Season 1
6.2/1086 votesLoading...They Get Brave
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2020
As the coronavirus ravages more and more American cities, we look back to the place hit hardest: New York City. Doctors and nurses documented their lives, capturing awe‐inspiring resolve in the face of a breakdown in the health‐care system.
Director: Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia, John Pappas, Lora Moftah
Writer: N/A
7.4/1089 votesLoading...Dominic Fike, At First
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/7/2020
The making of a pop star in 2020: A young musician is plucked from obscurity -- jail, actually -- and given a multi-million dollar record deal. Meet Dominic Fike as he prepares for his first international tour and makes his debut album.
Director: Alexandra Garcia
Writer: N/A
6.2/10104 votesLoading...The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2020
A New York Times investigation examines what happened at 3003 Springfield Drive in Louisville, Kentucky, just after midnight on March 13, when police executed a warrant that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.
Director: Yoruba Richen
Writer: N/A
6.7/1077 votesLoading...Hurricane of Fire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2020
Perhaps a fitting start to 2020, Australia rang in the New Year with much of the country engulfed in flames. A few people decided to confront the blaze. Watch them stand face to face with one of the most ferocious infernos in history.
Director: John Pappas
Writer: N/A
7.1/10106 votesLoading...The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2020
Elon Musk. Bill Gates. Kanye West. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. They and dozens of others were being hacked recently, and Twitter appeared powerless to stop it. Who had brought the tech giant to its knees? A 17-year-old kid in Tampa.
Director: John Pappas
Writer: N/A
6.8/107,041 votesLoading...Framing Britney Spears
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/2021
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.
Director: Samantha Stark
Writer: N/A
4.9/1064 votesLoading...Who Gets To Be an Influencer?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/2021
The New York Times follows the rise of Collab Crib, the first mainstream Black "creator mansion," exclusively documenting their whirlwind drive to achieve social media stardom in 90 days. The intimate, character-based film captures the influencers wrestling with a nagging, and profound, challenge: how can they succeed in a nascent industry that seems tilted to their disadvantage?
Director: Lora Moftah
Writer: N/A
6.0/1072 votesLoading...Move Fast & Vape Things
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2021
Two Stanford graduate students had an inspired idea and an idealistic mission: create an e-cigarette that would help millions of people stop smoking. How did the founders of Juul lose their way and end up accused of addicting a whole new generation?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10455 votesLoading...Controlling Britney Spears
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/2021
Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her.” This New York Times investigation reveals much of how it worked, including an intense surveillance apparatus that monitored every move she made.
Director: Samantha Stark
Writer: N/A
6.7/10232 votesLoading...Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2021
In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.
Director: Jodi Gomes
Writer: N/A
5.7/1061 votesLoading...To Live and Die in Alabama
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2021
Three police officers died in a shootout at a drug house in Alabama. One man was sentenced to death for the shootings, even though he was never accused of even touching the murder weapon. This is the story of Nathaniel Woods.
Director: Matthew Kay
Writer: N/A