family Affair

    1 2010 HD

    Chico Colvard interviews family members 30 years after a dirty family secret is revealed. He finds out how his three sisters survived severe abuse at...

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  • 2021
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    Fauci

    Fauci

    3.2 2021 HD

    Exclusive access into the career and life of the public servant who has advised seven U.S. presidents beginning with the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s...

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  • 2003
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    The Nazi Officer's Wife

    The Nazi Officer's Wife

    6.4 2003 HD

    In 1938 Edith Hahn was a Viennese law student - a "Christmas-tree Jew" with a gentile boyfriend. In 1942 she was living under an assumed name in...

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  • 2011
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    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    6.859 2011 HD

    The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

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  • 2009
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    Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech

    Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech

    5.7 2009 HD

    A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution - laws and court cases that have alternatively...

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  • 2013
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    Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

    6.6 2013 HD

    Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote...

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  • 1998
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    The Farm: Angola, USA

    The Farm: Angola, USA

    7.154 1998 HD

    Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a...

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  • 2007
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    Coma

    Coma

    6.7 2007 HD

    Four young Americans who've each suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury emerge from their comas at a New Jersey medical facility. Their eyes may be open,...

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  • 2023
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    The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring

    The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring

    7 2023 HD

    In a candid, first-time interview with Rachel Lee, the so-called teenage mastermind behind a string of high-profile celebrity robberies in 2008 and...

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  • 1998
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    The Farm: Angola, USA

    The Farm: Angola, USA

    7.154 1998 HD

    Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a...

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  • 2021
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    Britney vs. Spears

    Britney vs. Spears

    7 2021 HD

    Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential...

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  • 2003
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    Girlhood

    Girlhood

    6.6 2003 HD

    Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates – victims of horrific violence and tragedy – who are serving...

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  • 2013
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    Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

    6.6 2013 HD

    Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote...

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  • 2013
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    Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

    6.6 2013 HD

    Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote...

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  • 2005
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    Street Fight

    Street Fight

    7.058 2005 HD

    This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor...

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  • 2015
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    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    7.427 2015 HD

    The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

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  • 2022
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    I Am Vanessa Guillen

    I Am Vanessa Guillen

    7.4 2022 HD

    A young woman dreamed of a military career. In 2020, however, after telling her mother she was being sexually harassed on the Fort Hood army base,...

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  • 2024
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    Power

    Power

    6.773 2024 HD

    Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing...

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  • 2011
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    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    6.859 2011 HD

    The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

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  • 2022
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    To the End

    To the End

    2.5 2022 HD

    The world is in crisis as it misses target after target to stop climate change. The Green New Deal has captured the imagination of millions with its...

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  • 2022
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    The Conspiracy

    The Conspiracy

    1 2022 HD

    It’s an insidious, centuries-old conspiracy theory that continues to rear its ugly head today: Jews have a secret international plot to control...

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  • 2014
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    A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY

    A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY

    5.84 2014 HD

    Acclaimed actor and FDNY veteran Steve Buscemi looks at what it's like to work as a New York City firefighter. Utilizing exclusive behind-the-scenes...

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  • 2011
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    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    6.619 2011 HD

    Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong.

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  • 2023
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    The Barber of Little Rock

    The Barber of Little Rock

    6.482 2023 HD

    Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a...

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  • 2016
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    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

    8 2016 HD

    Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years,...

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  • 2011
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    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    6.619 2011 HD

    Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong.

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  • 1970
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    Sally

    Sally

    1 1970 HD

    Explores the life and legacy of astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.

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  • 2006
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    ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

    ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

    10 2006 HD

    Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and...

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  • 2006
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    ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

    ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

    10 2006 HD

    Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and...

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  • 2003
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    Girlhood

    Girlhood

    6.6 2003 HD

    Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates – victims of horrific violence and tragedy – who are serving...

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  • 2015
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    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    7.427 2015 HD

    The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

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  • 2015
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    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    7.427 2015 HD

    The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

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  • 2007
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    Addiction

    Addiction

    5.3 2007 HD

    Assembled by some of the nation's top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO's 'Addiction' campaign features insights from experts on...

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  • 2023
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    Justice

    Justice

    10 2023 HD

    An exploration of the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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  • 2005
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    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

    3.5 2005 HD

    Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems...

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  • 2005
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    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

    3.5 2005 HD

    Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems...

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  • 2024
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    Love to the Max

    Love to the Max

    1 2024 HD

    A family fights to stay together in the face of persecution by the Texas government for loving their transgender kid.

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  • 2011
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    Chess History

    Chess History

    1 2011 HD

    Depicts how Bobby Fischer tortuously considers his next move-hands gripping his head and eyes fastened to the board-as his 1972 World Chess...

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  • 2023
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    Take Care of Maya

    Take Care of Maya

    7.642 2023 HD

    When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.

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  • 2023
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    Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

    Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

    7.52 2023 HD

    A unique behind-the-scenes access to NASA’s ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, following a team of engineers and...

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  • 2023
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    Unknown: Cave of Bones

    Unknown: Cave of Bones

    7.329 2023 HD

    Journey to South Africa’s Cradle of Mankind, where Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger has found the world’s oldest graveyard — which is...

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  • 2023
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    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    7.329 2023 HD

    Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.

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  • 2023
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    Unknown: Killer Robots

    Unknown: Killer Robots

    6.947 2023 HD

    What happens when a machine makes life-or-death decisions? This documentary explores the dangers of artificial intelligence in military application.

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  • 2011
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    The Fight for Fischer's Estate

    The Fight for Fischer's Estate

    1 2011 HD

    Short documentary that was published as an extra on the DVD of “Bobby Fisher Against the World”.

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  • 2011
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    The Fight for Fischer's Estate

    The Fight for Fischer's Estate

    1 2011 HD

    Short documentary that was published as an extra on the DVD of “Bobby Fisher Against the World”.

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  • 2018
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    A Dangerous Son

    A Dangerous Son

    6.273 2018 HD

    Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or mental illness. The families explore treatment...

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  • 2024
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    Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara

    Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara

    1 2024 HD

    With 10 studio albums to their name, Canadian pop duo and twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin are trailblazers both as openly queer performers and as...

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  • 2016
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    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

    8 2016 HD

    Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years,...

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  • 2018
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    The Family Business: Trump and Taxes

    The Family Business: Trump and Taxes

    8.8 2018 HD

    On the heels of The New York Times' breaking news story revealing new information about President Trump’s financial history, David Barstow,...

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  • 2020
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    Lost Girls

    Lost Girls

    6.078 2020 HD

    When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last...

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  • 1993
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    Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns

    Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns

    4.8 1993 HD

    British filmmaker Beeban Kidron ventures onto the mean streets of the South Bronx and other New York locales to examine the lives of those involved...

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  • 2018
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    A Dangerous Son

    A Dangerous Son

    6.273 2018 HD

    Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or mental illness. The families explore treatment...

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  • 2020
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    Lost Girls

    Lost Girls

    6.078 2020 HD

    When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last...

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  • 2004
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    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    5 2004 HD

    Twenty million people live within a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center and its three nuclear reactors. This film takes a cautionary...

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  • 2020
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    All In: The Fight for Democracy

    All In: The Fight for Democracy

    7.8 2020 HD

    Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With...

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  • 2020
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    All In: The Fight for Democracy

    All In: The Fight for Democracy

    7.8 2020 HD

    Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With...

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  • 2021
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    Becoming Cousteau

    Becoming Cousteau

    7.074 2021 HD

    Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations...

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  • 2021
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    Becoming Cousteau

    Becoming Cousteau

    7.074 2021 HD

    Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations...

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  • 2020
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    ariana grande: excuse me, i love you

    ariana grande: excuse me, i love you

    8.04 2020 HD

    Ariana Grande takes the stage in London for her Sweetener World Tour and shares a behind-the-scenes look at her life in rehearsal and on the road.

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  • 2021
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    Mayor Pete

    Mayor Pete

    5.9 2021 HD

    Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana runs for President of the United States. With extraordinary access to the candidate, his husband...

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  • 2024
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    Family Secrets: The Disappearance Of Alissa Turney

    Family Secrets: The Disappearance Of Alissa Turney

    1 2024 HD

    Explores the disappearance of Alissa Turney in 2001, with her sister Sarah giving unprecedented access to the continuation of her story, including a...

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  • 2019
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    Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

    5.1 2019 HD

    Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining...

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  • 2015
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5.7 2015 HD

    Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.273 1970 HD

    Explore the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration. Through extraordinary access,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.273 1970 HD

    Explore the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration. Through extraordinary access,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.462 1970 HD

    The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.462 1970 HD

    The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.2 1970 HD

    An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.2 1970 HD

    An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders,...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    8.175 1970 HD

    Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.3 1970 HD

    Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family. In the late 70s/early 80s, when the concept of a gay family was...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 1970 HD

    Samuel L. Jackson narrates this provocative series that upends everything you think you know about addiction—from why we use drugs to how...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7 1970 HD

    The pulse-pounding true story of charismatic vigilante Faye Yager, who built a vast underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    4.5 1970 HD

    Journalist Susan Zalkind investigates the triple murder that took her friend’s life, the national tragedy that shook her city, and the haunting...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.1 1970 HD

    A community of amateur traders enacts a daring plan to get rich quick and wreak havoc on the stock market. But can they beat Wall Street at its own...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.226 1970 HD

    From their courtship to their exit from royal life, Harry and Meghan share their complex journey in their own words in this docuseries.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.226 1970 HD

    From their courtship to their exit from royal life, Harry and Meghan share their complex journey in their own words in this docuseries.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.667 1970 HD

    A group of bright Sarah Lawrence College students fall under the dark influence of a friend's father, Larry Ray. With unprecedented access to the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.793 1970 HD

    A college student is shot in Central Park on July 4, 2003. The investigation connects a series of mysterious citywide fires, the downtown music...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5.2 1970 HD

    Live the real-life drama of Sacha Baron Cohen, as Borat Sagdivev, where he spends five days at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic with two conspiracy...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.4 1970 HD

    In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City,...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.491 1970 HD

    This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.462 1970 HD

    The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.2 1970 HD

    An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E2

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.5 1970 HD

    The documentary examines and chronicles the years following the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips and the subsequent trial of Clarkson...

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