Hot Docs at Home - Season 1 / Year 2020
Season 1 / Year 2020
Episodes
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art
This documentary investigates and exposes the events, high-society characters and con artists that brought such a bizarre and sudden end to what was one of the world's best-known art galleries M. Knoedler & Co.
9/11 Kids
It's the most famous whisper in American history. President Bush learns of the 9/11 attacks while sitting in front of 16 schoolchildren. This is the untold story of those kids. Today they are in their mid-20s and offer a fascinating window into post 9/11 America.
Finding Sally
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared during the Ethiopian Revolution.
Meat The Future
The prospect of meat consumption doubling by 2050 is a wake-up call for solutions. The planet's future may lie with "cell-based meat," a food science that grows meat from animal cells, without the need to slaughter animals.
They Call Me Dr. Miami
Dr. Miami is the "most famous plastic surgeon of the universe". While chasing fame, can this Orthodox Jewish father of five carry on with his gimmick and still preserve his identity?
Influence
A story of influence and weaponized communication centering on the infamous Lord Tim Bell and his associates, known for their controversial geopolitical spin-doctoring.
The Walrus and the Whistleblower
A whistleblower is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus and launches into a personal quest against the backdrop to end marine mammal captivity.
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The Chi
The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Kevin is the pre-teen who must step past shattered illusions and embrace the normal rites of childhood, while Brandon the dreamer makes his own nearly impossible leap of faith to succeed in life and love with girlfriend Jerrika. Emmett is the carefree teen is thrust into complex responsibility with guidance from his mother Jada, and Ronnie is the drifter whose struggle to love and be loved calls into question his every pursuit.
The Wild Ones
One of the most ambitious wildlife series ever filmed, The Wild Ones explores our planet's fragile ecosystems, uncovering insights about how to help save and protect the most precious endangered species. All of the elusive animals captured on film in The Wild Ones have one thing in common - there are fewer than one thousand of them left in the wild.
The Wild Ones follows a team of world-class filmmakers and scientists as they venture off the beaten path, capturing groundbreaking, often first-time footage of the planet's most charismatic species using cutting-edge technology. The rare species profiled include the Gobi bear, Malayan tiger, Javan rhino, Caucasian leopard, Cross River gorilla and the North Atlantic right whale.
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter: Resurrection, a continuation of Dexter: New Blood, takes place weeks after Dexter Morgan takes a bullet to the chest from his own son, as he awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won't come easy. When Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined - and that the only way out is together.