Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
Casts Al Sharpton, Mamie Till Mobley, Wheeler Parker, Simeon Wright, Ruthie Mae Crawford, Charles Evers
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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
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Strong Island
Cherrie - ut ur mörkret
Chicago at the Crossroad
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair
Confessions of a Parent Killer
Acts of Violence
Black Box BRD
Murder on the Social Network
The Body in the Bag: The Murder of Melanie Hall
The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics
The Trial
Death Metal Murders
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
The Crazy Life
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Gucci : luxe, drame et volupté
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2010
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.Two Spirits
IMDB 4.3 | Jun , 2009
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.Strong Island
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2017
Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.Cherrie - ut ur mörkret
IMDB 6 | May , 2018
Chicago at the Crossroad
IMDB 4 | Jun , 2019
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known about the systems that created the problem, the laws that isolated it, and the policies that abandoned it? Using dramatic footage, including interviews with residents on the front lines over the last 15 years, this documentary opens a rare historical window into the systematic creation of poverty stricken communities plagued by gun violence.Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
The story behind the murder of 16-year-old Becky Watts, who was killed by her stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his 21-year-old partner Shauna Hoare in Bristol in February 2015. This programme documents the huge police manhunt that unfolded in the wake of her disappearance, and the police investigation which eventually brought her murderous stepbrother to justice.Untold: The Murder of Air McNair
IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 2024
Steve McNair was an NFL legend whose life was seemingly cut short by a crime of passion. Is there more to this chilling tragedy than meets the eye?Confessions of a Parent Killer
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2025
In 2023, Virginia McCullough was charged with murdering her parents. Speaking freely to arresting officers, Virginia confessed to killing her parents in 2019 and then living alongside their dead bodies for the next five years in the house they shared.Acts of Violence
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1985
A riveting expose about the personalities of murderers and their motives. This 72 minute film covers the McDonalds' restaurant massacre, President Reagan's assassination attempt, serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas and others.Black Box BRD
IMDB 6.2 | May , 2001
Black Box BRD steps back into German history, showing the Federal Republic of Germany of the 70s and 80s. The country is polarized due to the power struggle of the German state and the "Red Army Faction". Society is torn, the fronts are irreconcilable. The life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are tragically linked to this era. Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor; Herrhausen however seizes power and dies when powerful.Murder on the Social Network
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
Using real cases, this documentary demonstrates the extent to which violent criminals can use social media to locate and manipulate victims.The Body in the Bag: The Murder of Melanie Hall
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2023
On the night of June 8, 1996, 25-year-old Melanie Hall was enjoying an evening out with her boyfriend in a nightclub. Thirteen years later, her remains were discovered on a slip road off the M5. In October 2019 police revealed they had new evidence, when they obtained a partial DNA profile from the rope wrapped around the bag containing Melanie's remains. Yet still, her killer remains at large. This documentary re-examines the case and explores the theories surrounding her death.The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics
IMDB 5 | Jul , 2011
Todd Loren, whose scandalous series of unauthorized comic book biographies of rock stars enraged and sometimes charmed his subjects, provoked numerous lawsuit threats from the likes of Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses and Skid Row, and eventually led to a landmark First Amendment case, all before he was savagely murdered in 1992. Includes first hand accounts from many of the artists and writers who were inspired and exploited by Loren, along with interviews with Alice Cooper, Mojo Nixon and more.The Trial
IMDB 9 | Jun , 2017
Mihai Moldoveanu, a former Romanian army officer, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for a crime he claims he did not commit. Following a long series of attempts to prove his innocence, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Moldoveanu's favor in June 2012. The documentary follows him after his provisional release and focuses on the referral of the case and the consequences of the new sentence, giving the viewer the role of a juror in a complicated and controversial lawsuit.Death Metal Murders
IMDB 10 | Nov , 2005
Murder, rape, satanism and necrophilia is the staple diet of millions of teenagers who listen to the lyrics of extreme heavy metal music. This World investigates the potential links between "death metal" and a series of gruesome crimes around the world. In Italy a group of young death metal fans formed a satanic cult called the Beasts of Satan. At least four gruesome killings resulted. But death metal musicians deny that they have any responsibility for the actions of people who profess to be their fans. With exclusive access to the families, one of the killers and graphic police footage, the film tells the inside story for the first time. We hear from the musicians, the children and the parents from Oslo to California and ask just how far can music go in its ability to shock, and just how damaging might it be?The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2003
Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely American Hobo.The Crazy Life
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2008
A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but terrorizing El Salvador. It explores their origins as possible founding myths of organized crime in a globalized world.Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2017
ABC retells the dark, disturbing story of Manson — and his twisted cult of devoted followers he instructed to carry out a series of grisly homicides in 1969. In this two-hour documentary.Gucci : luxe, drame et volupté
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2025
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.