Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
Season 1, Episode 1 TV-MA
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This documentary looks inside a most unlikely friendship - between Robert Blecker, one of the country’s most impassioned crusaders for capital punishment, and Daryl Holton, a mass-murderer awaiting execution on Tennessee’s death row. Blecker, a professor at New York Law School, shares some startling common ground with Holton: both believe that the death penalty is a just and necessary punishment. And as the clock ticks down towards the day when Holton will walk to the electric chair, the two men explore together the meaning of mercy, courage, and the morality of the death penalty. All the while, Blecker continues his fight to keep capital punishment alive in the American justice system. The resulting portrait is funny, disturbing and vital: a penetratingly personal look at one of the most compelling and confounding moral questions of our time.
Witness to Waco
Season 1, Episode 2 TV-MA
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An in-depth look into the Branch Davidians, the religious cult led by David Koresh in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which ultimately met with a tragic, fiery end. The revealing documentary features candid interviews with survivors of the tragedy and rarely-seen footage of David Koresh and other members of the group inside the compound throughout the siege of the property.
Witness: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
Season 1, Episode 3 TV-MA
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On a cold February night in 1974, a woman is kidnapped at gunpoint from her apartment. She is held captive in a closet for 57 days. What happens when a person is suddenly and unexpectedly held hostage? How will she change? The woman who entered that closet was college student Patty Hearst. Almost two months later, she emerged as Tania, a self-professed "soldier in the People's Army." Was she a "brainwashed" victim? Or a violent revolutionary? This film chronicles the two-year search for the kidnapped heiress, through the eyes and words of those who lived it.
The McVeigh Tapes: Confession of an American Terrorist
Season 1, Episode 4 TV-MA
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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow brings viewers the inside story of the Oklahoma City bombing, the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil prior to 9/11. Hear Timothy McVeigh's chilling confession in his own words for the first time. Drawing from 45 hours of never-before-released interview audiotapes recorded during McVeigh's prison stay, the film reveals the bomber's descriptions of the planning and execution of the horrific attack and offers insight into how a decorated American soldier became a dangerous, anti-government terrorist. The two-hour documentary employs state-of-the-art computer recreations of the interview with McVeigh and his actions on and leading up to the day of the bombing. It also provides biographical background of McVeigh's life and the path that led to his transformation into an 'American terrorist.'
I Married the Beltway Sniper
Season 1, Episode 5 TV-MA
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MSNBC Films brings viewers the inside story on the men behind the 'D.C. sniper attacks': John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Interviews with Muhammad’s ex-wife Mildred -- who had divorced him long before the attacks -- tell of her former husband’s transformation from a happy father of three into a cold-blooded killer -- who marked her as his final target. Years after the attacks, questions still remain: What was Muhammad’s motive for the attacks? Was Lee Boyd Malvo a ruthless killer, or a brainwashed child in a cult of only two members? Using Malvo’s trial testimony, archived news footage and rare audio recordings of the snipers in their own words, MSNBC Films uncovers what drove this deadly duo to murder so many innocent people.
The Assassination of Dr. Tiller
Season 1, Episode 6 TV-MA
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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow brings viewers inside the events leading to the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a prominent Kansas abortion doctor who was fatally shot by an anti-abortion extremist. "The Assassination of Dr. Tiller" provides first-hand accounts of Tiller’s murder at this church in Wichita. The documentary also includes a never-before-broadcast interview with Dr. Tiller describing a 1993 attack on his life where he was shot 5 times at point-blank range by another anti-abortion extremist.
Hunting a Serial Bomber
Season 1, Episode 7 TV-MA
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A deadly bomb goes off at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, injuring more than 100 people. Another bomb goes off at a family planning clinic in 1997, and then another at a bar frequented by homosexuals. How do you stop a serial bomber? Join federal agents as they hunt for Eric Rudolph in the North Carolina wilderness.
President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon, a Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews
Season 1, Episode 8 TV-MA
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There’s not a single political figure today with the global reach and influence of Bill Clinton -- a former U.S. President turned humanitarian and diplomat extraordinaire. No one else in the political arena has the ability to command the attention of world leaders and organizations everywhere quite like he does. Since President Clinton left office in January 2001, he’s taken on a new and very successful role as an international humanitarian -- his Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton Health Access Initiative, the William J. Clinton Foundation and countless other worthy efforts have made him a hero to peoples across the globe. Clinton’s innate talent for diplomacy gained him international recognition in 2009 when he aided in the release of two imprisoned American journalists from North Korea. He’s also provided invaluable political support to President Obama, hitting the campaign trail for countless Democratic candidates leading up to the November 2010 midterm elections. For this program, host Chris Matthews managed to spend a whirlwind week with Bill Clinton -- hopping from the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to Ireland, where the Hardball host sat down for a one-on-one interview with the former president. In addition, the hour includes intimate interviews with many of Clinton’s close friends and colleagues, including Tony Blair, Terry McAuliffe, John Podesta, Mary Steenburgen and Kevin Spacey.
Erasing Hate
Season 1, Episode 9 TV-MA
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Bryon Widner first became a racist skinhead in 1991, at the age of fourteen. Over the next sixteen years, he was a member of several notorious Neo-Nazi skinhead organizations, such as "The Outlaw Hammerskins," "Blood and Honour," and "The Vinlander Social Club." Around 2007, Bryon, along with his new wife, Julie (also a member of a Neo-Nazi group), started becoming disillusioned with the movement and began spending more time with his new family. Finally, he was presented with an ultimatum by his skinhead gang. He was told to choose between his family and his mates. Bryon chose his family. It was then the death threats began. Bryon and Julie packed up the family and fled from Michigan to Tennessee to start a new life. But starting anew hasn't been easy. Complicating the transition is the fact that during his time as a skinhead, Bryon covered his face, hands and many other parts of his body with tattoos reflecting the racist beliefs he held. Now, he sees them as "just a bad reminder of a part of my life that I left behind," and wants to remove them. In this hour, MSNBC goes inside the world of this former skinhead "pit bull" as he undergoes painful treatments to remove the physical representation of the hate he had exhibited to the world for more than half his life.
9/11: In Our Own Words
Season 1, Episode 10 TV-MA
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9/11: In Our Own Words: NBC anchors and correspondents recall their memories of reporting on the morning of 9/11/01. Weaving together live footage with present-day interviews, the special covers the first several hours as the terrorist attacks on America unfolded.
Day of Destruction, Decade of War
Season 1, Episode 11 TV-MA
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Day of Destruction, Decade of War: Drawing from the field experience of Richard Engel and the analysis and insight of Rachel Maddow, MSNBC takes a broad look at the decade since 9/11/01, exploring how America responded to the attacks and how the country has changed.
Mind Over Mania
Season 1, Episode 12 TV-MA
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Teen Mania is a Christian ministry based in Garden Valley, Texas, whose mission statement is “to provoke a young generation to passionately pursue Jesus Christ and to take His life-giving message to the ends of the earth!” According to the Evangelical Council for Financial Authority, Teen Mania’s estimated revenue for 2010 was over $18,209,81. Raven joined Teen Mania after high school for a year-long internship program called The Honor Academy, which Teen Mania proudly states has more than 8,000 graduates. Most “interns” work full-time in call centers, soliciting new recruits for future Teen Mania events and programs. It was during her time with The Honor Academy that Raven was introduced to ESOAL, the "emotionally stretching opportunity of a lifetime." ESOAL includes activities like “rolling the hill”, where interns eat vomit-inducing foods before repeatedly rolling down a hill. Raven says ESOAL was "the beginning of the end." Ten months into her internship, Raven's mother came to see her at a nearby Teen Mania Tour event. As Raven describes it, "This was the first time that she had seen me in a couple months. She just realized that there was something really wrong. By that time I believe my body really began to shut down, and she decided to take me to the doctor. And the doctor that I saw actually spent a huge amount of time with me and she just asked me if I wanted to go back. And I said, 'I don’t want to go back. I wouldn’t have survived if I had stayed." This hour follows Raven and several other former Teen Mania interns who sought out therapy to recover from the mind control they experienced during their time with the Teen Mania.
Young Kids, Hard Time: Colt and Paul
Season 1, Episode 13 TV-MA
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With sweeping access inside the Youth Incarcerated As Adults (YIA) cellblock at the maximum security Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, Indiana, "Young Kids, Hard Time" reveals what life is like for kids as young as 12 who will grow up behind bars. The YIA cellblock is home to 53 kids who are rarely permitted to leave the unit, due to the dangers posed by the adult prisoners just outside their door. But once a youth offender turns 18, they begin the immediate transition into the general prison population, where thousands of adult prisoners await. "Young Kids, Hard Time" explores post-conviction life for children staring down decades behind bars, illuminating the effects of sentencing kids to the adult prison system, and whether or not this practice leads to a safer society.
Inside the Box: Interrogation - Krebs, Cogdell
Season 1, Episode 14 TV-MA
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It’s the place where lies unravel and alibis crumble, and in the interrogation room, cases can be made... or broken. In California, a seasoned detective takes us along, for a psychological showdown with a suspected serial rapist. And in Arkansas, a teenage boy tells us what’s it like to be 12 years old, and sitting in the interrogation chair.
Inside the Box: Interrogation - Biela/Edmonds
Season 1, Episode 15 TV-MA
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It's the place where lies unravel and alibis crumble - the interrogation room, or as the police call it, "The Box." In the casino town of Reno, Nevada, an accused killer is confronted by his girlfriend, while detectives listen to every word. And in Mississippi, a mother bursts in, as her 13-year-old son confesses to murder. MSNBC takes you "Inside the Box," where cases can be made, or broken.
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