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  • Revolution Dos and Don'ts Trailer

    What becomes of revolutionaries after victory? Jiovana Navias was chosen to represent Bolivia's unemployed single mothers. The film charts her journey from idealistic campaigner to facing corruption charges, showing the collision of far-left ideology with the realities of power.

  • Tracing Che Trailer

    Che Guevara, the bereted icon, remains a potent 20th-century myth: part saint, part revolutionary adventurer. His saga—from youthful Latin American journeys, to alliance with Fidel Castro, to tragic death in Bolivia at 39—inspires and divides, ensuring his legend endures in controversy and passion.

  • Citizens of Boomtown

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    The Boomtown Rats, emerged during a time when the influence of the Church and State led many young people to perceive their environment as oppressive and corrupt, ignited a desire for liberation. This film serves both as an entertaining and informative account of the band's journey and musical de...

  • Citizens Of Boomtown Trailer

    1985. A year later, the band fractured in their native Dublin. This is the true personal story of the group that changed themselves—and changed Ireland, the UK punk scene, and, through Geldof’s vision, the world. Featuring exclusive access to personal archives and new interviews with the reunited...

  • Love Me Do: The Stories of The Beatles Trailer

    Before they were Beatles, how did they form? This documentary reveals their early years, name change, and Pete Best's departure. Featuring unseen footage and interviews with the band and their first manager. Trace the Fab Four's intriguing origins.

  • Oink Trailer

    OINK explores humanity's contradictory bond with pigs, from factory farming to family pets—a chaotic journey blending violence and sentimentality. Featuring Steadman's Orwell illustrations, a talking piglet, wild hogs shot from helicopters, and xenotransplantation, this mad romp from China to Wil...

  • Behind Closed Doors Trailer

    Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) can be susceptible in bribery or corruption. Investigations into offshore financial activities show that some PEPs exploit British financial systems and offshore tax havens to launder, conceal, and reinvest their wealth in the global economy, with London emergin...

  • Split: A Divided America Trailer

    "Split: A Divided America" is a vital documentary journey into the U.S. political divide. With raw street interviews and insights from figures like Chomsky and Carlson, it offers a panoramic, non-partisan look at polarization. Called "sobering" by The New York Times and "a vital conversation-star...

  • Dream Car Garage - Performance Engines

    This automotive program highlights the newest exotic vehicles, features test drives, and presents vintage collectibles from museums and affluent individuals, while also showcasing remarkable auto restorations. This week is about performing engines.

  • Programming the Nation Trailer

    "Programming the Nation" explores subliminal messaging in American media since the 1950s. Director Jeff Warrick investigates its use in film, advertising, music, and even modern military tactics. The documentary examines the history, science, and societal impact of this subconscious influence.

  • Dream Car Garage - Photographing and Filming Cars

    This automotive program highlights the newest exotic vehicles, features test drives, and presents vintage collectibles from museums and affluent individuals, while also showcasing remarkable auto restorations. This week is about photographing and filming cars.

  • Dream Car Garage - Shelby King Cobra

    This automotive program highlights the newest exotic vehicles, features test drives, and presents vintage collectibles from museums and affluent individuals, while also showcasing remarkable auto restorations. This week highlights about Shelby King Cobra.

  • Dying For a Smoke Trailer

    Despite increasing smoking bans, New Zealand's Māori community is disproportionately affected. 46% of Māori are regular smokers (vs. 21% non-Māori), causing 31% of Māori deaths. "Dying For A Smoke" investigates this crisis, featuring personal stories like Natasha's, who started young. The anti-sm...

  • Reformed

    Three men, once convicted of murder, are now free—and speaking out. They reveal the crimes they were jailed for, the harsh realities of their sentences, and the twisted paths that led to their release. Through wrongful conviction, changing laws, or new evidence, their stories expose cracks in the...

  • Colour

    Colour reveals how light and matter interact to shape what we see.

  • Dream Car Garage - Photographing and Filming Cars

    Produced in Halton Hills, Ontario, Dream Car Garage is hosted by car enthusiast and Legendary Motorcar Ltd. owner Peter Klutt. Many featured vehicles come from his company. From 2000–2008, motor journalist Tom Hnatiw co-hosted. After his retirement, Michelle Jobin took over (2009–2010), followed ...

  • Discover China ep30 The Forgotten Towers of Dialou

    These shores guard more than ancient Diaolou towers. These regal structures stand for every soul who crossed oceans seeking a better life—enduring distance, sacrifice, and hope. Rooted in home soil yet reaching toward foreign skies, they are monuments not just to those who left, but to the enduri...

  • Chosen Trailer

    In 2020, amid pandemic, racial unrest, and economic crisis, five Korean Americans run for U.S. Congress. They include a progressive LGBTQ candidate in L.A., a Democrat of Black and Korean heritage in Washington, two Trump-aligned Republicans in Orange County, and a Democratic incumbent in New Jer...

  • Discover China ep28 Breaking Tradition

    Amid the Temple of Heaven, sacred architecture evolved under one ambitious emperor’s reign, transforming in form and purpose—a fleeting yet profound shift etched into Beijing’s imperial heart.

  • My Traveling Friends

    At 30, my friends Hugo and Paul left everything behind in France. For one year, they backpacked across Europe to Central Asia. I met them in Bulgaria, and in just a few days, I understood why they fled: not from fear, but from the weight of routine. They sought meaning beyond comfort—raw horizons...

  • Discover China ep24 Seven Strings

    Discover China explores the Guqin, one of the nation’s most ancient instruments. Dubbed “the instrument of the sages,” its delicate, somber tones weave timeless stories of love and sorrow.

  • Facing the Fat Trailer

    Healthy & athletic Kenny Saylors became severely overweight. With medical supervision, he undertook a 55-day water-only fast. Facing the Fat documents his journey, breaking addiction to junk food, detoxing his body, and exploring over-eating's global impact.

  • Chosen

    In 2020, amid pandemic, racial unrest, and economic crisis, five Korean Americans run for U.S. Congress. They include a progressive LGBTQ candidate in L.A., a Democrat of Black and Korean heritage in Washington, two Trump-aligned Republicans in Orange County, and a Democratic incumbent in New Jer...

  • Discover China ep25 Discover Wuhuahai Lake

    Known as the “Essence of Jiuzhaigou,” this lake is a natural wonder. Its turquoise, emerald, and gold hues come from mineral-rich travertine and algae on the lakebed. Submerged calcified trees form a peacock’s tail-like “underwater forest.” Viewed from Tiger Mouth, the lake mirrors a peacock spre...