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TROUBLE IN TURKEY
Convicted: Across Borders - August 19, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsSerkan Golge was living the American Dream - a naturalized citizen working as a NASA scientist in Houston with a loving family. Then, in 2016, while visiting family in Turkey, Serkan was arrested by the Turkish government and accused of being a CIA spy and terrorist. He faced a lifetime...
ARRESTED IN ABU DHABI
Convicted: Across Borders - August 12, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsWherever Nichole Coffel goes, a smile follows. When her husband’s work brought the family from Kansas City to Abu Dhabi - Nichole found work herself as a horse trainer. But after months of unpaid wages, Nichole’s boss went from friend to foe. Nichole was arrested and falsely charged for...
Villain of Venezuela
Convicted: Across Borders - August 05, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsTim Tracy went looking for an adventure that would change his life. He traveled to Venezuela to make a documentary only to be arrested and accused by the Venezuelan government of plotting to incite a civil war. This is Tim's story. Stillwater, directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt ...
VILLAIN OF VENEZUELA
Convicted: Across Borders - August 05, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsTim Tracy went looking for an adventure that would change his life. He traveled to Venezuela to make a documentary only to be arrested and accused by the Venezuelan government of plotting to incite a civil war. This is Tim's story. Stillwater, directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt ...
NIGHTMARE IN NICARAGUA
Convicted: Across Borders - July 29, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsAfter spending eight years in Nicaragua, Jason Puracal had built his dream life. Then, in 2010, without any signs or warnings - everything changed. Jason was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities and charged with international money laundering and drug trafficking. Jason had no criminal hi...
HOSTAGE IN HAVANA
Convicted: Across Borders - July 27, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsFor Alan Gross, he was no stranger to travel. He’d worked in more than 50 countries in his career. But Cuba wouldn’t be like the other trips. In December 2009, he was arrested by Cuban authorities and accused of trying to set up illegal internet connections. Fourteen months later, Alan ...
Introducing Convicted: Across Borders
Convicted: Across Borders - July 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsEach year, millions of Americans travel abroad and more than 3,000 are imprisoned every year. Many of them are wrongfully convicted, and many of them are told they will never go home again. From L.A. Times Studios and Focus Features comes the brand-new podcast series, CONVICTED: ACROSS...
How Did Politicians Become Movie Stars? (And Vice Versa!)
ZOOM - June 26, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsHail to the screen! One hundred years ago, Hollywood couldn't have been farther from Washington D.C. Until one ambitious studio boss united film glamour and political power and invented a new kind of star-spangled campaigns. Learn how the movies influenced major historic elections, incl...
New Episode TOMORROW - Featuring Jon Stewart's IRRESISTIBLE
ZOOM - June 25, 2020 21:54 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 171 ratingsHow Did Politicians Become Movie Stars? (And Vice Versa!) A new episode of ZOOM drops tomorrow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Viva the Diva! What makes her divine?
ZOOM - May 29, 2020 16:44 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsAll hail! Divas demand worship, from Beyoncé and Barbra to the fictional Grace Davis in the new flick The High Note. But these powerful women aren't content to merely conquer music -- they want Hollywood, too. Why do divas risk their reputations for a shot at the big screen? Who's succe...
Behold the Diva! New episode of ZOOM dropping Friday
ZOOM - May 27, 2020 17:09 - 59 seconds ★★★★ - 171 ratingsOur next episode features divas in film with a special look at the upcoming film The High Note. Don't miss it — subscribe today! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What's the Tea on Jane Austen?
ZOOM - March 06, 2020 18:16 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratings"Emma" is the novel that made Jane Austen famous. But soon after it was published, she died—leaving her family and fans to debate if she was a prim spinster... or a secret radical. Zoom's second season hails groundbreaking cinematic storytellers, and there's no one cooler to kick it off...
ZOOM Is Back... With Jane Austen
ZOOM - March 04, 2020 18:38 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 171 ratingsZOOM returns this Friday with the tea on Jane Austen... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Royals in Film ft. Downton Abbey
ZOOM - September 18, 2019 14:43 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsBlimey! In the new "Downton Abbey" movie, King George and Queen Mary have invited themselves to Downton, panicking everyone upstairs *and* downstairs. But no one would be more terrified to appear in a movie than King George himself, who in real life banned all fictional portrayals of hi...
Zombie Dearest
ZOOM - June 13, 2019 18:31 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsThree cheers -- or er, braaaaains -- for the movie zombie, which turns 100 this year. How did the zombie get a death grip on our culture? Let's track the monster back to World War I, where it first crawled out of the grave, before it took a bite out of everything from shopping malls to ...
New Episode of ZOOM Coming Soon!
ZOOM - June 06, 2019 19:58 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 171 ratingsWe're thinking zombies... tune in next week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A Star is Barned: Making the Horse Movie Star
ZOOM - March 28, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsWhat are the perks of being a celebrity horse actor? Famous Hollywood horses haven't just been pampered and groomed—they've been forgiven for murder and forgiven for being Bryan Adams' #1 fan. It's a great job. But how do you get it? Special guest: writer/director Laure de Clermont-Tonn...
E.T., Phone Hollywood: Aliens Invade the Movies
ZOOM - March 14, 2019 15:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsIn 1902, audiences went crazy for a moon man with lobster hands. Since then, aliens have conquered our imagination – and our planet, and our bodies, and our politics. (And even convinced a president he saw a UFO.) What do movie extraterrestrials really want from us? Special guest: write...
ZOOM Trailer
ZOOM - March 06, 2019 23:50 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 171 ratingsZOOM premieres Thursday, March 14th See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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