
Elizabeth Smart talks about her kidnapping and advocating for survivors of sexual violence in new Netflix documentary.

Elizabeth Smart talks about her kidnapping and advocating for survivors of sexual violence in new Netflix documentary.

Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" song played an important role in the creation of a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

The real hostage crisis that inspired the movie Dead Man's Wire starring Al Pacino, Colman Domingo, and Bill Skarsgard.

The movie Rosemead is inspired by the real case of a mother who murdered her schizophrenic son.

The mystery thriller series, starring Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson, ends on a big twist
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Marty Supreme is fictional, but Timothee Chalamet's character is loosely based on a real competitive table tennis player and hustler.

The real husband and wife who inspired Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson

The Netflix documentary Cover-Up highlights the career of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

A photographer and journalist document the bedrooms of school shooting victims.
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A new documentary raises questions about who really took the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1972 "Napalm Girl" photo.

The Netflix documentary looks at the case of Nathan Carman

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TIME talked to Ken Burns about his new PBS documentary on the American Revolution.
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