17 Aug 2005
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
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.
American Experience: Murder at Harvard
Inspired by a book by acclaimed historian Simon Schama, Murder at Harvard uses a combination of film-noir drama and present-day documentary footage to tell the true tale of one of the most notorious American crimes of the 19th century. Grappling with frustrating gaps in the historical record, Schama assumes the role of a time-travelling detective who takes an unusual step for an historian and imagines how certain scenes and encounters might have played out. "Maybe I thought what I was after was not a literal documentary truth," Schama tells us, "but a poetic truth — an imaginative truth — and for that I was going to have to become my own Resurrection man. I was going to have to make these characters live again."
Top Billed Cast
Simon Schama
Similar movies
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till Invasion 
Invasion 06 Apr 2014
Invasion
INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order to re-define their identity and become who they are today.
Styckmordet: berättelsen om en rättsskandal 
Styckmordet: berättelsen om en rättsskandal 14 May 2005
Styckmordet: berättelsen om en rättsskandal
Originally planned as a two part docudrama - "The child's story" and "The double sentence". In the years 1982-84 was three women prostitutes murdered in Stockholm. 27-year-old Catrine da Costa was the third in this row. The murders had similarities that never before was recognized. Two medical doctors identifies as murderers in the media. The two was at first convicted of murder in the district court and then acquitted by the District Court.
Myra: The Making of a Monster 
Myra: The Making of a Monster 03 Sep 2003
Myra: The Making of a Monster
The documentary examines Myra Hindley's psyche, the nature of her relationship with Ian Brady, her background, and time in prison. When Moors murderer Myra Hindley died on 15 November, she was Britain's longest serving woman prisoner - spending 36 years in jail. Hindley was jailed for life in 1966 for murdering two children with her lover Ian Brady.
Ian Brady: 50 Years Behind Bars 
Ian Brady: 50 Years Behind Bars 03 May 2016
Ian Brady: 50 Years Behind Bars
As 2015 marks a half a century since the Moors murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment, this documentary examines Ian Brady's 50 years in jail. Among the contributors are prison officers, detectives, relatives of victims, pen pals and inmates who served time with him. They reveal how Brady has shown a psychopathic lack of connection with his crimes. Arrested and charged in 1965, he’s never been considered for parole, nor has he asked to be freed.
The Moors Murder Code 
The Moors Murder Code 15 Sep 2004
The Moors Murder Code
The Moors Murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17. This documentary is an investigation into a collection of photographs owned by murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley that police claimed may have led to the identification of the sites of their victims' graves.
Romantik – Kunst wider das Chaos 
Romantik – Kunst wider das Chaos 03 Oct 2021
Romantik – Kunst wider das Chaos
Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its emblematic painters Friedrich, Venetsianov and Delacroix.
Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers 
Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers 05 Jan 2017
Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers
A Hollywood movie executive and his wife, a one-time beauty queen, were brutally slain in the den of their Spanish-style mansion. The special uncovers the hidden clues of the Menendez family's descent into hell including never-before-seen home movies and photos from the family vault and testimony from members of the Menendez inner circle. The brothers' best friends and neighbors, the lead detectives, lawyers and jurors from the case, and the family members profile the intimate details of the Menendez family, including Erik's secret life.
A Murder in Mansfield 
A Murder in Mansfield 12 Nov 2017
A Murder in Mansfield
Oscar®-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple explores the legacy of the 1989 murder of Noreen Boyle in Mansfield, Ohio. Her 12-year-old son Collier gave a devastating videotaped testimony blaming his father for the murder. Now, over two decades later, Collier returns to Ohio seeking to retrace his past and confront his imprisoned father, who remains in denial of his guilt. Collier’s depth of character is a wonder to behold from childhood to adulthood. Out of this tragic story, we witness the power of human resilience.
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley 
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley 29 Mar 2020
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Mark Gatiss explores the life and career of Aubrey Beardsley, an artist who wielded outrage as adroitly as his pen. A lifelong fan, Mark shows how Beardsley was more than just a genius of self-promotion who scandalised the art world of the 1890s. He was also a technological innovator, whose uncompromising attitude still feels remarkably modern.
How to Rob a Bank 
How to Rob a Bank 04 Jun 2024
How to Rob a Bank
In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.
Mascus, les hommes qui détestent les femmes 
Mascus, les hommes qui détestent les femmes 10 Apr 2024
Mascus, les hommes qui détestent les femmes
In the form of a cyber-investigation, this documentary seeks to decode the manosphere and expose its dangers. Journalist Pierre Gault "infiltrated" forums, Telegram or WhatsApp groups, and private conversations. The normalization of sexual assaults, calls for rape, misogynistic and racist rhetoric, harassment... his deep dive into masculinist communities is staggering, uncovering a culture of hatred toward women.
Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups 
Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups 19 May 2024
Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups
A BBCEye investigation into three K-pop stars who were sharing evidence of sexual crimes in secret chat groups.
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project 
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project 05 Apr 2020
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project
Kim Kardashian West works to shine a light on stories of people she believes have paid their debt to society while also bringing awareness to America’s growing problem with mass incarceration.
Rhino Man 
Rhino Man 26 Jul 2024
Rhino Man
RHINO MAN follows the courageous field rangers who risk their lives every day to protect South Africa's rhinos from being poached to extinction.
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story 
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story 29 Apr 2020
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
Black Box BRD 
Black Box BRD 24 May 2001
Black Box BRD
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.
Paris Train Stations: Shaping the City 
Paris Train Stations: Shaping the City 21 Oct 2020
Paris Train Stations: Shaping the City
Every day, Paris’ six railway stations welcome over 3,000 trains and more than a million travelers coming from France and all over Europe. The stations’ sizes are impressive: Gare du Nord is bigger than the Louvre or Notre-Dame de Paris. These railway stations are architectural landmarks and a model of urban planning despite the radical changes they’ve undergone since their construction in the middle of the 19th century. How did the railway stations manage to absorb the boom of travelers in just a few decades? What colossal works were necessary to erect and then modify these now essential buildings? From the monumental glass walls of Gare du Nord to the iconic tower of Gare de Lyon, to the first-ever all-electric train station, each has its own story, technical characteristics, and well-defined urban image.
The Murder of Joanna Yeates 
The Murder of Joanna Yeates 22 Apr 2025
The Murder of Joanna Yeates
The case of Yeates, found murdered on Christmas Day 2010 in Bristol, became a stark example of media frenzy gone wrong. Her innocent landlord, Christopher Jefferies, was wrongly accused, before a Dutch national was ultimately jailed.
Crimes Against Humanity 
Crimes Against Humanity 18 Dec 2017
Crimes Against Humanity
A reflection about the urgent necessity of a Universal Jurisdiction enabled to act where other initiatives fail. We are resolved to give voice to the forgotten victims of the Spanish Franco regime and determined to become an agent of change for the dissemination of some events which have left a mark on the Spanish society and which are still unknown nowadays by most of the population, who thinks to know them, but actually got a manipulated version in the best-case scenario.