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  • 2019
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    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    7.70 2019 HD

    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...

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  • 2012
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    Titanic's Final Mystery

    Titanic's Final Mystery

    7.60 2012 HD

    The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...

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  • 2015
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    The Day Hitler Died

    The Day Hitler Died

    6.80 2015 HD

    The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65...

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  • 2013
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    The Day Kennedy Died

    The Day Kennedy Died

    6.80 2013 HD

    The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who...

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  • 2017
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    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    10.00 2017 HD

    The story of Pocahontas has been passed down through the centuries. Her relationship with John Smith has been characterized as a romance that united...

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  • 2021
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    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    8.00 2021 HD

    "The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher,...

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  • 2023
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    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    10.00 2023 HD

    Cassius X puts a period of often-overlooked history into the spotlight – the period when Cassius Clay fought his way to achieving his lifelong...

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  • 2014
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    Shark Girl

    Shark Girl

    6.00 2014 HD

    For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by...

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  • 2017
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    Aerial Ireland

    Aerial Ireland

    7.50 2017 HD

    Take a cross-country flight over Ireland's natural wonders and ancient ruins. In this spectacular overview of the historically significant Emerald...

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  • 2013
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    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    1 2013 HD

    It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic...

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  • 2013
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    Legend of Lead Belly

    Legend of Lead Belly

    9.00 2013 HD

    Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one...

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  • 2016
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    Castro's Secret Reef

    Castro's Secret Reef

    7.50 2016 HD

    Cuba's enforced isolation has resulted in the unlikeliest of marine reserves: a huge, rambling archipelago known as Jardines de la Reina, or "Gardens...

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  • 2022
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    The Color of Care

    The Color of Care

    2.00 2022 HD

    The Color of Care chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States, with a pressing focus on how...

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  • 2019
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    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    4.80 2019 HD

    On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...

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  • 2020
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    Aboard Air Force One

    Aboard Air Force One

    1 2020 HD

    Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying...

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  • 2023
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    Epic Animal Migrations: Patagonia

    Epic Animal Migrations: Patagonia

    7.00 2023 HD

    For thousands of animals every year, migrating across Patagonia is the only chance of survival as they return to give birth and raise their young or...

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  • 2017
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    The Last Buffalo

    The Last Buffalo

    8.00 2017 HD

    For thousands of years, the Great Plains were home to countless numbers of American bison, but in the late 1800s, the number of bison dropped from...

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  • 2018
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    Finding Life In Outer Space

    Finding Life In Outer Space

    1 2018 HD

    Over billions of years, planet Earth has become home to an amazing interdependent ecosystem, containing a dizzying variety of animals and plants. But...

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  • 2018
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    Honey Badger: Grit

    Honey Badger: Grit

    7.00 2018 HD

    On the harsh and unforgiving plains of central Namibia, Africa, a young honey badger named Grit has just left home to venture out in the great, wide...

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  • 2007
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    Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise

    Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise

    1 2007 HD

    Going from 0 to 150 mph in three seconds, withstanding three Gs of force, and taking off from what's often called "the most dangerous place on the...

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