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Showing 124 Films sorted by Genre: 'Biography'

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
Literary phenomenon. Revolutionary storyteller. Feminist icon. Novelist Jackie Collins’ trailblazing and glamorous life is reme...
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Let the Canary Sing
Alison Ellwood’s boisterous documentary is a big-hearted and joyous look at the life and career of music icon Cyndi Lauper. Fro...
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Suzanne Joe Kai’s intimate documentary—including archival interviews with legends like Marvin Gaye, Jim Morrison, and Elton Joh...
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Liquor Store Dreams
So Yun Um’s debut feature is a moving portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams ...
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Loudmouth
Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.
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Lynch / Oz
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This new documentary goes over th...
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Marinette
Marinette tells the story of pioneering French female soccer star Marinette Pichon. Filmmaker Virginie Verrier's biopic traces ...
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Martha: A Picture Story
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declare...
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Meeting Gorbachev
Profiling one of the most influential figures of 20th-century history, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog candidly sits down wit...
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Merman
A 58 year-old Black queer man speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder and civil rights advocate.
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Milli Vanilli
Filmmaker Luke Korem looks back on the origins and eventual fallout of pop music's greatest swindle. Milli Vanilli scrutinizes ...
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Miss Brown
Gina Fiore, AKA Miss Brown, started counting cards at the age of 23 and ran with a team across the country, taking over 10 mill...
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Miss Panama
When Gloria Karamañites became Miss Panama, she didn’t just win a pageant. She made history.
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Monster
A sonic memoir about confronting a real demon while making a horror movie in Latvia.
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Mother Country Radicals
In 1970, Bernardine Dohrn declared war on the United States. Now, her son Zayd tells the story of how she was radicalized, and ...
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Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence was flying high as the lead singer of the legendary rock band INXS until his untimely death in 1997. Richard ...
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Inspired by the travels of his friend, the legendary writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin, Werner Herzog sets out on his own jo...
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No Plan A
An intimate and comic portrait of one family’s drive across the country to see their 99-year-old grandfather diagnosed with can...
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Of Medicine and Miracles
This riveting documentary chronicles the monumental task of curing cancer, as seen through the harrowing experiences of one you...
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Once Removed
Once Removed is an audio documentary play about what it means to inherit a history of silence as a queer person from the upper ...
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Radiotopia Presents: My Mother Made Me
My Mother Made Me explores the relationship between writer Jason Reynolds and his mother, Isabell. Through informal interviews ...
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Raging Bull
In this new 4K scan from the original camera negative, Robert De Niro teams up with director Martin Scorsese to create one of ...
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Rather
Rather is a long overdue tribute to an icon of journalism, a late-in-life Twitter superstar, father, husband, and voice of reas...
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RESIST: The Resistance Revival Chorus
In the midst of a country divided, a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals unite through the historic power of musi...
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Rise - the Siya Kolisi Story
Chronicling the legendary story of the first Black captain of the South Africa National Rugby Union Team, Rise - the Siya Koli...
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