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Once a successful Wall Street banker, John Ubaldo - aka "John Boy" - quit his career after the loss of a personal friend in the 9/11 attacks and purchased 185 acres of land in order to pursue a bigger dream. A dream that involves living an uncomplicated, traditional, agrarian life where he raises livestock and crops. But his dreams are complicated when he comes up against Big Ag, who support farming techniques that use all-in-one resources for large-scale...
82) Free Men
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Sentenced to death, many of us would give up on life. But from his death row cell, Kenneth Reams refuses to be limited. He falls in love with Isabelle, a French artist who wants to become his wife. Together they fight for justice for a murder he didn't commit, at the same time arranging exhibitions of Kenneth's own art. Narrated by Reams, this doc profiles one prisoner's extraordinary struggle for freedom, justice and love against the odds.
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In the late 80's and early 90's North America's favorite pastime was collecting baseball cards. Stu Stone spent his childhood collecting with his father, Jack, who worked in the card business. 25 years later, Stu explores how the hobby crumbled after a scandal rocked the industry and why his beloved baseball cards are worth nothing more than the memories they hold of a happy childhood.
85) Words
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"Words" is an exploration of how people navigate identity in the open and evolving landscape of New York City. Using some of NYC's most fluid scenes as a backdrop, "Words" investigates the dissonance between self and socially constructed identities as well as how these identities are contextualized in a range of environments from the world of the arts to the NYPD.
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With exclusive access to Jaguar's state-of-the-art engineering laboratories and top-secret design studios, Going Electric provides an intriguing, inside view of one of the world's most iconic companies as it grapples with the future. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Lawrie and narrated by Mark Strong.
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Professor David Wilson is a world renowned criminologist. He travels to Lincolnshire to meet Bert Spencer. In 1976, Bert was the number one suspect in the murder of a 13-year-old newspaper boy – Carl Bridgewater. Despite never having been charged for the crime, suspicion still lingers over Bert. Not least of all because the 4 men who were jailed for the crime were declared innocent after spending 20 years in prison, in what was one of the greatest...
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Ann Whelan was the mother of Michael Hickey (one of the Bridgewater 4). She campaigned tirelessly for twenty years to get her son freed from jail. During that period, she accumulated an archive of legal documents. Believing the identity of the killer of Carl Bridgewater to be amongst her papers, she hands them over to Professor David Wilson to assist him in his investigation.
93) Saving Atlantis
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SAVING ATLANTIS follows one of the most consequential issues of our time: the dramatic decline of global coral reef ecosystems and the impact on human populations that depend on them. Produced by a team of award-winning filmmakers and researchers, the film follows those who are fighting to uncover the causes of coral decline and find solutions before it's too late. It is an emotional exploration of some of our planet's greatest natural wonders at...
94) This Old Cub
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This Old Cub is an acclaimed documentary about former nine-time all-star third baseman, broadcaster, and Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo and his lifelong battle with diabetes. Santo was the first and only major league position player to play professional baseball with Type One diabetes (insulin dependent). He played most of his career without revealing his disease for fear that he would be forced to retire from baseball. At a time when much less was...
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Which come first, people or oil? When money and morality collide, there's only one winner. The Yasuni Park in Ecuador is a haven of biodiversity and home to indigenous tribes. It also holds a third of the country's oil reserves. Ecuador had agreed to keep the oil in the ground. But as powerful new interest groups emerge, the future of the Park, and the people who have called it home for thousands of years, come into question.
97) Citizen Marc
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Biopic about larger-than-life Canadian pot activist Marc Emery, who served 5 years in a U.S. penitentiary for selling marijuana seeds to Americans over the Internet.
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Barbra was Bert's secretary 38 years ago. Even though in her 90's, she is alive and well and pleased to see Bert who she has not seen since he was jailed for murdering Hubert Wilkes. However, after some gentle questioning by Professor Wilson, it quickly becomes apparent she could not account for Bert's whereabouts for the whole of the day that Carl was killed – Bert's cast iron alibi is no more. Professor Wilson now believes he has enough information...
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If you were impoverished and politically voiceless, ACORN hoped to change your mind. For 40 years, the community-organizing group sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with liberal ideals. Fueled by a YouTube video made by two young conservatives who posed as pimp and prostitute in a sting, ACORN's very existence would be challenged. ACORN and the Firestorm goes beyond the 24-hour...
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