If the inspiration for the Da Vinci Code’s Robert Langdon were drawn from a single living person, John Boswell would have been the one. Boswell read and translated 14 ancient and modern languages, became a Yale Professor by age 30 and was granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award winning books, making him a world renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. John Boswell was also openly Gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. NOT A TAME LION offers the first-hand accounts of Boswell’s closest friends, students, colleagues and family members as they recount his life, his works and his final days during which he feverishly worked to complete SAME SEX UNIONS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE a book that changed the trajectory of the Marriage Equality debate, all while privately battling the debilitating effects of AIDS which led to his death on December 24th 1994 at the age of forty-seven.
A series exploring gun-related murders, featuring analysis by forensic experts as well as footage from actual crime scenes and interrogations.
In this true-crime series, we take a deep dive into the most provocative and talked about trials and cases of all time.
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
"Plastic Earth" is the first documentary feature film of its kind to cover the solutions and technologies being worked on in the world today to combat and eventually solve the plastic crisis that our world is facing.Worldwide plastic production coming from fossil-based sources continues to rise and it contributes to climate change, pollution, and threatens the planet's species."Plastic Earth" follows the story of a concerned mother, Janice Overbeck. Janice goes on a journey to learn the full story of this problem and to uncover what is happening in the background to solve it. Through dozens of interviews with scientists, engineers, researchers, and innovators, Janice gets first-hand insights on how we can get this problem under control. This documentary film features many of the heroes of the world working to solve the world's plastic and environmental issues.
'Let the People Decide' traces the history of voting rights struggles in the United States from 1960 through the present day.
Eager to expand his horizons and learn more about their culinary traditions, Chef Chuck Hughes is welcomed into Indigenous communities across Canada.
When a young Army sergeant is unexplainably murdered, the police are stumped… until they receive a tip about an enemy lurking in his own backyard.
Traces Kamala Harris’ early days in California to an accomplished career that has hit big milestones, leaving a substantial mark in American politics.
Meet a group of renegade craft distillers, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians, and policymakers as they band together to celebrate the past, present, and future of Rye Whiskey and what it means to the people of the state that made it famous.
Two motocross racers feel the need for speed and take viewers along on their trials and attempt to build the fastest motocross bike in the world.
The erasure of America’s culinary founding father is explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora.
Follow the "trimmigrants," people who travel to California looking for jobs in cannabis farming to make money fast—or so they think.
At the crossroads of Armenia and Iran, a father and daughter must overcome war, religion, and geopolitics to establish their wines on the global stage and reclaim a 6,000-year-old tradition of winemaking.
This is the story of Iron Dome–Israel's breakthrough missile defense system. Follow its early development to its role in the 2014 Gaza conflict.
Take an in-depth look at the terrifying offenders whose atrocious crimes earned a whole life sentence, but despite being securely locked behind bars, these inmates go on to torture, kidnap and even kill.
Scientists have discovered that insects have remarkably sophisticated behaviors and even personalities quite similar to our own.
A million-dollar, cryptocurrency-funded docuseries featuring the epic rise of U.S.-based Dragonchain and the global future of blockchain technology.
Follow the rites of passages of young men living in different countries who all share a singular goal: to make the difficult passage into manhood.
Explore the ancient African origins of many of the most famous comic book heroes and how they have been appropriated by European culture and religion.
Deep below the surface of the Tacoma Narrows, explore the legend of the King Octopus and how it changed a town, a culture and, most importantly, us.
A documentary that is the journey of adopted identical Vietnamese twins. At a tender age, one of the twins begins to navigate their gender identity and the family pulls together to support Levi's transition.
It's the late 1960’s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and if you didn’t work in the steel mills or glass factories, you weren’t going to make it in this town. But a shaggy haired kid from Creighton, Pennsylvania wasn’t going to play by those rules. Rich Engler wanted to play music and be a part of a cultural movement that was sweeping the globe, Rock N’ Roll. From his early days playing drums in his band, The Grains of Sand, to becoming one of the top grossing concert promoters in the United States, Rich Engler is the embodiment of the rags to “riches” American Dream come true.
Before Jon Hernandez passed away due to complications stemming from Sickle Cell Anemia, he was writing a horror film he wanted to make with his friends. Upon his untimely death his friends (all whom have their own disabilities) decide to make the film in Jon's honor, even though they have no clue where to start. This is that story.