What to Watch

You walk past them every day without a second thought, but pigeons are far more remarkable than you've ever imagined.

Through stunning cinematography, the film shows how pigeons thrive in environments built entirely by and for humans. This PBS Nature documentary follows pigeons in New York and London, revealing how they have mastered urban survival with remarkable intelligence and adaptation. We learn they mate for life, sleep with one eye open, have 340-degree visibility, and navigate complex social hierarchies within their flocks while facing constant challenges from predators like hawks deployed to control their populations.

An eye-opening look at wildlife hiding in plain sight that will forever change how you see these remarkably intelligent, resilient neighbors.

"Revivify Fanny. And my work is done," said David Bowie—high praise for a band most people have never heard of, despite being the first all-female rock group to release an album with a major label.

In the early 1970s, Filipina American sisters June and Jean Millington and their bandmates released five albums, scored Top 40 hits—yet somehow disappeared from rock history. This documentary reveals how Fanny shattered barriers of race, gender, and sexuality in the male-dominated music industry. Fifty years later, the bandmates reunite to record a new album, proving that talent and passion don't fade with age.

A forgotten story that deserves to be remembered. Stay through the credits for great music and a powerful final tribute from a rock icon.

What started as an ambitious dream to create the ultimate luxury music festival became one of the most spectacular failures in modern history.

Billy McFarland envisioned Fyre Festival as an exclusive island paradise promoted by supermodels and influencers, selling thousands of tickets for up to $12,000 each. But behind the glossy Instagram posts was chaos: no infrastructure, no artists, and thousands of stranded attendees discovering they'd been sold a beautiful lie.

A trainwreck that reveals uncomfortable truths about FOMO, status-seeking, and our willingness to believe anything wrapped in the right aesthetic.

Muhammad Ali was more than a boxer—he was a symbol of freedom, courage, and resistance whose impact reached far beyond the ring.

The four-part series chronicles Ali's journey from brash young Cassius Clay winning Olympic gold to his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam on religious grounds, and his battles both in the ring and against American injustice. Ken Burns doesn't shy away from Ali's contradictions—his abandonment of Malcolm X, his complicated personal life, his sometimes cruel treatment of opponents—revealing a deeply flawed but transformative figure who changed America.

A sweeping portrait of a complex man whose courage to stand for his beliefs, even when it cost him his championship, changed what athletes could represent in society.

Roger Ebert didn't just review movies—he taught America how to think about them, championing substance, artistry, and the power of cinema to reveal our shared humanity.

This documentary traces Ebert's journey from student journalist to Pulitzer Prize-winning critic. The film reveals how Ebert and fellow critic Gene Siskel pioneered television film criticism, transforming "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" into cultural touchstones while championing small films and unknown directors. The film captures Ebert's passion for cinema, his love story with wife Chaz, and his unflinching final months battling cancer.

A moving portrait of a man who believed movies could teach us empathy and whose legacy continues inspiring how we engage with film and storytelling.

Fred Rogers was exactly who he appeared to be—a genuine, deeply kind man who spent over 30 years teaching children they were loved, valued, and capable of handling life's difficult truths.

This documentary explores how Rogers revolutionized children's television by treating young viewers with profound respect, tackling topics like war, assassination, divorce, and death with honesty and tenderness. Through archival footage and interviews with family, colleagues, and friends, the film reveals Rogers' philosophy: that emotional intelligence matters more than entertainment, that love is the root of all learning, and that every child deserves to feel special.

Prepare to cry—happy, grateful tears. In an era of cynicism and division, Rogers' legacy feels urgently needed.

The 2008 financial crisis wiped out $20 trillion, cost millions of people their homes and jobs, and plunged the world into recession—yet it wasn't an accident.

This Oscar-winning documentary exposes the unholy alliance between Wall Street, government regulators, and elite academia that enabled the crisis. Through confrontational interviews that make executives squirm and economists stammer, the film names names and follows the money—revealing that those who caused the crisis faced no criminal prosecution and many received bonuses while ordinary Americans lost everything.

A crucial reminder that without accountability and reform, history will repeat itself—and understanding how this happened is the first step toward demanding better from those in power.

This is a heist film where nothing is stolen—and the villain is someone you'll desperately want to succeed.

In 1974, French street performer Philippe Petit became obsessed with an "impossible" dream: to walk a high wire between the newly built Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This Oscar-winning documentary unfolds with nail-biting suspense as Petit and his team execute their "artistic crime of the century," culminating in 45 minutes of dancing, lying down, and walking across a wire where one misstep meant death.

A joyful celebration of artistic passion and human audacity—and a poignant reminder of the Twin Towers in their youth, before the world knew their tragic fate.

Told almost entirely through police bodycam footage with no narrator, this Sundance Award-winning documentary unfolds like a real-time thriller.

In June 2023, a neighborhood dispute over children playing escalated into tragedy when Susan Lorincz shot and killed her neighbor Ajike Owens, a mother of four, through her front door. The film uses raw footage from multiple police responses over months to reveal how a seemingly minor conflict spiraled into hostility and ultimately violence. We watch officers respond to repeated complaints, witness neighbors' growing concern, and see the horrifying aftermath.

The innovative format lets the story unfold without commentary, allowing viewers to witness the legal and human complexities of Florida's stand-your-ground laws firsthand.

This Oscar-winning documentary tells O.J. Simpson's story—from football glory to the trial of the century—while revealing how his life became a window into America's struggles with race, celebrity, and justice.

Through interviews and investigative journalism, the series traces Simpson's rise from USC star to beloved icon, while examining the forces that collided in the trial: the LAPD's brutal history with Black communities, the Rodney King beating, and the domestic abuse of Nicole Brown Simpson. The documentary reveals how Simpson's acquittal wasn't just about guilt or innocence—it was about decades of injustice and celebrity worship.

Essential viewing for understanding modern America and the genesis of our obsession with true crime, court TV, and celebrity scandal.

Twenty years after September 11, 2001, this National Geographic series offers something different: not an analysis of politics or terrorism, but an unflinching focus on that single day as experienced by those who lived through it.

Through 54 first-person accounts from survivors and first responders, the six-part series reconstructs the attacks minute-by-minute with extraordinary intimacy and never-before-seen footage. We follow firefighters racing up stairs, office workers making impossible choices, paramedics overwhelmed by casualties, and ordinary people performing extraordinary acts of courage.

This is not easy viewing, but it's essential for understanding what actually happened and honoring those who were there.

Tilikum was taken from the wild at age two and spent over 30 years performing in tanks at SeaWorld—a life of confinement that ended with three human deaths.

This devastating documentary reveals what happens when highly intelligent, emotionally complex animals are forced into captivity for entertainment. Through interviews with former trainers and heartbreaking footage, the film reveals how Tilikum's aggression was a symptom of trauma and decades in concrete tanks. The film raises urgent questions about the ethics of captivity and whether the claimed benefits of research and education justify the suffering.

A documentary that sparked a movement, led SeaWorld to end its breeding program, and forces us to reconsider our relationship with captive animals everywhere.

You don't need to care about basketball to be captivated by this—it's a story about ambition, ego, rivalry, and the pursuit of excellence.

This groundbreaking series follows Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty through their final championship with never-before-seen footage and brutally honest interviews. The series reveals Scottie Pippen's resentment, Dennis Rodman's unpredictability, and Phil Jackson's zen coaching philosophy—exposing the loyalty and dysfunction that powered one of sports' greatest teams. It's a masterclass in leadership and what happens when individual brilliance meets collective purpose.

The documentary that revolutionized the sports docuseries genre and a time capsule of 90s culture when Jordan transcended sports to become a global icon.

When former NFL player Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS at age 34 and given 2-5 years to live, he made a choice: he would live—fully, purposefully, and on his own terms.

What began as video journals for his unborn son became an unflinching five-year chronicle of facing a brutal disease with determination and grace. Through intimate footage that holds nothing back, we witness physical deterioration alongside fierce love, crushing frustration, humor in dark moments, and a mission to help other ALS patients find purpose and technology to live more fully.

This is not easy viewing—it's raw, uncomfortable, and heartbreaking. But it's also deeply inspiring, teaching profound lessons about what truly matters: love, purpose, and the courage to keep fighting.

Most Americans know Prohibition happened, but few understand how a constitutional amendment banning alcohol came to pass—or why it failed so spectacularly.

This Ken Burns film reveals the surprising forces behind Prohibition: the women's suffrage movement fighting domestic abuse, Progressive reformers seeking social improvement, and crucially, the income tax, which freed the government from dependence on alcohol revenue. What began as an idealistic crusade to protect families instead created a nation of scofflaws, where speakeasies flourished, organized crime thrived, and defying the law became a badge of honor.

A cautionary tale about unintended consequences that remains relevant today as we continue debating how much government should regulate personal behavior.

When 12 boys and their coach became trapped deep in a flooded Thai cave, the world watched as an impossible rescue mission unfolded over 18 desperate days.

The cave's flooded passages were so treacherous that even elite Thai Navy SEALs couldn't navigate them, forcing rescuers to call in British cave divers whose obscure hobby suddenly became the world's only hope. Through never-before-seen footage and interviews with the divers, the film reveals the stunning technical challenges, impossible decisions, and heartbreaking setbacks that threatened to turn rescue into tragedy.

A breathtaking story of international collaboration and human determination that feels almost too extraordinary to be true—yet every moment is real.

In August 1969, 400,000 young people descended on a muddy farm in upstate New York for three days that would define a generation and capture the spirit of America in transformation.

This Oscar-winning documentary does more than chronicle legendary performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Santana—it captures the emergence of an improvised city where strangers shared food, shelter, and a collective vision of peace during the height of the Vietnam War. From the overwhelmed organizers to the National Guard helicopters delivering supplies, the film reveals how chaos transformed into something transcendent.

A timeless portrait of what happens when music, idealism, and half a million people converge.

Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history—$65 billion stolen from thousands of investors over decades—yet the fraud was stunningly simple and hidden in plain sight.

This series traces Madoff's rise to Wall Street power broker, revealing how he built an empire on a foundation of lies while competitors, whistleblowers, and investigators repeatedly alerted regulators who chose to look away. Through never-before-seen video depositions of Madoff himself, along with devastating accounts from victims and insiders, the series exposes not just one man's greed but an entire financial system willing to ignore obvious red flags.

A sobering reminder about responsible investing as investors continue falling for new schemes in cryptocurrency, meme stocks, NFTs and beyond.

You don't have to love baseball to love this story, but the Veeck family's revolution of America's pastime—fireworks, giveaways, pure joy—makes it irresistible.

When Mike Veeck's 1979 Disco Demolition Night promotion ends in riots, destroying his future in major league baseball, he's forced to rebuild from the minor leagues. The film follows Mike's decades-long journey where he discovers that giving others second chances might be the key to earning his own. Featuring brilliant re-enactments with Charlie Day and rich archival footage, the documentary shifts from playful nostalgia to something deeply moving about family, redemption, and priorities.

A story about what matters when everything falls apart—and the grace required to put it back together.

At the turn of the 20th century, America's food supply was a dangerous gamble—milk diluted with pond water, coffee laced with sawdust, candy colored with toxic dyes.

Government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley believed the only way to prove these chemicals were poisoning Americans was through shocking human trials. He recruited twelve volunteers to eat expertly prepared meals laced with suspected toxins, documenting their deteriorating health in meticulous detail. The controversial "Poison Squad" experiments captivated the nation, pitting Wiley against powerful food manufacturers and ultimately leading to the creation of the FDA.

A gripping story of courage that remains relevant as we navigate today's debates over additives, pesticides, and processed foods.

In an age where anyone can publish anything, how do we know what to believe?

This film tackles the media literacy crisis head-on, exploring how misinformation spreads, why we're so vulnerable to it, and what we can do to protect ourselves and our families. Through personal stories from around the world—families torn apart by conspiracy theories, students navigating social media manipulation, communities polarized by false narratives—the film reveals the real-world consequences of our collective failure to critically evaluate information.

As polarization deepens and trust erodes, the film offers hope through success stories of communities and individuals reclaiming their ability to think critically.

James Baldwin saw America's racial contradictions with unflinching clarity—and refused to look away.

This documentary brings Baldwin's unfinished manuscript to life, weaving his observations about Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. into a broader meditation on race in America. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the film connects Baldwin's piercing analysis from the civil rights era to contemporary struggles, revealing how the same forces of denial and systemic inequality persist today. Through archival footage, film clips, and Baldwin's eloquent prose, it exposes the myths America tells itself while offering uncomfortable truths about the cost of willful blindness.

A masterclass in how one brilliant mind can illuminate what a nation refuses to see.

What begins as a personal investigation into whether an amateur athlete can beat the doping system takes an extraordinary turn when filmmaker Bryan Fogel connects with the head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory.

As their relationship deepens, his collaborator reveals something far bigger than cycling's doping problem—evidence of a massive state-sponsored doping program that helped Russian athletes cheat at the highest levels of international competition, including the Olympics. The film transforms into a real-time geopolitical thriller as the whistleblower risks everything to expose the truth while the Russian government closes in.

An Oscar-winning exposé that reveals how corruption operates at the intersection of sports, science, and state power.

When Dan Schneider's son was murdered in a New Orleans drug deal, his grief transformed into a relentless crusade that would expose how pharmacies, doctors, and pharmaceutical companies were fueling America's opioid crisis.

This series chronicles Schneider's unlikely investigation into the world of addiction—interviewing users on the streets, confronting pharmacies and doctors, and connecting local corruption to the aggressive sales tactics of big pharma. Armed with nothing but a camcorder and moral clarity, he takes on an entire system—from complicit local actors to the corporate interests driving the epidemic.

A powerful story of citizen activism that remains tragically relevant as fentanyl and synthetic drugs continue devastating communities today.

In the early 1970s, Camp Jened, a ramshackle summer camp in the Catskills, became an unlikely catalyst for revolution.

This documentary follows teenagers with disabilities who found acceptance, community, and their voices at a place that treated them as whole people. The film reveals how the friendships and confidence forged at camp transformed campers into fierce activists who would challenge a nation's indifference. The story traces their journey from joyful summers to the front lines of the disability rights movement, including protests that led to landmark civil rights protections.

A powerful testament to how belonging and solidarity can spark societal change while opening viewers' eyes to struggles that remain invisible to many.