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The Real Story Behind First Season of ‘True Detective’

Ten years ago, the town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was traumatized when a local church’s secret Satan worship, ritualized child molestation, and animal sacrifices came to light. Rust Cohle may be a fictional character, and time may not really be a…

Secrets of the Sun

PBS’ Nova looks at the Sun and solar physics. Just one stunning fact from the show: More than one million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The Sun is not liquid or solid, it’s plasma with a core full of…

40 YEARS ON THE FARM: A Tennessee Commune that Invented a Radiation Detector and More; Includes Full Doc

By Gregory Crofton The documentary “40 Years on the Farm” is about something rare — a successful commune. This one was located in Tennessee and features an interview with Stephen Gaskin, its founder, who died in 2014 at the age…

War on Weed Gone Way Wrong

This is the story of Jesse Snodgrass, a kid with Aspergers Syndrome who was entrapped by an undercover cop posing as a student at Jesse’s high school.

Black Coffee: The Irresistible Bean

The beginning of a three-part documentary on coffee. It starts where coffee came from: Ethiopia, the place a goat herder named Kaldi discovered it. It moves on to the Arab world, then Turkey before it’s smuggled to India and finds…

‘Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq’: Wondrous Documentary About the Love and then Tragedy of a Ballet Superstar

By Gregory Crofton I’m no fan of ballet. I saw one performance in London years ago, but this film made me a believer. Oh Tanny! Such a natural. Her physicality inspired the best choreographers to do their most challenging work.…

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