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Generation 9/11 marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by telling the stories of seven young people whose fathers were killed that day. The film explores how a man they never met and an event they didn’t witness have shaped their world view and the world around them. Their experiences reflect those of an entire generation, whose lives so far have been bracketed by crisis.
10) Zero Days
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Alex Gibney’s ZERO DAYS is a documentary thriller about the world of cyberwar. For the first time, the film tells the complete story of Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware (known as a “worm” for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own) that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target. ZERO DAYS is the most comprehensive...
11) Citizen Koch
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Set against the rise of the Tea Party in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, a citizen uprising to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker collides with the Tea Party-aligned “Americans for Prosperity,” a group founded and lavishly financed by two of the world’s richest men —David and Charles Koch. As Republican working class voters find themselves in the crosshairs of their own party and its billionaire backers,...
13) McCain
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McCain is an exploration of Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)’s complicated relationship with President Trump and the Republican Party, as well as his life and politics. Drawing on both new interviews and FRONTLINE’s deep archive of reporting, McCain traces the conservative standard-bearer’s motivations and his political history - from his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, to speaking out against torture during the Bush administration,...
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In September 2011, The Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% – THE OCCUPY WALL STREET COLLABORATIVE FILM goes behind the scenes of the movement, definitively revealing what happened, and why. Personal stories imbue analysis of big picture issues with the real-world struggles of those compelled to take action, speak up, march, and risk arrest.
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If you ever wondered how the great public ambitions of postwar America collapsed into a permanent tax revolt (cue the Tea Party) and the election of a so-called populist president, look no further than Howard Jarvis, whose 1978 ballot initiative, Proposition 13, changed everything in California and beyond. "THE FIRST ANGRY MAN," a new documentary by award-winning filmmakers Jason Cohn and Camille Servan-Schreiber ("Eames: The Architect and the Painter"),...
17) Black & Blue
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A hard-hitting expose of everyday citizens and their sometimes violent and inequitable relationship with police - and the public's ongoing search for justice. This documentary approaches the subject from many perspectives, including the voices of law enforcement, celebrities and those directly affected by police violence and shootings, as well addressing the high-profile incidents involving Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Oscar Grant.
18) The Mayor
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A small mountain town in southern California elects a dog for its mayor. his eccentric owners and the general population of the town believe that Mayor Max has brought nothing but sunshine, happiness and rainbows to a town previously divided by partisan politics.
19) Life on Parole
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Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
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In KINGDOM OF SHADOWS, Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the hard choices and destructive consequences of the U.S.-Mexico "drug war", weaving together the stories of a U.S. drug enforcement agent on the border, an activist nun in violence-scarred Monterrey, Mexico, and a former Texas smuggler, to reveal the human side of an often misunderstood conflict.
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