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  • Witch Hunt

    Witch Hunt

    DocumentaryStorm is proud to present “Witch Hunt,” a feature length documentary narrated by Sean Penn that tells the story of a small American city and the police’s witch-hunt that terrorized its citizens. In the 1980s, there were many rumors of child molestation and satanism around the country and the public was was full of fear. In response, voters in the small city of Bakersfield, California elected a tough on crime district attorney by the name of Ed Jagels which they [...]

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  • The Staircase

    The Staircase

    In 2001, American Author Michael Peterson’s wife Kathleen was found dead in a pool of blood at the bottom of the staircase in their home. He tells 911 operators that his wife was injured in a fall but investigators are not convinced. Did Michael Peterson murder his wife by pushing her down a flight of stairs? The Staircase, is a gripping courtroom thriller that follows the high-profile murder trial against Michael Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife. According [...]

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  • TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

    TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

    Directed by Simon Klose TPB AFK (The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard) begins the day prior to the trial of the co-founders of the world’s largest file sharing site, The Pirate Bay. Fredrik, Gottfrid, and Peter face a $13 million damage claim in copyright infringement brought on by Hollywood.

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  • Mexican Vigilantes Stand Up Against Crime

    Mexican Vigilantes Stand Up Against Crime

    In this documentary created by VICE, we take a trip down to a small town in Mexico where a revolution is taking place. Fed up with ceaseless crime waves of murders, extortion, and kidnappings a series of societal movements has arisen in the state of Guerrero (Warrior), Mexico. Hundreds of civilians have taken up arms to confront organized crime gangs. Their arms are hunting weapons such as machetes, rifles, and shotguns owned by farmers. The absence of authorities and the [...]

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  • Gang War 2: Back in the Hood

    Gang War 2: Back in the Hood

    Filmmakers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson return to Little Rock, Arkansas ten years after filming Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock, to revisit gang war survivor Leifel Jackson, onetime leader of The Original Gangster Crips, as he is released from prison. Jackson, now trying to lead a straight life, starts speaking out to neighborhood kids, alongside former enemy and West Side Bloods leader Marvin Weathersby, about the perils of life on the streets. Released 2004. Director: Marc Levin. Documentary film.

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  • Flipping The World–Drugs Through a Blue Lens

    Flipping The World–Drugs Through a Blue Lens

    You might have seen Randy rolling on the sidewalk and drooling. The stench of his body might have caused you to cross the street. You might not even have attributed his antics to drug addiction, but to some kind of mental illness.

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  • Inside Time

    Inside Time

    This short documentary is a portrait of Stephen Reid, a notorious member of the “Stopwatch Gang” known for robbing cars, airports, and banks. Reid reflects on the events and choices that brought him to this moment; a moment that causes him to analyze time and has made him acutely conscious of the here and now.

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  • Going Undercover as a Mexican Drug Lord

    Going Undercover as a Mexican Drug Lord

    In this documentary, former undercover DEA agent Celerino Castillo III shares how he helped train death squads, participated in search and destroy missions, and blew up cocaine labs. Celerino Castillo ended up in law enforcement because both his father and his sister had been in law enforcement. So it came as no surprise when he ended up working in there too. In Vietnam he witnessed a fellow soldier dying from a drug overdose and he promised that if he ever [...]

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  • Educating Black Boys

    Educating Black Boys

    Join DocumentaryStorm,  Tony Harris and Al Jazeera as we go into Baltimore, into the inner city, into the classrooms, and into the head of black boys of America. The education system is failing black Americans. Why? You’ll be fascinated by what you see.

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  • Mexico’s Most Violent Crimes

    Mexico’s Most Violent Crimes

    There is a cop killed almost everyday in Mexico City: one of the largest and most violent cities in the world. Documentarystorm, with VICE, investigate into this deadly and escalating violence.   PART 2: PART 3:

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  • Solitary Confinement

    Solitary Confinement

    National Geographic produced and distributed by DocumentaryStorm: SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. We take a look into the darkest, most lonely shadows of the prison system and see what it’s like to be in solitary confinement in the 21st century – and how it’s pretty similar to a 1,000 years ago.

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  • Drug Crazed – USA

    Drug Crazed – USA

    Remember when that “Zombie” in Miami chewed a homeless man’s face off in real life? Think back to early 2012. Yes, that wasn’t a dream. The crazed man, who had to be shot dead, was on a little-known drug at the time. This investigation looks at “bath salts’ and the rising danger in America.

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  • Sex, Lies and Julian Assange

    Sex, Lies and Julian Assange

    Julian Assange stood up to the most powerful country in history and made them bow their heads in shame. He humiliated America and then faced their wrath. Within weeks of seeking refuge in Sweden, Julian Assange had a warrant out for his arrest for rape and sexual molestation.  What followed next may define the modern era.

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  • How to Get Away With Stealing

    How to Get Away With Stealing

    Learn how easy it is to make fake passports and scam the rich into trusting you with thousands of dollars.

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  • Prostitutes of God

    Prostitutes of God

    In India, many daughters are sold into slavery prostitution. This usually happens when the girl is 10 and ready to begin her prostitution career. They are sold in the name of the Hindu Goddess Yellamma. We look at being a religious prostitute in India.

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  • Mystery of the Murdered Saints

    Mystery of the Murdered Saints

    The Catholic Church has finally allowed scientists to open the crypts and test the magical elements of the Saintly miracles.

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