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Black Art: In the Absence of Light
HDAn in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
OnlyFans: Selling Sexy
HDABC News Originals documentary, "OnlyFans: Selling Sexy," examines the voyeuristic and profit-making world of the online platform OnlyFans.
Playing Cupid
HDIn the halls of Austen Middle School, a newly single middle-school teacher is covertly set up with a divorced dad after his daughter - one of her students - begins a matchmaking business for a school project she assigned her class.
Body Brokers
HDUtah (Jack Kilmer) and Opal (Alice Englert) are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White (Melissa Leo), and tech turned love interest, May (Jessica Rothe). They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin (Frank Grillo), take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle.
17 Blocks
HDUsing two decades of intimate home video, the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a journey of love, loss, and acceptance.
It Was Always You
HDElizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancé's free-spirited brother David returns home. With her engagement party looming and a million things to do, David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.
Doors
HDWithout warning, millions of mysterious alien "doors" suddenly appear around the globe. In a rush to determine the reason for their arrival, mankind must work together to understand the purpose of these cosmic anomalies. Bizarre incidences occurring around the sentient doors leads humanity to question their own existence and an altered reality as they attempt to enter them.
One Perfect Wedding
HDSeattle-based Ben Livingston, CEO of Charmed, a successful snowboarding equipment manufacturer, and mystery novelist Cara Reneau, the second in her planned and thus far acclaimed trilogy having just been released, are planning on a Rome destination wedding, but one scheduling issue in their respective extremely busy professional lives after another seems to derail any plans they may make. So they decide, almost simultaneously at the last minute, to hold a wedding in ten days where it all began, Clara Lake ski resort, where they met, fell in love and got engaged. While the third in their foursome, Megan Marquand, Cara's best friend, is available not only for her duty of maid of honor but also as wedding planner, the fourth, Sean, Ben's physician best friend, can't being stationed overseas for a non-profit, with Ben's younger sister, Zoey Livingston, filling in as best friend and best "woman" for Ben. Sean, however, does have his own plans as approximately one year behind Ben and Cara in the romance and love department, he has set up an elaborate proposal with Ben's help to surprise Megan. It ends up being a work trip for Cara as she, needing to make a pitch to her publisher Renee on how to conclude the trilogy, comes across the unknown story of the resort founders, Max and Clara Diecker, as the basis for the third book, indications being that their marriage did not survive the initial romance. While Ben reading into Cara's stories has caused problems in the past, he may again doubt Cara's feelings if he learns how she plans to conclude the trilogy. Conversely, it ends up also being a work trip for Ben, his secrecy in not wanting to concern Cara until things with "the issue" are more settled, may also factor into whether Cara feels she can trust Ben as a husband.
Love in Whitbrooke
HDAmber Verdon loves the global travel aspect of her job as Project Manager with Chicago-based Marsh Technologies, her work which has led to her putting her first love, painting, on the back-burner, perhaps permanently. Her original career thought was to do that travel while she led the bohemian life of the painter. While mulling over a very attractive offer for a promotion which would give her a more settled life in London, Amber is called back to her small hometown of Whitbrooke Harbor, Illinois by her mother, Barbara Verdon, as her father, Rick Verdon, is currently laid up, and she requires some help for a few days at the family café, despite the culinary arts not being among Amber's skill set. It is an especially busy time in Whitbrooke Harbor with planning for the imminent Founder Days celebrations, this the one-hundredth anniversary, Amber who plans to stay until Founder's Day. While back in Whitbrooke Harbor, Amber learns that the family is facing financial hardship with their rent for the café recently being raised by the new property owner, they unable to make any of their operational payments in the process. Amber also gets involved in the Founder's Day celebration organization herself, she working closely with Jason Taylor, a carpenter by trade, he and his younger sister, Molly Taylor, who works in the café, the last two descendants of the town founders. Jason, who had wanted too to lead the life of the world traveler, long ago returned to Whitbrooke Harbor upon his parents' passing to look after Molly. As Amber and Jason spend more time together, they start to fall for each other. With everything else happening in her life, will Jason be a factor in what Amber decides to do about the London job?
We Broke Up
HDLongtime couple Lori and Doug break up just days before Lori's little sister Bea's wedding to Jayson. In order to not disrupt the fun, they decide to pretend they're still together until the weekend is over.
American Underdog
HDAmerican Underdog tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner (Zachary Levi), who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player - but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support of his wife, Brenda (Anna Paquin) and the encouragement of his family, coaches, and teammates that Warner perseveres and finds the strength to show the world the champion that he already is.
Tech Billionaires: Mark Zuckerberg
HDMark Zuckerberg was just 19 when he built the social-media giant Facebook out of his small Harvard campus dorm room and changed the Internet and the world forever. Facebook has thrived for more than a decade, after an extraordinary growth in size and influence. By connecting people, building community, and bringing the world closer together, he has succeeded far and wide, and has built an empire. The Internet entrepreneur and tech innovator became the planet's youngest billionaire at 23, and created one of the world's most popular social networks. Along with Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, Facebook is one of the Big Five companies in the US tech industry. The young genius connected people in ways never thought possible. In 2021, his net worth is estimated at $96 billion. Take a journey into how Mark Zuckerberg built the giant that has that has changed billions of lives and the way people interact with the world.
Endangered Species
HDENDANGERED SPECIES is an intense, action packed survival-adventure about a wealthy American family who travel to the vast African wilderness of Kenya hoping for a dream vacation filled with excitement, bonding and a chance to fix the growing rifts within their family. But when their safari vehicle is attacked by a rhino protecting her calf, the family is left stranded miles from help and their dream vacation turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival in a world where they are the bottom of the food chain.
A Vineyard Romance
HDWhen Seattle magazine writer Samantha Hart is sent home to write an article about the wedding destination of Hawthorne Vineyards, she discovers the ex who broke her heart not only runs the vineyard, but he's about to get married there.
The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story
HDIn 1921 a young Woman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields to capture the hearts of the Black population of America. She taught them to not only overcome racial barriers but the barriers within themselves. And in doing so...dare to dream. Her name was Bessie Coleman. This is her story.
Cobain
HDCobain comes from a broken home, but he is not a broken soul yet. He cares deeply for the person who gave him that funny name: his mother Mia. Living on the streets, Mia just can't get a grip on her life, even now that she is heavily pregnant with another child. When Cobain demands that Mia get help for herself and the baby, the two separate after a bitter argument. He finds shelter with Mia's ex Wickmayer, a man who pimps out young, foreign women. Supporting them in their daily lives and flirting with them as he is growing into a young man, Cobain feels he finally found something resembling a home. When Mia attempts to contact her son again, Wickmayer sends her away. But Cobain - seeing she's in an even worse condition - takes responsibility and tries to help Mia to be a good mother for once.
In the Heights
HDIn the Heights centers on a variety of characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, on the northern tip of Manhattan. At the center of the show is Usnavi, a bodega owner who looks after the aging Cuban lady next door, pines for the gorgeous girl working in the neighboring beauty salon and dreams of winning the lottery and escaping to the shores of his native Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, Nina, a childhood friend of Usnavi's, has returned to the neighborhood from her first year at college with surprising news for her parents, who have spent their life savings on building a better life for their daughter. Ultimately, Usnavi and the residents of the close-knit neighborhood get a dose of what it means to be home.
Marla
HDWhen a girl goes to get an IUD implanted by a distant relative, he commits a deranged act which has deadly implications for those close to her.
To Catch a Spy
HDWhen the newly renovated Hotel Optima in Malta has a grand reopening, Chloe and her team from Destination Traveler Magazine, head over to cover the travel scene in Malta and sees someone fall to their death, right past her hotel window.
Tech Billionaires: Elon Musk
HD"Our generation has seen incredible advancements in technology. For that, we can thank one of the most successful, influential and notorious entrepreneur of the 21st century. Elon Musk, the mind behind PayPal, founder of Tesla, and SpaceX. The 2nd richest man in the world after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of 163 billion USD. He is the ambitious genius, intellectual and eccentric tech billionaire who shook the entire world with groundbreaking inventions. After creating space rockets, electric cars, solar batteries, and robots, his astounding success puts him on top of the rank of the world's wealthiest men."
Whitetail
HDWHITETAIL follows a broken family consisting of a father, an uncle and the son as they embark on a weekend hunting trip out in West Texas. The mother has recently died of an overdose and the trio hope to get away from it all by being out in nature and hunting. Instead they find a mysterious man, shot in the stomach and clutching onto a backpack full of money. Who shot the man? Where did the money come from, and how long will they survive while criminals are all out looking for the cash?
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
HDSUMMER OF SOUL is part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten--until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.
Candy Jar
HDA debate team at a high school has two members, Bennett and Lona, and they both want to be team president as it looks good on a Yale or Harvard application. If only disagreements ended there. They both have single moms, rich and poor, insisting on their kids going to homecoming. They both dress up and go to the movies instead. Maybe they're not that different. They end up having to cooperate to get into state tournament in debate. Can they?
Adventures in Public School
HDAcademically bright teenager Liam Heap's best friend truly is his single mother, Claire Heap. In fact, she is his only friend, he, having been home schooled his entire short life by her, not having been exposed to socializing with others his age. Claire is also his protector and controls all aspects of his life in the goal for Liam to become the next Stephen Hawking in attending Cambridge in the Astronomy program after he gets his high school equivalency certificate. Subverting Claire, Liam is able to convince her to let him attend public high school, which she feels is only for losers, she having had to endure the pain when she was his age, until he takes and aces the next available equivalency test to graduate in four months. Liam's true goal in attending high school is to meet and befriend "her", Anastasia, the one-legged girl who would be his classmate and to who he is attracted. That socialization process is not only affected by the deal he and Claire make with the school principal, Mr. Kelly, the only way Liam will be allowed to attend the high school, but also by Anastasia's own socialization, and how Claire will insert herself into it all, not only when he's at school but for any official and unofficial extracurricular activities.
The Beach House
HDThe story follows Caretta "Cara" Rutledge, a woman who's tried to move beyond a difficult past but is forced to grapple with history head-on when she returns to fix the family beach house. During one devastating storm, Cara and her mother save hundreds of sea turtles from certain death and learn some of life's real truths in the process.
Like Arrows
HDWhen conflict, rebellion, and resentment overwhelm their family, Charlie and Alice are forced to change their parenting strategy, and are surprised to find that effective, life-long solutions were closer than they thought.
A Christmas Miracle
HDWhen her boss steals her idea for their magazine's cover story, Emma searches for a Christmas miracle to write about with the help of her son and the handsome staff photographer.
Giddy Stratospheres
HDLoss and Love in the storm of Guitars and Broken Glass that was the mid 00's UK Indie Music Scene
Scavengers
HDBen, a senior in high school, finds a paper clue leading to the wilderness surrounding his town. He teams up with his best friends who experience the hunt with him as things get dark.
Destination Marfa
HDWhile on a road trip from a long weekend at the Terlingua cookoff, four lifelong friends decide to veer off road and venture into a small West Texas town known as Marfa. What attracted them to do so? Could it be the strange unexplained ghost lights that Marfa is known for? While on a fuel stop they meet two very strange employees of a secluded gas station. One of them offers them a chance to look into their future by pulling a ticket from his counter top 25 cent token fortune telling machine. What does it say? Can they trust it? When they enter Marfa, Texas they realize almost immediately that something's off. Why is this town so odd? Why are very peculiar things happening? Eden Percell, because of her desire to look into everything, begins convincing Erik that the town is full of practicing witchcraft and she even makes the statement "And I think they have gotten dang good at it." Can she convince Erik, and if so, should they risk telling the other 2 drama queens their thoughts. What is Marfa? Why are the townspeople so secretive? Will Matt, Erik, Allie, and Eden discover the truth behind the mystery of the Marfa lights?
Tiny Terrors
HDA documentary about the making of the feature length indie horror film Tiny Terrors (2018) with interviews from cast members and behind the scenes footage.
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
HDJulian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as 'Mendax', Assange and two friends formed a group called the 'International Subversives'. Using early home computers and defining themselves as 'white hat hackers' - those who look but don't steal - they broke into some of the world's most powerful and secretive organisations. They were young, brilliant, and in the eyes of the US Government, a major threat to national security. At the urging of the FBI, the Australian Federal Police set up a special taskforce to catch them. But at a time when most Australian police had never seen a computer, let alone used one, they had to figure out just where to begin. Police ingenuity and old-fashioned detective work are pitted against nimble, highly skilled young men in this new crime frontier. What follows, is a tense and gripping game of cat and mouse through the electronic underground of Melbourne.