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Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

A documentary filmmaker depends on his friend's airline employee benefits for free flights. When the friend finds a girlfriend, he desperately tries to preserve his travel privileges.

A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.

NYPD detectives recount their most stirring experiences on the beat. Stylized dramatizations enhance their stories providing the American public with their first exposure to these provocative and rousing tales of crime.

This 4 part PBS series attempts to trace the roots of 8 guests using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis.

For over 35 years Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys at night to the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas.

After illness strikes down a legendary publicist, he reinvents himself as an author of books on humanity's role in the cosmos. Now in his 70s, he prepares an unfathomably long masterwork to unify his theories, while considering his legacy.

Two friends drive to New York City to secure an investment for their microbrewery. Once in New York, however, a hidden agenda and secret love interest threaten to derail their plans.

'An Exile's Home in the Bronx' documents the trials of Irish immigrants in New York as they cling to their only connection with their homeland, playing Gaelic Football - the national sport of Ireland - while in New York. They participate in the All-Ireland Championship for the 32 county teams in Ireland but also includes London and New York due to their strong Irish immigrants. While the documentary has sport at it's core, the focus is on these Irish immigrants, who are trying to make a life for themselves in New York, but they try to retain their connection with their homeland through sport.

One man's search for joy has culminated in a constant experience of rhythm in the world around him.

A surreal expedition by an intrepid rabbit to liberate a friend in distress.

Nison Aranov was saved from a troubled youth the day he met his table tennis coach in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 40 years later, he has a ping pong club of his own in the basement of a parking garage in Brooklyn, where he trains the next generation of champions- most notably, a mega-talented Israeli immigrant named Mishel. Nison believes Mishel has what it takes to make the American national team, but his skills will be put to the test at a tournament in Westchester that attracts the best talent in the country.

A fascinating and affecting chronicle of the pioneering Sirens motorcycle club, the oldest and largest women-run motorcycle club in New York City, from its humble beginnings in 1986 to the present. The history of the club, its place within NYC's queer culture, and the impact it's had on the lives of its members-now, intergenerational and inclusive of trans women and non-binary individuals-is, told mainly in the members' voices and reflects the power of sisterhood within a chosen family.

20 years ago, European physicists synthesized a package of design principles that reduces a dwelling's heating and cooling energy use by nine tenths. Over 20,000 buildings in Europe have been built to the Passive House standard, and today, a burgeoning community of enthusiasts in the U.S. actively works to spread the concept.

Otis Hughes is the 73 year-old captain of the Brooklyn Red Caps, a multi-generational cycling group that includes prospective Olympians, past Olympians and cyclists of all levels. The group gets together every week in Prospect Park and goes for epic rides all around the Tri-State area. The group's most important function though is as a family for the members to support each other through life's many ups and downs.

VP of Production Lin Cho-Fung arrives late to the investor meeting to find chaos. Somehow, the eclectic ethnicity's of the investors have clashed, and all around cultural faux pas has been committed. Just when Lin settles restores order, Executive Producer Andy Reeves enters the room less than sober, and more than enthusiastic. A few embarrassing moments later, the boardroom is crashed by a six foot Malaysian prostitute demanding swift remittance for her services. We discover that her customer was none other than Andy (who is sporting a black eye under his dark sunglasses). After the Executive Producer's dirty laundry is publicly aired, security finally enters to remove the enraged prostitute. A vicious fight ensues in the boardroom between the unpaid street walker and security force which unfortunately results in electrocution, unconsciousness, and awkward silence. Just a typical day at Elite productions.

The documentary narrates a financial crisis surrounding the Harlem School of the Arts in New York City. It follows two piano students, one suffers from ADHD, and the other from severe hearing lose, their study at the Harlem School of the Arts, and the efforts of teachers and parents to save the school after it was forced to shut down.

Rooted in the silt of Sudan and Nubia, inspired by the eastern coast of Africa and the diversity of its sounds and migrational patterns, BRic TV presents Alsarah and the Nubatones.

Episode two continues to trace the guests' lineages back through the late 1800s to the Civil War, featuring such stories as that of Chris Rock's great-great-grandfather, a black Civil War veteran who was twice elected to the South Carolina State Legislature, and Don Cheadle's great-great-grandparents, who, as Chickasaw Freedmen, struggled to build lives for themselves in Oklahoma after being excluded from the tribal rolls.