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The Oscar winner said what struck him the most about this story was “the fact that all of this is true, and nobody knows about it,” he told HuffPost.

There's something for everyone in this collection of the best true crime documentaries available to stream.

The History Channel has unveiled its latest programming slate, featuring documentaries from top talent including Kevin Costner and Bradley Cooper. The network has ordered five new projects as part of an initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

“(Ernest Withers) photographs may be rooted in time but they are relevant to today," says Phil Bertelsen, director of "The Picture Taker."

“(Ernest Withers) photographs may be rooted in time but they are relevant to today," says Phil Bertelsen, director of "The Picture Taker."

DOCUMENTARY “THE PICTURE TAKER” UNVEILS THE SECRET LIFE AND LEGACY OF FAMED CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHER AND FBI INFORMANT ERNEST WITHERSPREMIERES JANUARY 30 ON PBS’S INDEPENDENT LENSThe

A documentary details the complicated legacy left behind by a man who captured vital moments in Black history while also getting paid by the FBI to feed them intel

Premieres Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video app. The vibrant, complicated life of Ernest Withers African American photographer of the Civil Rights movement, and paid FBI informant was anything but black and white.

"The 1619 Project," created by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been adapted to a docuseries premiering Jan. 26 on Hulu.

Ernest Withers found himself at every seminal event of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and every still image in the documentary “The Picture Taker” was shot by Withers