{"id":17288,"date":"2022-10-19T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=17288"},"modified":"2022-10-19T15:11:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:11:17","slug":"the-best-non-fiction-to-stream-now-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/10\/19\/the-best-non-fiction-to-stream-now-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Non-fiction To Stream Now &#8211; On Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>MUST-WATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE REHEARSAL S1 <\/strong>| Binge now, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weird, but wonderful? | The Rehearsal | Coming to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Mb4aPS6uuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Rehearsal<\/em> explores the lengths one man will go to to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder (2022 Emmy nominee <em>How To With John Wilson<\/em>) allows ordinary people to prepare for life\u2019s biggest moments by \u201crehearsing\u201d them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Rehearsal<\/em> has been a hit with fans and critics alike, with an 8.7\/10 rating on <em>IMdb<\/em> and a 94% critics\u2019 rating on<em> Rotten Tomatoes. Daily Beast<\/em> hailed Fielder as &#8220;the undisputed king of cringe comedy,&#8221; calling <em>The Rehearsal<\/em> &#8220;a masterpiece of awkward chaos&#8221;, while \u200b<em>IndieWire<\/em> praised the show as \u201ca grand HBO experiment\u201d that achieves \u201cnext-level entertainment\u201d and <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> called it \u201cas enthralling and bizarre as life itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HBO recently renewed <em>The Rehearsal<\/em> for a second season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TIKTOK, BOOM<\/strong> | Stream from 26 October, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TIKTOK, BOOM (Trailer)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUuTlaFRGTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With over three billion downloads, TikTok has shaken up the social media landscape to become the most downloaded app in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring influencers like Spencer X, Feroza Aziz, and Deja Fox, <em>TikTok, Boom.<\/em> is \u201ca lively, handy TikTok primer\u201d that explores how the Chinese-owned app \u201cwon the eyeballs of a generation\u201d while becoming \u201ca geopolitical hot potato,\u201d to quote <em>Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Sundance Institute Documentary Film fellow Shalini Kantayya (<em>Coded Bias<\/em>), the feature documentary premiered at Sundance in 2022 and screened in competition at SXSW and CPH:DOX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WE&#8217;RE HERE S2<\/strong> | Binge from 23 October<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Changing lives, one drag at a time | We\u2019re Here Season 2| Showmax Series\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZfNqn-_K6zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner of 2022 Emmys for Costumes and Makeup, <em>We\u2019re Here <\/em>follows Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O\u2019Hara and Shangela as they continue their journey spreading love and connection through the art of drag.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The queens recruit local residents from across small-town America to participate in one-night-only drag shows, inspiring their \u201cdrag daughters\u201d to express their genuine selves in front of their families, friends and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Decider<\/em> lauded the show as \u201cnothing short of a miracle,\u201d and \u201cbigger, bolder, peak excellence\u201d<em>,<\/em> saying it\u2019s \u201cunlike anything else on TV\u201d, while <em>A.V. Club<\/em> called it \u201cshow stopping\u201d and \u201ca glammed up, emotional road trip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HBO has already renewed the unscripted reality series for a third season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022 EMMY WINNERS AND NOMINEES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GEORGE CARLIN&#8217;S AMERICAN DREAM <\/strong>| Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"George Carlin&#039;s American Dream | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TWCGCacySrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, the two-part HBO documentary <em>George Carlin&#8217;s American Dream<\/em> was named Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Special at this year\u2019s Emmys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Described by Stephen Colbert as \u201cthe Beatles of comedy\u201d, Carlin\u2019s fearless countercultural comedy spanned five decades, including 14 HBO comedy specials and more than 130 appearances on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>, until his death in 2008. The documentary chronicles the life and work of the legendary comedian, a cultural chameleon who is remembered as one of the most influential stand-up comics of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documentary opens an intimate window into Carlin\u2019s personal life, and includes both material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive, as well as interviews with George Carlin&#8217;s family, friends, and the people he inspired \u2013 legends like Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt, Bette Midler, W. Kamau Bell and Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>George Carlin&#8217;s American Dream<\/em> holds a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, where the critics\u2019 consensus calls it a \u201crevealing retrospective on the beloved comedian&#8217;s career that ought to be mandatory viewing for standup fans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100 FOOT WAVE S1<\/strong> | Binge now, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It\u2019s like the Everest of the ocean! | #100FootWave Season 1 | New to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_mEx6b7YhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner of the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography, <em>100 Foot Wave<\/em> follows the decade-long odyssey of big-wave surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara who, after visiting a small fishing village in Portugal, helped push the sport beyond the realm of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six-part HBO documentary series was also up for Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series and has a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>LA Weekly<\/em> calls the series \u201ca wild ride\u2026 both maddening and captivating to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET <\/strong>| Stream now, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Gang | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQEFS6aKXCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner of the Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Emmy for 2022, <em>Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street <\/em>explores the birth of the most impactful children\u2019s series in TV history, which has won a record 214 Emmys, 11 Grammys, three Peabodys, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (for the iconic Muppet Big Bird, and legendary puppeteer Jim Henson).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Street Gang<\/em> includes the iconic furry characters and the songs multiple generations have come to know by heart, as well as never-before-seen archive footage and interviews with the original gang of visionary creators who set out to change the world. Look out for appearances from Muhammad Ali, James Earl Jones, Reverend Jesse Jackson and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Street Gang<\/em> has a 95% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, where the critics\u2019 consensus calls it \u201cas enlightening as it is purely entertaining.\u201d <em>US Weekly<\/em> calls it \u201ca warm hug of a documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IN THE SAME BREATH<\/strong> \u00a0| Stream now on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Same Breath (2021) | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXgPNA19YKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for Emmys for both Best Documentary and Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary this year,<em> In The Same Breath<\/em><em> <\/em>illustrates the devastating toll of widespread misinformation in the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Nanfu Wang (<em>One Child Nation, Mind Over Murder<\/em>), who was born in China and now lives in the United States, the documentary explores the early confusion and parallel campaigns by authorities to try to contain the virus as well as shape the public narrative through misinformation, resulting in a devastating impact on citizens of both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HBO feature documentary also won the Festival Favourites Audience Awards at SXSW 2021, a 2022 Peabody Award, and the 2022 Cinema Eye Honours Award for Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking, among other accolades. As <em>Vox<\/em> says: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine any pandemic documentary being better than <em>In the Same Breath<\/em>\u2026 a chilling, truly absorbing film with big implications for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS<\/strong> \u00a0| Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | HBO Documentary | First on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3DIDuop7LZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for Emmys for both Best Documentary and Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary this year, <em>A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks<\/em><strong> <\/strong>explores the enduring legacy of the legendary photographer, whose work brought the Black community\u2019s struggle for dignity and justice to middle America on the pages of <em>LIFE<\/em> magazine from 1948 to 1972.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Emmy winner John Maggio (<em>Mr. Saturday Night<\/em>,<em> The Perfect Weapon<\/em>) and executive produced by Kasseem \u201cSwizz Beatz\u201d Dean and Alicia Keys, the HBO documentary traces Parks\u2019s impact on three contemporary photographers: Devin Allen, whose photograph \u201cBaltimore Uprising\u201d of the Freddie Gray protests was featured on the cover of <em>Time<\/em>; LaToya Ruby Frazier, who for five years followed the Flint, Michigan, water crisis; and Jamel Shabazz, whose photographs on the streets of New York form a visual history of the hip-hop era while simultaneously presenting affirming images for his community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also look out for interviews with the likes of filmmakers Spike Lee and Ava DuVernay, <em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u2019s Jelani Cobb, actor Richard Roundtree, historian Khalil Muhammad, and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, author of <em>Just Mercy.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks <\/em>has an 88% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes, <\/em>with <em>RogerEbert.com <\/em>calling it, \u201cDeeply moving in how it illustrates the ways in which a single life can have an eternal ripple effect throughout the generations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OBAMA: IN PURSUIT OF A MORE PERFECT UNION<\/strong> | Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union | HBO documentaries on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRZriSHMvXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for Emmys for both Best Documentary and Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary this year,<em> <\/em>HBO\u2019s <em>Obama:<\/em><em> <\/em><em>In<\/em><em> <\/em><em>Pursuit<\/em><em> of a More Perfect Union <\/em>chronicles the personal and political journey of Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the USA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by seven-time Emmy winner Peter Kunhardt and executive produced by <em>The New Yorker<\/em>&#8216;s Jelani Cobb, the three-part docuseries has a 91% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, with <em>RogerEbert.com <\/em>calling it \u201ca comprehensive and compelling analysis\u2026 Kunhardt\u2019s film brightly illuminates how essential the discussion of Obama\u2019s handling of race is to American culture as a whole, especially when it was no accident that every president before him was a white man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Obama:<\/em><em> <\/em><em>In<\/em><em> <\/em><em>Pursuit<\/em><em> of a More Perfect Union<\/em> features the likes of politician Jesse Jackson, professors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cornel West, political consultant David Axelrod, authors Michael Eric Dyson and Ta-Nehisi Coates, reverends Alvin Love and Jeremiah Wright, <em>New Yorker<\/em> editor David Remnick, speechwriter Jon Favreau and journalists Laura Washington and Michele Norris. Interspersed with his own speeches and news interviews, the series begins with Obama\u2019s childhood and takes us through his perspective as the son of a white mother from Kansas and an African father, his spiritual formation by a generation of Black leaders, and his hopes for a more inclusive America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>, says, \u201cHBO\u2019s new documentary goes places the Obama media machine might not have&#8230; It ultimately sets itself apart by taking a deeper look at the multitude of issues that surfaced <em>after<\/em> America finally chose its first Black president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE LAST CRUISE <\/strong>| Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Cruise | HBO Documentary on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VAoYSQoC5h8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for a 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary, HBO\u2019s <em>The Last Cruise<\/em> chronicles the first big outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China: the Diamond Princess cruise liner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the uncontained outbreak on the luxury vessel at the start of the pandemic in January 2020 became a global spectacle and a faraway symbol of the new virus and its potential to upend any sense of normalcy, passengers aboard the ill-fated cruise ship were quarantined in their staterooms for weeks as the crew tended to the sick, delivered room service and slept and dined in cramped, shared quarters. Through never-before-seen footage from passengers and crew, we watch class divisions erupt as humanity misses its chance to contain Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Hannah Olsen (<em>Baby God<\/em>), <em>The Last Cruise<\/em> has a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em> and was also nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 2021 Critics Choice Documentary Awards. <em>The Film Stage<\/em> calls it \u201ca vital and horrifying record of a crisis that we should have quickly learned from, that captures the moment with the immediacy of Facebook Live or Snapchat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DREAMLAND: THE BURNING OF BLACK WALL STREET <\/strong>| Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DREAMLAND: The Burning of Black Wall Street (Trailer)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bkz0dcqr3w8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for a 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary,<em> Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street<\/em> celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and investigates the race massacre 100 years ago that left an indelible but hidden stain on American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As<em> RogerEbert.com<\/em> says, \u201cThe story of the Tulsa Massacre entered the national consciousness because of Damon Lindelof\u2019s <em>Watchmen<\/em> and Misha Green\u2019s <em>Lovecraft Country.<\/em> <em>Dreamland: The Burning Of Black Wall Street<\/em>\u2026 feels like the first time that the voices of the victims have finally been heard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREDDIE MERCURY: THE FINAL ACT <\/strong>| Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for an International Emmy for Best Arts Programming and a BAFTA for Specialist Factual, <em>Freddie Mercury: The Final Act<\/em>is the story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury\u2019s life and how, after his death from Aids, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV\/Aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film hears from those who performed at the epic gig, including Gary Cherone (Extreme), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Lisa Stansfield and Paul Young, as well as the concert\u2019s promoter, Harvey Goldsmith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by BAFTA-nominated documentary filmmaker James Rogan (<em>Monty Python: The Meaning of Live<\/em>, <em>1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything<\/em>), Freddie&#8217;s story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period, with medical practitioners, survivors and human rights campaigners, including Peter Tatchell, recounting the intensity of living through the Aids pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STREAM NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ZIWE S2<\/strong> | Binge from today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No time for status quo | ZIWE Season 2 | Coming to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a0oGGbgoUI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in the US to Nigerian parents, Ziwe Fumudoh is the host of <em>Ziwe<\/em>, a riotously funny, no-holds-barred mix of musical numbers, interviews and sketches that challenge our discomfort with race, politics, and other cultural issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ziwe<\/em> has earned back to back 2021 and 2022 nominations from The Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch, as well as the Dorian Award for Best Current Affairs Program from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, two years in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season 2 features guest appearances by the likes of multiple Emmy nominees Nicole Byer (<em>A Black Lady Sketch Show<\/em>) and Ilana Glazer (<em>Broad City<\/em>), <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> fan favourite Katya Zamalodchikova, model, actress and author Emily Ratajkowski, and Mia Khalifa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vulture <\/em>hails <em>Ziwe<\/em> as \u201ciconic\u201d; <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> says, \u201cZiwe perfected the art of putting people on the spot\u201d; and <em>Salon.com<\/em> calls her show \u201cboth a true star-making platform and a spoof of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY <\/strong>| Stream now, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Met in Virtual Reality | An HBO Documentary\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xTLn6ezjxxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We Met In Virtual Reality<\/em>, the first feature-length documentary filmed entirely in virtual reality, tells stories of love, loss, and unexpected connection within the world of VR, where you can be who you\u2019ve always wanted to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2022 and the NEXT: WAVE Award at CPH:Dox 2022, the HBO documentary has a 94% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Screen International<\/em> praises it as \u201ca tender, affecting documentary about love, friendship and people finding a place where they can be themselves. It just happens that those people are digitally generated aliens, horned sex demons and other outr\u00e9 creations (even Kermit the Frog) &#8230; At once bizarre, charming, perplexing and rich with philosophical implications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MIND OVER MURDER <\/strong>| Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mind Over Murder | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tXPYl-R_oWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The HBO true crime docuseries <em>Mind Over Murder <\/em>chronicles the bizarre story of six individuals who were convicted for the 1985 murder of beloved 68-year-old grandmother Helen Wilson. Despite five of the individuals originally confessing to the crime, the \u201cBeatrice Six\u201d, as they became known, were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2009, a turn of events that divided the rural town and incensed Helen\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the filmmakers track the case, from the murder through investigation, trial, exoneration and two civil suits, shifting perspectives cloud the truth, and a stranger-than-fiction tale emerges that raises questions about the reliability of confessions and memory in criminal cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mind Over Murder<\/em> is directed by Nanfu Wang, who won the SXSW Audience Award for <em>In The Same Breath<\/em>, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for <em>Born In China<\/em>, and was nominated for an Emmy for <em>One Child Nation<\/em>. 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Taking viewers on an immersive journey through the writer\u2019s trailblazing life, the film weaves together fact and fiction to reveal the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narrated by a cast of Jackie&#8217;s closest friends and family, the film shares the private struggles of a woman who became an icon of 1980s feminism whilst hiding her own vulnerability behind a carefully crafted, powerful, public persona. The film evolves from a celebration of Jackie&#8217;s revolutionary novels &#8211; which placed female sexuality at the heart of their storytelling &#8211; into a multi-layered deliberation on feminism, family dynamics, and the universal quest to understand how our childhood experiences and early traumas ultimately make us who we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Emmy winner John Battsek (<em>Searching for Sugarman<\/em>) among its producers, the documentary has a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, where the critics\u2019 consensus says, \u201cHelmed with the same frothy glamour as its subject&#8217;s novels, <em>Lady Boss<\/em> is a joyous retrospective of Jackie Collins and a persuasive reappraisal of her literary contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT \u00a0<\/strong>| Stream now, first on Showmax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It -Official Trailer | In Theaters June 18\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t84GEdvTLVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of just 17 people to have achieved the coveted EGOT (winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award), with a Peabody Award to boot, Rita Moreno is best remembered for her role as Anita in 1961\u2019s musical blockbuster <em>West Side Story<\/em>. The role earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and delivered its second Oscar win earlier this year for Ariana DeBose in the 2021 Spielberg adaptation, which also saw Rita nominated for a 2022 Critics Choice Award and a Black Reel Award as Valentina. In a career spanning eight decades, she\u2019s also had memorable roles in everything from <em>Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/em> and <em>The King and I<\/em> to the 80s classic series <em>9 to 5<\/em>, and award-winning prison drama <em>Oz<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rita Moreno was named one of Cinema Eye\u2019s Unforgettables earlier this year, with <em>Just a Girl<\/em> up for Best Documentary at the 2022 Black Reel Awards and Most Compelling Living Subject at the 2021 Critics\u2019 Choice Documentary Awards, among other honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Just a Girl<\/em> is executive produced by Oscar nominees Lin-Manuel Miranda (<em>Hamilton<\/em>, <em>In the Heights<\/em>) and Norman Lear (<em>Maude<\/em>, <em>Fried Green Tomatoes<\/em>), who are also among the film\u2019s guests, along with Rita\u2019s <em>West Side Story<\/em> co-star George Chakiris, Golden Age silver screen star Mitzi Gaynor (<em>South Pacific<\/em>), Broadway legend Chita Rivera (<em>Sweet Charity<\/em>, <em>Tick, Tick&#8230; Boom!<\/em>), multi-Grammy-winner Gloria Estefan, Emmy nominee Eva Longoria, and Oscar winners Whoopi Goldberg and Morgan Freeman. 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