Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison liv...

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Chodorkowskis neue Freiheit

Released from prison, former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky expounds on his newfound freedom and complex relationship...

The Big One

1997

The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big Ameri...

Guantanamo Circus

2013

A surreal look at the day-to-day life of American soldiers stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba through the eyes of a trave...

The Feminist on Cellblock Y

2018

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.

10.0

Metamorphosis

TBD

Metamorphosis is a documentary-style film giving the true account Bill Troester and the transformation he experienced by...

7.0

Extreme Animal Weapons

TBD

NOVA: Extreme Animal Weapons From lobster claws and dog teeth to bee stings and snake fangs, every creature depends on a...

8.0

Extreme Consequences: The Reality of Prison Life

2007

A compelling look at the choices that lead to incarceration and the reality of being locked up in Pelican Bay State Pris...

Cuerda de presos

1996

For three months, the journalist Jesús Quintero visits more than thirty prisons and interviews more than a hundred priso...

Solitary

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from bot...

6.9

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The Condemned

2013

With unprecedented access, this documentary looks into the hidden world of one of Russia's most impenetrable and remote...

Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

2017

Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly...

Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution

2003

Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is...

The Balloonist

2023

Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.

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An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

7.9

Florence, Arizona

2015

Welcome to Florence, Arizona: a cowboy town with a prison problem. Just 8,500 residents call the tiny community home—but...

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

2003

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuor...

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

1999

A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter...

6.9

They Call Us Monsters

Behind the walls of the Compound, LA’s most violent juvenile offenders await their trials. To their advocates, they’re k...