It was the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship, but after only one successful mission the H.L. Hunley vanished with its crew and lay hidden for more than a century. (Source: PBS)
OJ SIMPSON: THE UNTOLD STORY
The BBC investigates the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. It’s obvious O.J. Simpson did it.
Docs Get Another TV Downgrade. OWN Lets Its Doc Club Die
The Oprah Winfrey Network recently acquired “RUNNING FROM CRAZY,” an interesting looking film about mental illness and the Hemingway family, but the network has also signaled that it would have less airtime set aside for documentaries, according to realscreen. The…
‘GROUPIES’: A Classic Documentary About Rock ‘n’ Roll Love
A documentary directed by Ron Dorfman and Peter Nevard captures rock ‘n’ roll groupies in 1969, including the infamous Plaster Casters. It features performances by Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spooky Tooth, and Cat Mother. (Text Source: IMDB)
‘THE LOSS OF NAMELESS THINGS’: Genius Playwright Drives Off a Bridge
A delicate portrait of an artist as a young man who experiences a horrible accident. As the man, Oakley (Tad) Hall III, had influenced many, his fall did as well. But his rise is a terrific thing to watch. The…
MADNESS IN THE FAST LANE
In 2008, BBC cameras filmed two Swedish sisters throwing themselves into traffic on the M6. When it was shown on BBC One, nearly 7 million viewers were glued to their screens, and millions more watched it later on YouTube. The…