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When a girl vanishes from a suburb near Mexico City, the personal goals of some involved in the case muddy the search. Based on a true story.

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The Way Home

An inspirational true story about how a rural community rallied around a distraught family to search for their missing two year-old boy and through doing so changed the lives of many of those involved.

Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

The Perfect Dictatorship

TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?

Mexican Bus Ride

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Coronado

An american woman, in search of her fiance', becomes involved in a revolution of a central-american country.

Have You Seen Andy?

Have You Seen Andy? is a personal story of a childhood friendship abruptly ended by the tragic abduction of a young boy, Andy Puglisi. With special access and a unique perspective, Melanie Perkins, Andy's childhood friend, re-examines the day of his disappearance 30 years ago, reviews the police investigation and uncovers new and startling information, prompting the long-'cold' case to be reactivated.

Cold Blooded

A serial murderer of teenage girls is loose, and working the case are a possibly corrupt detective Lou Miles a probably corrupt chief inspector Brodsky and his "favorite snitch." Dark personal histories and current politics mix to get the ambitious DA and her investigator involved.

Ballad of La Donna

A couple gets involved with a drug cartel with the idea of getting rich quick and leaving behind that world right after they reach their financial goal.

Mexican Manhunt

Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave to solve that murder.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview skills, her repartee with world leaders and, of course, her 10-pound lady balls.

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday is an American limited-run series broadcast on NBC. It is a political satire news show spin-off from Saturday Night Live, featuring that show's "Weekend Update" segment. It initially ran for three 30-minute episodes in October 2008, during the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election.

The Daily Show

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

Frontline

Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

Asylum

Inspired by the true stories of whistle-blowers claiming asylum, Asylum is a satirical comedy about a government whistle-blower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in the London embassy of a fictional Latin American country. Dan Hern is a serious, self-important egotist who is accused of leaking important documents. After a year in the El Rican embassy Dan is bored, depressed and has no hope of getting out - his only chance is to push his case in an interview with the Guardian. The embassy staff are struggling to attract people to the annual embassy ball, as Dan is old news and nobody wants to come. The Ambassador's oily son decides to offer sanctuary to another international fugitive named Ludo Backslash: a larger-than-life, childish hacker and internet pirate, who set up a file-sharing website and became public enemy number one among the global entertainment community.

Murder Made Me Famous

Share personal accounts from victims' family members, jurors, members of law enforcement and journalists involved with each case to gain an intimate perspective and new information.

Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered

The history of U.S. involvement is told in this 7 part documentary series featuring personal stories from veterans and detailing the battles, strategy, and politics of a war that consumed multiple U.S. Presidents. A chronicle of the tragedy that tested the strength of our country and forever changed the social and political landscape of the world.

Power Monkeys

Following the success of their 2015 election comedy Ballot Monkeys, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin (Ballot Monkeys, Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey) return to Channel 4 with a six-part satire lampooning the fictional communications and social media ‘experts’ on both sides of the EU referendum, as well as taking audiences a few doors down from the Kremlin and into the imagined world of Donald Trump’s campaign plane.

I Love You, America

Follow Sarah Silverman as she looks to connect with people who may not agree with her personal opinions through honesty, humor, genuine interest in others and not taking herself too seriously. She feels that now more than ever it's crucial to connect with un-like-minded people.

The Trade

A visceral, rarely-seen look into the personal stories of those most affected by ongoing national emergencies.

The Fourth Estate

Explore the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration. Through extraordinary access, on-the-scene filmmaking, and exclusive sit-down interviews, this documentary series illuminates critical issues facing journalism today – including the challenge to the bedrock concept of truth, the changing role of the media, and the Times’ response to President Trump’s war of words.

Photos That Changed The World

Special series looking at the defining moments of the last century, caught on camera. Hear the stories behind world-changing photos from photographers, eyewitnesses, reporters, historians and more.

Doomsday: The Missing Children

This a three-part documentary, all airing tonight, that focuses on the case of Tylee Ryan Vallow and JJ Vallow whose grandparents reported them missing and suspected their mother, Lori Vallow, was involved. Sadly, the remains of the two children were found in June of this year, so this story does not have a happy ending.

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story

1972: 7-year-old Steven Stayner vanishes from Merced, California. For years, his family searches for him, only to find they’ve been looking for the wrong boy. 50 years on, Steven’s children unearth clues to their father’s mysterious past.

A Criminal Affair

The story of a mother's 15-year struggle to clear her son of a murder he did not commit. It is also the story of a major crimes investigator who always suspected a relative of being involved in the case, but never came forward with that information

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.

Gold, Lies & Videotape

One family has been fighting for over 70 years to recover what they say is rightfully theirs—a $28 billion treasure buried deep inside a mountain in the New Mexico desert. Some believe the U.S. Government stole the 16,000 gold bars and priceless artifacts, while skeptics claim it never existed. Now, the family and its supporters reveal exclusive evidence to prove their case and crack open the mystery of America's greatest treasure story.

El colapso

It tells from the point of view of a diverse group of characters, while the financial, technological, political and environmental system of Mexico City is in collapse.

El show: crónica de un asesinato

The murder of Paco Stanley, the most popular comedian on television in Mexico, unleashes a series of intrigues in the world of politics and entertainment. Through an in-depth investigation, the use of archival material of the time and the direct testimony of the main people involved in the case, this documentary series delves into the culture of show business and exposes the lies and tragedies that unexpectedly marked the arrival of democracy in Mexico in the year 2000.

Las 13 Esposas de Wilson Fernández

The comedic story of a hopeless romantic musician who believes in marriage intensely, but for some reason, each of his wives end up leaving him. A keyboard player in a sports club controlled by a group of dark, yet soulful characters, Wilson Fernández’s story spans from his adolescence until his 50s, going through the past 30 years of Mexican history. Discover how the political and social events that took place during this time have influenced his personal life.

Senda prohibida

A girl leaves her town with the goal of succeeding in life. Upon arriving in Mexico City, thanks to her beauty and her good manners, she gets a job in an office where she falls in love with her boss.

Marketplaces

Apart from being a feast for the senses and meeting places for noisy human swarms in search of all kinds of merchandise, the markets contain stories and characters that give them unique characters. This documentary series proposes a journey through thirteen of the most representative of Mexico City to get to know them from within.

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