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The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, but this searing documentary argues that both have only taken on different forms in the years since its ...

Non-fiction storytelling remains humanity's most potent mirror, holding up raw truths and unfiltered human experience in ways scripted drama rarely can.

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We meet Apolonia Sokol as she prepares for her 26th birthday party. A shaving cream beard coats her face as she trims her bangs in the mirror, hair trickling into the sink below. The first voice we ...

Susan Lorincz. For many Netflix viewers, the name inspires revulsion. Lorincz is the white woman who fired a gunshot through her front door, killing her Black neighbor, Ajike Owens in 2023, invoking ...