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- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsTimothy LearyG. Gordon LiddyCarole HemingwayDocumentary on the 1983 touring debate between Liddy and Leary.
- DirectorKen BurrowsBrian De PalmaStarsR. Jess BrownJack GreenbergHenry MarshA documentary about social housing of blacks in New Orleans.
- DirectorAaron BowdenStarsMark BowdenSisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon vanish from a Wheaton, Maryland mall in 1975, launching a 40-year search for the girls. This case was one of the largest police investigations in the history of the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
- DirectorSkye BorgmanStarsKaren ParsleyCharles EnglesMerle BeanA young mother's mysterious death and her son's subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman's true identity and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
- DirectorSkye BorgmanStarsJan BrobergBob BrobergMary Ann BrobergThe twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsFritz LangAlfreda KlebingerManfred EllingerA documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
- StarsFletcher MarkleKen CavanaughPierre BertonDocumentary and biography with interviews as the central element of the show.
- StarsGreg O'NeilA half-hour celebrity biography series which utilizes vintage film clips, photos and interviews.
- StarsEdward R. MurrowCharles CollingwoodJayne MeadowsInterviews with figures from public life.
- StarsHumphrey BurtonKirsty WarkDavid CollingsArts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
- DirectorNick RandallStarsCliff RichardThis programme offers an incredible look at the rise of Sir Cliff Richard taking us on a journey from his roots and the initial launch of his career to arguably the pinnacle of his success in the 1980s.
- StarsJoseph CottenJohn HustonPaul NewmanHollywood and the Stars was a 1963 NBC television documentary series.
- StarsMartin ScorseseMichel PiccoliNagisa ÔshimaMartin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
- CreatorAgnes NixonStarsJack PerkinsPeter GravesHarry SmithThe life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
- A six-episode web series exploring the histories of different exploitation genres.
- StarsIris QuinnPiers HandlingCaelum VatnsdalOn Screen!, is a documentary series that explores and celebrates the Canadian film industry's most important cultural milestones. Each one-hour program showcases a quintessentially Canadian feature film and the work of the people who made it; artists and auteurs who blazed new paths, opened doors and set new standards for a modern generation of story tellers yet to come. Along with clips from the films, each episode features interviews with members of the cast, crew, and nationally known critics, who reveal the behind-the-scenes trials of how each movie evolved from page to screen. Occasionally sad, sometimes hilarious, but always poignant, these are the stories that changed the face of Canadian film forever.
- StarsErskine JohnsonJeff BridgesYvonne De CarloA behind the scenes look at the lives of Hollywood celebrities.
- StarsMike WallaceCyrus EatonBennett CerfThe Mike Wallace Interview is a series of 30-minute television interviews conducted by host Mike Wallace from 1957 to 1960. Before The Mike Wallace Interview was televised nationally on prime-time in 1957, Wallace had risen to prominence a year earlier with Night-Beat, a television interview program that aired in New York City. (1957)
- CreatorAndrey IstratovStarsKonstantin KarasikWeekly series of television feature documentaries "Legends of World Cinema" Different stories become the basis of the movie stars story. The film is about the fate of people whose names are forever in the history of world cinema.
- StarsLinda EmondLaurent LedererLisa FriedmanFind out more about the women you love and admire who have made their mark in movies, music, politics, sports, and more in these "Intimate Portraits."
- StarsRobert PowellA series of celebrity couples originally produced by the BBC for the Internet. Only a few episodes were also shown on TV on the BBC2 channel. Only 8 episodes were shown at the end of 1997 on German television.
- StarsIan McKellenRenée AshersonAlan BatesA portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.
- StarsCarol BaxterMichael B. DruxmanDan O'Herlihy25 Hollywood love stories, including the romances of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, and so forth.
- CreatorSusan LacyStarsMartin ScorsesePeter BogdanovichTony BennettDocumentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- StarsCatherine MercierGeorge StroumboulopoulosDavid WelchAlthough they were allies during WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union, fueled by their fundamental ideological differences, embarked on what would be called the Cold War starting in the post-WWII era. As both sides would eventually have nuclear and atomic bomb technology which potentially spelled the end of the world if used, both sides instead largely used propaganda to win the Cold War. The propaganda was both official (i.e. issued by the government) and unofficial, and was designed to make its own side look good while making the other side look bad. The propaganda was aimed to its own citizens, to the other side and to others around the world, who were often looking to the two superpowers for support. One problem often was that the propaganda had to match the reality that people saw and faced on the ground.
- StarsEric MeyersMax BeesleyStephen ManganAmerica in Color showcases all the key moments from the 1920's to 1960's in high definition improved footage.