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- DirectorAdam BoltStarsJennifer DoudnaGeorge ChurchAlta CharoA breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it.
- StarsGarrett McNamaraNicole McNamaraAndrew CottonFollows the decade-long odyssey of big-wave pioneer Garrett McNamara who, after visiting a small fishing village in Portugal, helped push the sport beyond the realm of imagination.
- DirectorJustin KrookLuke MazzaferroStarsIan AitkenNathan BarndenJohn BrogdenAs the world looked on in horror at Australia's apocalyptic bushfires, the selfless acts of everyday people defined the spirit of a nation, but took an astounding toll of their own.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsOliver SacksRoberto CalassoAntónio DamásioThe life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.
- DirectorChristopher RawlenceStarsOliver SacksJohn TigheEmile BelcourtOpera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him to see details, but not wholes.
- DirectorKartiki GonsalvesStarsBellieBommanBomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
- DirectorWarren PereiraStarsWarren PereiraValmik ThaparYogesh SahuWhen a wild tiger kills men who enter his territory he is declared a man-eater and locked up in a zoo. This galvanizes massive social uproar and activists take their cause to the streets, online, on to billboards and all the way to the Supreme Court.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanFilmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of life and death and are dedicated to changing our thinking about both.
- StarsDan SnowRobert HutchinsonZareer MasaniDan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionized the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems. 400 years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a trading post to export goods to London. Over the next 200 years, their tiny business grew into a commercial titan. Using the letters and diaries of the men and women who were there, this documentary tells the story of the East India Company, which revolutionized the British lifestyle, sparked a new age of speculation and profit and by accident created one of the most powerful empires in history. Yet inexorable rise ended in ignominy. Dogged by allegations of greed, corruption and corporate excess, by the 1770s the company's reputation was in tatters. Blamed for turning its back as millions died in the Bengal famine, and thrown into crisis by a credit crunch in Britain, the world's most powerful company had run out of cash, sparking a government intervention.
- DirectorSteve LawrenceSarah SchenckGloria Dominguez-Bello and Marty Blaser confront an international public health emergency, the loss of ancestral microbes, while three patients with life threatening diseases explore experimental treatments to save their lives.
- DirectorBlair FosterStarsTracy Dennis-TiwaryPhoebe GavinJeff GoldA cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
- DirectorHannah OlsonStarsKent N. FrasureRebecca FrasureJerri JorgensenA terrifying origin story of the pandemic, DIAMOND PRINCESS chronicles the first and largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China: the Diamond Princess cruise liner. Through never-before-seen footage from passengers and crew, we watch class divisions erupt as humanity misses its chance to contain Covid-19.
- DirectorNick QuestedStarsJennifer CatronGordon ChristophPhil CourtnerOnboard at the luxury Diamond Princess cruise ship in January of 2020, people had no idea that the deadly novel coronavirus boarded the ship with them turning the floating paradise into their worst nightmare.
- StarsAmos RobertsAngela GavilanJeff GreenDateline investigates how 128 passengers and crew aboard the Australian Greg Mortimer cruise ship became infected with COVID-19, and how Uruguay came to their rescue.
- StarsAmos RobertsAngela GavilanJeff GreenThe holiday of a lifetime quickly turned into a ship in lock down, searching for a port in a COVID-19 storm. Dateline charts the story of the MV Greg Mortimer cruise ship that left Argentina 3 days after the pandemic was declared.
- StarsBertie GregoryLeigh HickmottJohn ShierBertie Gregory is back, and this time the adventures are even more epic. Bertie takes us to the most spectacular corners of our planet, in search of extraordinary animals to capture their daily lives.
- DirectorEva WeberStarsAngela MerkelRobin AlexanderJoe BidenDriven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider - a woman, a scientist, and an East German - became the de facto leader of the Free world, told for the first time for an international audience.
- StarsAnita RaniDarryl TellesAnita Rani explores the experiences of 2 people thrown together by a major event in modern history who have since become separated. The series follows them as they try to find the individual who helped them.
- DirectorMadeleine GavinStarsHyeonseo LeeSung-eun KimSo-yeon LeeThe story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.
- StarsDenise HuskinsAaron QuinnHenry LeeAfter a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears in this true-crime docuseries.
- DirectorHernán ZinStarsWalaa EltitiYazeed FarujaFilmed shortly after the 2014 Gaza war, this documentary examines how violence has transformed the lives of 10 Palestinian children.
- DirectorLarry LockeStarsWilly DeVilleChris FrantzBen E. KingThe life and times of the most original American singer/ songwriter of the last 50 years.
- StarsBenita Alexander-NoelKarl-Henrik GrinnemoOscar SimonsonDr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants. There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.
- StarsJanja LalichSarah BermanArceliaExplores the story of Jeff and Shaleia Divine, the leaders of Twin Flames Universe, who sell online classes that guarantee harmonious union with your destined partner, a controversial online community that preys on people looking for love.
- DirectorLucie JourdanStarsJacoba BallardJulie HarmonMatt WhiteAfter a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.