Hindenburg’s Fiery Secrets Witness rare historic footage as you hear incredible first-hand accounts from survivors of the legendary German airship. Watch Now ›
SnagFilms is proud to present its library of history documentaries. Our rapidly growing collection of riveting true stories includes: Girl 27", the story of the rape of dancer Patricia Douglas at a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stag party in 1937; explorer Bob Ballard's successful quest to be the first to locate the legendary Titanic in 1985, in Secrets of the Titanic; and, Return to Tarawa, the story of WWII veteran Leon Cooper's trip to "Red Beach", hallowed ground, now desecrated by trash.
SnagFilms is committed to finding the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available, for free, to the wide audience these titles deserve.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. offers the single most important collection of art by women in the world. The museum provides an astonishing survey of women artists representing every major artistic period, from 16th-century Dutch … Watch Now ›
Founded in 1961, the DuSable is one of the first African-American museums in the country. The museum follows African-American history from its beginning on the shores of Africa to a celebration of African-American achievements including Bessie Coleman, the nation’s first black … Watch Now ›
UNCOUNTED is an explosive documentary that shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 - and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome to any election. This … Watch Now ›
Both political tale and love story, “Goodbye Hungaria” begins in a refugee camp in Hungary, home to hundreds of men, women and children fleeing war and oppression from every corner of the globe. To the refugees, Eastern Hungary is a cold … Watch Now ›
An intimate, hands on encounter with a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in Chino California, Broomfield’s film becomes a 13 week odyssey into Hell, charting with great compassion many young men’s struggle for survival in a brutal environment.
Both uproaringly funny and unerringly cautionary, Broomfield’s behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an … Watch Now ›
From the award-winning Director, THE LEADER, HIS DRIVER AND THE DRIVER’S WIFE portrays the sinister and comic sides of Eugene Terre Blanche, leader of the neo-Nazi AWB Afrikaner Party in South Africa. The leader is doggedly followed around the country by … Watch Now ›
Independent one hour documentary broadcast on M-NET in South Africa which chronicles Nelson Mandela’s 1998 farewell tour through the United States and Canada before he stepped down as President.
One hour documentary about the return of 1250 former political prisoners to the notorious Robben Island prison in South Africa—led by President Nelson Mandela.
Narrated by James Earl Jones, this 90 minute independent documentary chronicles the behind the scenes rebirth of a nation and Nelson Mandela’s triumph in South Africa’s first free elections.
In a stunning indictment of sweeping policy changes during the Bush years, best-selling author Naomi Wolf (The Beauty Myth) makes a chilling case that American democracy is under threat. Investigating parallels between our current situation and the rise of dictators and … Watch Now ›
National Geographic embarks on a voyage of breakthrough discoveries that will forever alter our view of the infamous creature once labeled “the perfect killing machine.” Join the ultimate great white expedition, featuring Jaws creator Peter Benchley and famed underwater photographer David … Watch Now ›
The Least of These explores one of the most controversial aspects of American immigration policy: family detention. As part of the Bush administration policy to end what they termed the “catch and release’” of undocumented immigrants, the U.S. government opened the … Watch Now ›
Featuring purported proof of alien existence in the form of interviews with government scientists and astronaut Gordon Cooper, plus physical evidence from the Roswell Incident and the removal of an alien implant. Also includes over 250 UFOs caught on video, plus … Watch Now ›
“God himself could not sink this ship.’’—Titanic crewman. The unsinkable ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 14, 1912. Approximately 1,500 people perished with her, a loss that stunned the world. For seven decades the fabled liner lay hidden 13,000 feet … Watch Now ›
Chahinaz, a 20 year-old student in Algeria, has mixed feelings about the Western world and its values, but she admires the freedom of Western women. Through her curiosity and voyage of self-discovery, Chahinaz begins to wonder what life is like for … Watch Now ›
In this first of its kind “dramatic-documentary-musical,” essayist Lewis Lapham and an all-star cast (including Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Altman, James Baker and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.) take two young Ivy-League graduates on a tour of the corridors of power. This “astonishing”, … Watch Now ›
The Oscar-winning documentary film about the successful career and assassination of San Francisco’s first openly gay man to be elected to office. The Times of Harvey Milk charts the political rise and assassination of the first openly gay city official in … Watch Now ›
In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed East in the search for enlightenment, free drugs or a ‘pure’ life. Indian peasants assumed that a severe drought in the West was the reason for their migration. India’s holy men saw … Watch Now ›
Hollywood 1937—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the world’s most prestigious and powerful movie studio, tricks 120 underage chorus girls into attending a stag party for its visiting salesmen. When dancer Patricia Douglas tries to flee, she is brutally raped; defying the studio’s order for silence, … Watch Now ›
