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Hip Hop Uncovered
2021
star 6Set against 40 years of music history, this six-part documentary series takes a deep dive into the paradox of America’s criminalization of the genre and its fascination with the street culture that created it and still exists within it. Instead of telling the story of hip hop from the top down, this documentary tells the story from the streets up, as it reveals the untold story of how America’s streets helped shape hip hop culture from an expression of survival and defiance into music’s most dominant genre.Violent Earth
2024
star 7Explore the unbelievable science behind epic natural disasters. Featuring incredible footage and interviews with scientists, storm chasers, and survivors, this series examines our changing climate.This Is Me
2015
star 10THIS IS ME docu-series is an anthology of five 3-5 minute-long TRANSPARENT-inspired documentaries by five different trans and gender-nonconforming filmmakers. Personal essays, direct actions, explainers - each filmmaker has crafted a segment that explores a theme in TRANSPARENT.The Body of Coppens
2013
The Body of Coppens
2013
Staf and Mathias Coppens make their body available for you! Staf and Mathias try to answer all your questions with their bodies.Mr Drew's School for Boys
2014
star 4.5Headteacher Stephen Drew, from Educating Essex, welcomes boys and their parents to a residential summer school like no other in a bid to unlock their true potential before it's too late.Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes
2024
Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert took a group of amateur adventurers on a nearly impossible journey across South America. Positioned as a charity trek for cancer awareness, participants were to be part of a 5,000-mile expedition across the continent through the deepest parts of the Amazon jungle. Only one claims to have made it to the end… Mickey Grosman.Lost Treasures of the Maya
2019
star 6.3A new "treasure map" of the Maya world is transforming what we thought we knew of one of the world most mysterious ancient civilizations.The Empire Files
2015
star 8From inside history's biggest empire, host Abby Martin records a world shaped by war & inequality, and explores the U.S. Empire, its rise to world hegemony and its impact on people and the planet.The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson
2024
From scandal, cunning and betrayal to a disgraced downfall, we explore how Boris Johnson's career has shaped the future of Britain.Legends of Speed
2015
star 2With personal interviews, Legends of Speed not only describes dramatic happenings on the race tracks, but also puts a spotlight on the fears, and the courage of the drivers and their relatives. All of them deal differently with the extreme sport of "Formula One" racing, but they all have one thing in common and that is the will to win.Dirigenti
2023
Dirigenti
2023
Across Borders
2022
Across Borders
2022
The Chris Isaak Hour
2009
The Chris Isaak Hour
2009
The Chris Isaak Hour is a one-hour talk show, that aired in 2009 on The Biography Channel, in which singer Chris Isaak, interviews and plays alongside other musical artists such as Stevie Nicks and Glen Campbell.The channel currently airs re-runs on Thursdays and Saturdays.The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1985
star 6.7Series linking the events of the year with music via newsreels, headlines, films, broadcasts and rock performance footage.History's Secrets
0000
star 7.5Mysterious events, compelling figures and great unanswered questions from the past are explored, with a focus on the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes; the CIA's top-secret experiments; the Unabomber and; little known stories from NASA's Apollo missions.Can't Get You Out of My Head
2021
star 7.6In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of China, opium and opioids, the history of Artificial Intelligence, melancholy over the loss of empire and, love and power. And explores whether modern culture, despite its radicalism, is really just part of the new system of power.Reggaeton: The Sound That Conquered the World
2024
Born in the 'caserios' of Puerto Rico, Reggaeton has battled through aggressive government crackdowns, gun violence, and criminalization, rising from the underground to become a global powerhouse that refused to be silenced.
