Tom Brokaw
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1940-02-06
Locus Natus: Webster, South Dakota, USA
Et ut: Thomas John Brokaw
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS...
release : 1989.12.01popularis : 4.977
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an...
release : 2004.07.14popularis : 3.549
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
A short documentary about the successful Moscow production of the musical "Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure", also known as "Rag Dolly".
release : 1986.01.12popularis : 0.536
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while...
release : 2016.05.03popularis : 3.604
1968 with Tom Brokaw
In 1968, the fury and violence of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago propelled us toward a tipping point in politics. Martin Luther King...
release : 2007.12.09popularis : 0.67
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates...
release : 2006.01.26popularis : 9.912
Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story
Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist. Ehrlich's fun, loving,...
release : 2008.10.29popularis : 0.868
All the President's Men Revisited
The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on...
release : 2013.04.21popularis : 2.449
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
News documentary that focuses on what takes place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with anchor Tom Brokaw at the side of President George W. Bush,...
release : 2002.01.27popularis : 1.524
Crashing the Party
With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...
release : 2016.07.21popularis : 0.4
RBG
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish...
release : 2018.05.04popularis : 7.226
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique...
release : 2023.06.01popularis : 6.338
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Film-makers and academics discuss the use of mythology in Star Wars and the impact of the films on society
release : 2007.05.28popularis : 2.31
Iverson
Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time...
release : 2014.04.27popularis : 4.841
Last Best Chance
Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before...
release : 2005.01.01popularis : 0.575
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first elected female governor of Texas. Her cool demeanor,...
release : 2014.04.28popularis : 1.08
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
release : 1986.07.04popularis : 1.145
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
release : 2002.05.05popularis : 2.228
America's Library
With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its...
release : 2018.12.31popularis : 0.569
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
A film focusing on one of World War II’s most heroic and least talked about units, Merrill's Marauders. Legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw...
release : 2022.04.18popularis : 0.196
D-Day: Normandy 1944
June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of...
release : 2014.03.21popularis : 5.103
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells on Temple Square join with one of today’s brightest international singing...
release : 2013.10.01popularis : 0.845
Our Time
America has questions about today's youth, what we care about, and where we're headed. We had those questions too. So, after graduating college, four...
release : 2009.04.02popularis : 0.455
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
A detailed reconstruction of the events from Nov. 9th to 11th, 1989, which led to the Berlin wall tumbling down, on a local, national and...
release : 1999.01.01popularis : 0.78
Mike Wallace Is Here
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively...
release : 2019.07.26popularis : 2.618
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
In this full-length documentary, Mary Murphy explores the enduring power, popularity & mystery that is Harper Lee. She interviews Oprah Winfrey,...
release : 2011.05.13popularis : 1.243
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to embracing her true self proved even more...
release : 2021.08.24popularis : 5.862
Spin
Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities’ contempt for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from...
release : 1995.10.05popularis : 2.313
America: The Story of Us
A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to...
release : 2010.09.14popularis : 1.656
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
Narrated by Tom Brokaw, Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire pays tribute to a legendary journalist and artist who epitomizes the fiercely independent voice...
release : 2006.11.07popularis : 0.589
Endangered
A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.
release : 2022.06.12popularis : 2.251
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on...
release : 2001.05.27popularis : 2.392
The Making of Trump
As every day of Donald Trump's presidential campaign seemingly generates new headlines, this two-hour special examines the increasingly polarizing...
release : 2015.11.30popularis : 2.549
Commercial Entertainment Product
The video debut of experimental musicians and culture jamming artists Emergency Broadcast Network.
release : 1992.11.24popularis : 1.096
41 on 41
Interviewees discuss the life of former president George H. W. Bush
release : 2015.06.09popularis : 0.905
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
This remarkable look into one of America’s most intriguing mysteries is an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Tom Brokaw and NBC News brings you the...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.533
Frontline: Biden’s Decision
The inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to...
release : 2024.08.06popularis : 2.808
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
Steve Jobs was a creative and technological visionary who quite simply changed society as we know it. As co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer, Jobs...
release : 2011.11.16popularis : 3.503
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and...
release : 2017.06.18popularis : 1.024
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Go behind-the-scenes of the epic series with Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and the filmmaking team. Hosted by Tom Brokaw, the program includes interviews...
release : 2017.11.28popularis : 1.381
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to...
release : 2017.12.04popularis : 3.056
Vertical Frontier
History of rock climbing in Yosemite.
release : 2002.11.01popularis : 0.958
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film...
release : 2017.10.11popularis : 3.254
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life,...
release : 2018.11.15popularis : 4.022
King
Forty years after Martin Luther King s assassination, HISTORY, with newsman Tom Brokaw, takes viewers through the extraordinary life and times of...
release : 2008.04.08popularis : 0.463
Hamilton: Building America
This documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American...
release : 2017.11.14popularis : 0.359
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....
release : 2018.03.24popularis : 1.908
We Are Columbine
The Columbine shootings were a tragic event in American history and have proved a lasting influence in continued acts of violence ever since. In this...
release : 2019.04.15popularis : 1.278
The Gettysburg Address
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...
release : 2025.11.19popularis : 3.029
Frank Capra's American Dream
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 1.547
Journeys with George
Documentary account of George W. Bush's presidential campaign during the 2000 election.
release : 2002.03.08popularis : 1.736
LA 92
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses...
release : 2017.04.28popularis : 6.514
1968
At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images...
release : 2018.02.25popularis : 0.864
Everything's Cool
In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a...
release : 2007.01.01popularis : 1.828
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who...
release : 2019.10.12popularis : 2.79
Cola Wars
Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the "New Coke" debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been...
release : 2019.07.01popularis : 2.437
The Front Runner
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and...
release : 2018.11.06popularis : 8.572
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...
release : 2021.02.09popularis : 3.212
Celsius 41.11
This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure...
release : 2004.10.22popularis : 1.063
Barbarians at the Gate
F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier,...
release : 1993.03.20popularis : 3.821
Nichols and May: Take Two
A documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.
release : 1996.05.22popularis : 0.95
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Around the world, journalists are increasingly being killed. They die in the crossfire. They die at the hand of criminals and corrupt governments....
release : 2003.11.25popularis : 0.593