From: HBO GO on Tue, Oct 26 2010 9:49 PM

Does having a learning disability mean that you can’t learn? Eight children prove that the answer is a definitive 'No' in this documentary. Interviews with kids are intercut with scenes of the children engaged in activities that reflect their talents to form a compelling portrait of the...

From: HBO GO on Fri, Oct 15 2010 6:17 AM

More than ten billion animals are raised to wind up on American dinner plates each year. But laws mandating humane treatment for these animals are weak and rarely enforced. In this follow-up to the 2006 documentary 'Dealing Dogs,' animal-rights investigator 'Pete' goes underco...

From: HBO GO on Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:34 PM

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

From: HBO GO on Mon, Sep 27 2010 11:58 PM

Actor/filmmaker Adrian Grenier explores the relationship between stars and the paparazzi by turning the camera on a fast-snapping 14-year-old photographer named Austin Visschedyk. In addition to following the teen around, Grenier talks with a number of fellow celebrities (Matt Damon, Eva Longori...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Sep 08 2010 2:22 AM

In the wake of 9/11, journalist Lawrence Wright decided to re-examine the motives of Islamic fundamentalists he’d encountered since 1969. This multimedia adaptation of Wright's stirring one-man play chronicles fundamentalist Islam's rise to power--and Wright's struggle to remain o...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Sep 08 2010 2:22 AM

At 24, Ajmal Naqshbandi was one of Afghanistan’s top 'fixers'--aides who help the foreign media gain access to government officials, and others. This documentary focuses on the relationship between the young journalist/translator/coordinator and American journalist Christian Parenti as...

From: HBO GO on Wed, Jul 14 2010 10:38 PM

Through footage taken by an inmate with a contraband camera, this documentary gives a window on the world few have ever seen--the day-to-day life of prisoners--shedding new light on a prison system gone oppressively wrong.

From: HBO GO on Thu, Jul 01 2010 8:12 AM

This documentary follows a young Oregon mother of four in her final days of freedom before she begins a ten-year prison sentence for killing her abusive husband with help from her son. Alternately shocking and heartbreaking, the harrowing film tells the tragic story of one woman’s fateful decisi...

From: HBO GO on Mon, May 24 2010 10:00 PM

For decades, the HIV virus has been a death sentence for most Africans. But today, a Lazarus-type modern miracle is taking place, bringing those an unbelievable second chance. This film explores the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa--which has killed over 20 million people--and the drug treatments tha...

From: HBO GO on Fri, May 21 2010 4:33 PM

An outspoken, multiracial group of women strive to protect the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa. This documentary focuses on the "rough aunties" of Bobbi Bear--a small but dedicated child welfare group that wages a daily battle against an apathetic system that fal...

From: HBO GO on Sun, May 16 2010 6:46 PM

For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on TV. This documentary takes a fond and illuminating look back at one of America’s most influential authors and media personalities whose curiosity ab...

From: HBO GO on Mon, May 03 2010 6:24 AM

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, HBO presents a collection of perspectives from a diverse group of Asian Americans.

From: HBO GO on Sat, May 01 2010 6:41 AM

To the residents of Moraine, Ohio, General Motors was more than just a car company, it was the lifeblood of a community. In the wake of GM’s 2008 announcement that it was closing the plant, stunned workers looked back at their careers at GM, reminiscing about the opportunities, friendships and p...