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In the aftermath of 9/11, public attention riveted on the capture of John Walker Lindh, a radical mujahideen fighter who became known as “the American Taliban.” Emmy-winning director Greg Barker harrowingly explores how America grapples with justice in the fog of war and how narratives are built and destroyed in the aftermath of battle.

“Queen of Sleaze” or feminist pioneer? Powerhouse novelist Jackie Collins created a brash sex-positive persona while hiding her private struggles. Watch the documentary now on Netflix.

Laura Fairrie profiles Joan Collins’ younger sister, bestselling author Jackie Collins, in Lady Boss, a fascinating new film based on never before seen content from the writer’s personal diaries, candid interviews, archival footage and extracts from her novels.

Jackie Collins sold half a billion books, taught women to demand power, and told the truth about Hollywood, yet she’s never gotten her due.

A new documentary goes beyond the shoulder pads and leopard prints to examine a writer fighting her way out of sister Joan’s shadow.

Director Laura Fairrie pulls back the veil to reveal the private persona behind the celebrity author whose racy novels gave women license to explore their desires and shape their destinies.

A fabulous, hilarious and deeply moving feminist fairy-tale that takes us on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of Jackie Collins.

The movie begins with a familiar quote from Primo Levi: “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”

A collection of interviews with the last generation of Germans who lived through the Third Reich doubles as an urgent reminder to keep history from repeating itself.

A fascinating look, yet again, at one of history’s most horrendous periods and explores the era’s eternal question: “Were you a perpetrator if you knew, but said or did nothing?”

The filmmaker Luke Holland interviews a series of former Nazi functionaries in this unsettling study of complicity.

London-based Modern Films has acquired Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story and is planning a July 2 UK/Ireland theatrical release.

A startup that made a name for itself designing AI avatar clones of celebrities is turning its attention towards brands.

Never Give In is a revealing and deeply personal documentary about the life of Sir Alex Ferguson, from his working-class roots in Glasgow to his career as one of the greatest football managers of all time.

In her admiring documentary, Laura Fairrie seeks out the real Jackie Collins behind the untouchable icon.

The last time that Sir Alex Ferguson published an account of his life, it was something of a bloodbath.

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In is not the cigar-smoking, pacey, puffer-jacketed manager memoir you might have expected from the man known as football’s greatest gaffer. Supple and reflective, it is instead a rumination on the life of a tough-minded man at the precise point where he is forced to wrestle with his own mortality.

Maya Zinshtein’s revelatory documentary explores the political and philanthropic alliance of American evangelical Christians and Israeli Jews.

Lena Waithe is looking for the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers. The actor, producer and Emmy-winning writer, Hillman Grad Productions is partnering with Indeed to launch the “Rising Voices” initiative which showcases the power of how jobs change our world.