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Biography Documentaries are about people; important people; people who made a difference in this world. Biography Documentaries are important for highlighting those who deserve to be discussed. A biography doesn’t have to be about a king or a queen, a President or a dictator. It can be about a fashion biography, a philosphy biography, or a biography about a layman – who we choose to make biography documentaries about tells us as much about our society as it does about the person being documented. Want to learn about another human life? You’ve come to the right place. Enjoy the biography documentary list below.

• How Bruce Lee Changed the World

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  Bruce Lee was the first Asian star who achieved international recognition and this documentary explores how he was able to achieve this feat. Featuring countless of interviews from the people he has worked with to the people who have admired him — like Jackie Chan and John Woo, director Brett Ratner, artist LL Cool J,
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• Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy

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  Once a college dropout with a famous temperament and a penchant for perfection, Steve Jobs was the driving force that placed Apple, the Silicon Valley company, as a leader in the digital age. Now considered one of the world’s biggest corporation, Apple’s growth is largely credited for Steve Jobs’ leadership and vision. Those who have
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• Queen: Days of Our Lives

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  With 26 albums made and over 300 million of these sold all over the world, Queen is hailed as one of the most successful rock bands of the 70′s. Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, were then university students when they got together to form their band. This documentary explores the beginnings
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• Eminem: Diamonds and Pearls

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  The life of Eminem is quite remarkable, his career even more incredible and this is the gist of what’s inside this Diamonds and Pearls documentary. It explores the ascent of a young talent featured with raw footages of interviews of close friends and people Eminem has worked with before becoming one of the award winning
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• Amy Winehouse: What Really Happened?

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  Celebrated artist Amy Winehouse has won 5 Grammies and is considered as one of the new generation’s most talented artists. Her strong vocals are distinctive but her style is versatile, as she can sing jazz, R&B and soul. The artists earned quite a reputation not only for her singing prowess but also because of problems
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• Primary (1960 election)

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  Primary is the groundbreaking documentary about the 1960 election campaigns of Vice President Dick Nixon and Senator Jack Kennedy. Both men would become president of the United States. Both men would not last until the end of their terms: Kennedy would be shot during his first term, Nixon would be forced to resign in disgrace
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• Christian The Lion

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  Christian the Lion is one of those documentaries that you will probably remember the rest of your life. It’s an emotional, touching, awe inspiring story of a lion and his trainers in the early 1970′s. The bond that the trainers form with this lion is almost impossible to believe, but it is a well documented,
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• Watergate

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  The first 30 videos in the Playlist are “Watergate.” The last TEN videos are a wonderful documentary called “The Reputation of Richard Nixon.” I’ve watched it many times and feel it’s a great depiction of the most corrupt President of the United State.

• What Makes a Genius?

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  Could you have come up with Einstein’s theory of relativity? If not – why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself – or whether their brains are fundamentally
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• The Thin Blue Line

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  Filmmaker Errol Morris’s gripping investigation into the murder of a Dallas police officer was responsible for freeing the man who was originally — and erroneously — charged with and convicted of the crime. Through archival footage, interviews and reenactments, Morris skillfully makes a case for the innocence of a man who happened to be in
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