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Mosul documentary

January 23, 2025

In “Mosul,” FRONTLINE presented an extraordinary look at the brutal battle to drive ISIS out of Iraq’s second-largest city, which some military commanders described at the time as the deadliest urban combat since World War II. The people of Mosul had endured the repressive rule of ISIS for more than two years. This is the […]

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MS13: World’s most Dangerous Gang

April 7, 2023

The MS13 gang, also known as the Mara Salvatrucha 13, is one of the most violent and dangerous gangs in America, as well as one of the most well-organized. The MS13 gang has factions or factions across the United States, and is unique in that it maintains ties to gangs in El Salvador. In Washington […]

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Memory of the Camps

April 7, 2023

Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1945, while liberating Europe, Allied forces discovered evidence of atrocities that have haunted the conscience of the world ever since. As troops marched into German concentration camps, they systematically recorded on film what they saw and heard. Work on the documentary began in the summer of 1945, but […]

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Sex Crimes and the Vatican

April 7, 2023

A 1962 document secretly sent to bishops is now notorious. Called Crimen Sollicitationis, it outlines the procedure bishops should follow when dealing with allegations of child abuse, homosexuality and sodomy by clergy. Under threat of excommunication from the Catholic Church, she kept everyone involved a secret. The document was republished by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in […]

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The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 7, 2023

The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. explores the details of the courageous civil rights leader’s assassination and the years leading up to his tragic death. It is a little known fact that assassin suspect James Earl Ray retracted his confession three days after he confessed to the murder. This documentary delves into the civil […]

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The Murder of Fred Hampton

April 7, 2023

The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panthers, but midway through filming, Hampton was murdered by a Chicago police officer. In one infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, a dozen police officers stormed Hampton’s apartment while the residents were sleeping, killing Hampton and Mark Clark […]

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Ross Kemp on Gangs

April 7, 2023

That’s the highest homicide rate in the world for a country not officially at war. Ross visited Kingston, Jamaica’s most violent area, and spoke to gang members there. A study by A. Harriott showed that Jamaica has four times the world’s homicide rate, with the city of Kingston having the highest homicide rate in the […]

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Law and Disorder in Philadelphia and Johannesburg

April 7, 2023

Theroux seems to enjoy taking on the challenge in his BBC2 documentary Law and Chaos in Philadelphia. Adorable, slender Theroux jumps in and out of police cars and is pushed to the front lines by rapid deployment teams. “My first thought was, if I’m going to be killed, it’s not because I’m going to be […]

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Skinheads USA (1993) Documentary

April 7, 2023

This documentary takes you inside a real neo-Nazi skinhead group and provides insight into the methods and mindsets that drive the white power youth movement in America. Focusing on the Alabama-based Aryan National Front and its leader, Bill Riccio, this special features behind-the-scenes footage of members of rural community groups at a series of white […]

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Cocaine Cowboys

April 7, 2023

The sordid history of Miami’s drug trade is filled with seemingly endless supplies of drugs, money and dead bodies. Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben divides his riveting account of the crime and its aftermath into three distinct parts: he outlines the basics of cocaine importation and distribution; Classify the out-of-control violence of the war on drugs. […]

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