From: HBO GO on Sat, Jul 09 2011 5:44 PM

In February 2010, U.S. Marines launched the biggest operation since the start of the war in Afghanistan: Operation Moshtarak. Now, the story--shot by embedded journalist Ben Anderson and featuring some of the most intense fighting footage ever caught on tape--is told in this hour-by-hour account...

From: HBO GO on Sat, Jul 09 2011 5:43 PM

Stand up and make yourself heard--that is the message that went out to more than 500 teenagers as they assembled in Los Angeles for the Brave New Voices 2010 National Slam team championships. Capturing all the excitement and poetry of the five-day festival, this special culminates in the Grand S...

From: HBO GO on Sat, Jul 09 2011 5:43 PM

Latinos share funny, often touching anecdotes and real-life accounts of what it means to be Latino in NY.

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jul 06 2011 8:25 PM

At the Stella D’oro cookie factory in the Bronx, NY, a proud group of multi-cultural, and mostly immigrant, workers went on strike in hopes of protecting their jobs and upholding their union contracts. Their cry: No Contract, No Cookies! This film highlights the close ties that developed between...

From: HBO GO on Mon, Jul 04 2011 9:35 PM

Each year, nearly one million people from all over the world become American citizens. Who are these new Americans, and why do they want to live here? Award-winning filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi takes a journey to find out the answers in this uplifting and illuminating look at the naturalization pr...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jun 22 2011 10:59 PM

What do our future leaders think? Find out in this enlightening documentary that brings kids' ideas about the presidency to life via animation. Sweet and charming, yet with observations as sharp as tacks, these elementary-school youngsters opine on such issues as: the rules about becoming p...

From: HBO GO on Sun, Jun 19 2011 5:44 PM

What happens to a modern-day father when his only child leaves the nest? In this poignant documentary, filmmaker Doug Block faces this prospect when his 17-year-old daughter Lucy prepares to leave for college. Through home movies, the film chronicles Lucy’s development while highlighting the cha...

From: HBO GO on Mon, Jun 13 2011 9:58 PM

Taking an intimate look at the world of immensely talented and driven young chef Paul Liebrandt this film follows the highs and lows of his career, his creative process in the kitchen, and his determination to succeed in New York City’s ultra-competitive restaurant scene.

From: HBO GO on Mon, Jun 13 2011 9:01 AM

This inspiring documentary paints an endearing, intimate portrait of filmmaker Jon Alpert’s family. Filmed over the course of three years, the film focuses primarily on Jon's father Robert Alpert as he approaches his 80th birthday and confronts a life of increasing infirmity.

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jun 08 2011 8:24 PM

On June 6, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Two days later, his casket was placed on a train that would take him to Washington, D.C. Few could have imagined the thousands who would line the 225-mile route--an outpouring of grief and support captured by photographer Paul Fusco. This film...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:17 PM

In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, on one condition: it had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. Ten years later, he offered again--and this time, the school board accepted. HBO presents this illuminating film t...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:17 PM

Americans spend over $60 billion a year on trying to stay young. In this intriguing documentary, Mitch McCabe--the filmmaker-daughter of a plastic surgeon--seeks out an explanation for this obsession as she hits the road to meet doctors, reconstructive surgery experts, and real-American characte...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:17 PM

Americans spend over $60 billion a year on trying to stay young. In this intriguing documentary, Mitch McCabe--the filmmaker-daughter of a plastic surgeon--seeks out an explanation for this obsession as she hits the road to meet doctors, reconstructive surgery experts, and real-American characte...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:17 PM

Artists. Academics. Activists. Athletes. Another remarkable group of African American leaders pose for a series of highly personal visual and audio portraits that offer a unique glimpse into the zeitgeist of black America. Interviewees include: Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Dr. Michael Lomax, Hi...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:17 PM

Many remember Marion Barry as the philandering, drug-addled mayor of Washington, D.C., who was famously caught smoking crack in a 1990 FBI sting. Yet others know him as a folk hero, a civil-rights champion and defender of the poor. Who is the real Marion Barry? This captivating documentary illum...

From: HBO GO on Mon, Jun 06 2011 10:54 PM

At 14, Bobby Fischer stunned the chess world by becoming the youngest Grand Master in history. At 29, he became World Champion and a global celebrity. But at the apex of his success, he disappeared from the public eye. This film chronicles the complex life of this troubled genius whose charisma ...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jun 01 2011 7:18 AM

He was the United Nations' 'go to guy.' Sergio Vieira de Mello was a humanitarian of the highest order, and his long career as a U.N. diplomat earned him tremendous praise for his hands-on work inside nations in crisis--including wartorn Iraq where he was targeted by Al Qaeda terr...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jun 01 2011 7:18 AM

He was the United Nations' 'go to guy.' Sergio Vieira de Mello was a humanitarian of the highest order, and his long career as a U.N. diplomat earned him tremendous praise for his hands-on work inside nations in crisis--including wartorn Iraq where he was targeted by Al Qaeda terr...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jun 01 2011 7:17 AM

An installment of HBO’s 'Habla' specials that feature anecdotes and real-life accounts of what it means to be Latino in the U.S.

From: HBO GO on Sun, May 22 2011 11:43 PM

Growing up and surviving school is tough. Being stigmatized as 'learning disabled' can drive a child right to the edge. Giving hope to students whose dyslexia makes them fear the written word, this enlightening and lighthearted film looks at young people living with learning difference...