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Rating: 6.9/10 From PBS NewsHour comes China: Power and Prosperity, an immersive feature-length exploration of the country's internal progress and growing sphere of power and influence across the globe. Featuring insights from more than 70 interview subjects, the film examines the values promoted by President Xi Jinping, and how his embrace of Communist ideals is shaping the future of the country. Do his efforts represent a prosperous diagnosis for the Chinese people, or a compromised system that squanders personal freedoms? In some parts of the country, the president enjoys a reputation as a leader of near mythic status. Evidence of the "cult of Xi" can be seen across the countryside. Billboards and films are produced in his honor and school curriculums are designed to promote his infallibility. Meanwhile, in cities like Hong Kong, protestors have taken to the streets to oppose the president's oppressive power plays and abolishment of essential

Rating: 8.1/10 In the gripping and traumatic feature-length documentary 13th, critically acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay characterizes the modern-day U.S. criminal justice system as a direct extension of slavery. This Oscar-nominated film exposes the real motives behind the record number of incarcerations in the U.S., and smartly harkens back to this phenomenon's shameful origins over a century ago. The United States holds the record for the most incarcerations per capita in the entire world. Lawmakers and penal system representatives claim this unprecedented enslavement is the byproduct when one is tasked to keep their communities safe from violent or destructive criminal activity. But the overwhelming evidence - as presented in the film - indicates otherwise. The film begins by outlining the lasting reach of popular mythmaking as epitomized in the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, which successfully resuscitated the Ku Klux Klan and promoted the image of th

Rating: 8.6/10 In Moscow, VICE co-founder Shane Smith's in depth interview with controversial NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden serves as the backdrop for a story on the state of government sponsored surveillance both at home in the US and around the world. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Rating: 7.3/10 A film that shares the heartbreaking accounts of those impacted by gun violence and reveals new hope for common ground in the debate over guns in America. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Rating: 8.2/10 This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the ‘top 1% control 90% of the wealth’, the film argues that the media system is nothing but a ‘subsidiary of corporate America.  H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Rating: 8.5/10 On the 7th of July 2005 London was hit by a series of explosions. You probably think you know what happened that day. But you  don’t. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!