Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
May 16, 2004 | IMDB 7.1
121 min Watch NowHistory, Documentary
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
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The Other Side of the Postcard
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Venus: Death of a Planet
Gandhi, My Father
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
The Illusion
OCD and Me
Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments
BlacKkKlansman
Toulon 1942, le sabordage de la marine française
Jean Sénac, The Blacksmith of the Sun
Marjoe
Los Angeles Plays Itself
An Open Secret
Weekend of a Champion
Fantastic Laloux
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Building the Channel Tunnel
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Golden Gate Girls
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The Other Side of the Postcard
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2016
The Favela Pacification Program was launched in 2008 to reduce crime and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In April 2015 however, police shot and killed 10-year old Eduardo in Complexo do Alemão, causing uproar in that community. Alemão and other pacified communities began to realise that the program had become the very thing it was designed to destroy. Taking place in the build to the 2016 Olympic Games, this is the side of Rio that you have never seen before.Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
IMDB 6 | Jun , 1997
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.Venus: Death of a Planet
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2021
Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked upside down and turned inside out. Its burned-out surface is a global fossil of volcanic destruction, shrouded in a dense, toxic atmosphere. Scientists are now unveiling daring new strategies to search for clues from a time when the planet was alive.Gandhi, My Father
IMDB 4.9 | Aug , 2007
Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraught and resorts to alcoholism.Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2007
In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.The Illusion
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2009
Susana Barriga’s documentary, the illusion, begins with violence. A long shot reveals a man standing on a street corner, his features indiscernible in the night. He moves out of the camera’s line of vision, but the filmmaker, persistent, moves with him as the jostling of the camera marks her steps. As we learn moments later, the man in the distance is Susana’s father – and this is the clearest image of him we will have. Suddenly, an angry British man demands that Susana cease filming. Susana protests in heavily accented English, “He is my father!” Glimpses of a man’s torso are followed by blurred images as the camera spins rapidly over surfaces. The image cuts to black. A new male voice asks in carefully spaced out words if Susana would like him to call the police. When she doesn’t respond immediately, he speaks louder, as though volume would compensate for the language difference. She gives her name; she refuses the offer of an ambulance.OCD and Me
IMDB 10 | Feb , 2016
Do you REALLY know what OCD is? Dig beyond the stereotypes in this documentary, profiling multiple people who deal with this mental illness in all its known and often unknown forms every single day.Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2016
The professional life of Roxanne Lowit, one of the greatest fashion photographers and a pioneer of backstage photography, covering her career from 1977 and the Studio 54 until now.BlacKkKlansman
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 2018
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.Toulon 1942, le sabordage de la marine française
IMDB 4 | Nov , 2015
Jean Sénac, The Blacksmith of the Sun
IMDB 10 | Jan , 2003
By ending the life of Jean Senac on August 30, 1973 in Algiers, his assassins believed they would silence him forever. They were wrong since his voice is a little louder every day. Witnesses to these craze: the publication of the complete works of this great poet, the countless conferences and radio broadcasts devoted to him and finally the production of films such as "Jean Sénac, the blacksmith of the sun". The moving and overwhelming testimonies of those who knew him, the unpublished film archives, the generous voice of the poet on the radio, the discovery of his travels in the territories of poetry and politics make this film a precious document on the life of Jean Senac.Marjoe
IMDB 7.7 | Jul , 1972
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.Los Angeles Plays Itself
IMDB 7.6 | Jul , 2004
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.An Open Secret
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2014
An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.Weekend of a Champion
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2013
Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempts to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, offering an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers. "Re-cut and restored" version of the original "Weekend Of A Champion (1972)", with a 2011 post-film discussion between Jackie Stewart and Roman Polanski (begins at approx 71:15 minutes).Fantastic Laloux
IMDB 5.1 | Dec , 2010
A short documentary about the life of director and artist René Laloux, featuring an interview with Laloux from 2001.Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 2020
A long thought lost radio interview with Peter Cushing is accompanied by comments from friends and colleagues.Building the Channel Tunnel
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2019
The Channel Tunnel linking Britain with France is one of the seven wonders of the modern world but what did it take to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed? We hear from the men and women, who built this engineering marvel. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawed their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three; two rail tunnels and a service tunnel. This was a project that would be privately financed; not a penny of public money would be spent on the tunnel. Business would have to put up all the money and take all the risks. This was also a project that was blighted by flood, fire, tragic loss of life and financial bust ups. Today, it stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together.The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2004
A documentary looking at the life and films of Francesco Rosi.Golden Gate Girls
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2013
The film traces the life and times of Esther Eng, a San Francisco native known as Hong Kong’s first “directress.” She directed 10 Cantonese talkies.