With the 2016 election shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history, candidates from both political parties are relying on big donors to get their message out to the American people. Intrepid filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi takes viewers behind the scenes to top-dollar fundraisers and talks with some of these high-rollers to find out why they are pouring millions into our elections.

Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?

Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? (2016)

An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)

A look at the creation of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss' latest venture, a Nevada-based male brothel called Heidi's Stud Farm, which caters to female clientèle.

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal (2008)

Acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles the deeply personal story of his mother's first cousin--well-known poet/translator/professor Edwin Honig--on his journey into the depths of Alzheimer's disease. Shot over the course of five years, the film presents an unflinching portrait of Edwin's work and life while documenting his slow mental deterioration through visits and interviews with Edwin and his friends, former students, and others, along with archival footage and more.

First Cousin Once Removed

First Cousin Once Removed (2012)

An alcoholic mother trying to flee her life, moves to a new house with her young son where she must battle her addiction as she is confronted by a real-life monster.

Bottle Monster

Bottle Monster (2020)

Counselors provide support, guidance and hope to despondent servicemen dealing with emotional, physical and financial troubles.

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013)

A documentary memoir following a filmmaker's deaf parents as they receive a complex surgical implant, which allows them to experience sound for the first time.

Hear and Now

Hear and Now (2007)

Bill Maher stars in his sixth HBO stand-up special, premiering LIVE from the Hudson Theater in New York!

Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home

Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (2003)

Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.

Bataille du rail

Bataille du rail (1946)

Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.

Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (2010)

A man leaves his 8-year old son with his father-in-law who lives near the glacier where the boy's mother died.

Malabar Princess

Malabar Princess (2004)

A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.

L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or (1930)

Martin lives alone on a Caribbean island. On an excursion to the port city, he helps Nelly, who has fled from her groom.

Le sauvage

Le sauvage (1975)

This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.

French Cancan

French Cancan (1955)

Two businessmen are hired to steal secrets from a rival, and decide to use a beautiful call girl to do so.

New Rose Hotel

New Rose Hotel (1998)

How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, a boxing buff persuades him to use his power in the boxing ring. After reviving Hong Kong's vampire genre as the co-director of VAMPIRE CLEANUP DEPARTMENT, Chiu Sin-hang (also the lead vocalist of local band ToNick) combines the boxing genre with a refreshing dash of fantasia in his thrilling solo directorial effort.

Jat miu kyun wong

Jat miu kyun wong (2020)

A retro-futuristic thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity.

Zenith

Zenith (2010)

Ministers from the G8 countries meet in Germany to decide on a secret plan affecting many countries. IMF director Roché has invited a monk for his confession. Roché's later found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Did he reveal the plan?

Le confessioni

Le confessioni (2016)

On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies night, ending up disguised in drag and with difficult explanations to make.

What Happened to Jones?

What Happened to Jones? (1925)

At the end of World War I, 20 year-old Angèle is determined to become the first woman veterinarian. Her life is an adventurous one and she becomes the object of ruthless rivalry between the man she is supposed to marry, a visionary but unscrupulous industrialist and a simple man who has withdrawn to the mountains to live among wolves, away from the madness of humans. Angèle exploits this rivalry to attain her real goal: saving the wolves.

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Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?

6.3/10

Action

Documentary

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

7.6/10

Crime

Documentary

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal

5.1/10

Action

Documentary

First Cousin Once Removed

7.5/10

Documentary

Bottle Monster

2.4/10

Action

Drama

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

7.5/10

Documentary

Hear and Now

7.7/10

Action

Documentary

Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home

7.1/10

Comedy

Bataille du rail

7/10

Action

Drama

Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

6.7/10

Action

Drama

Malabar Princess

6.2/10

Action

Drama

L'Âge d'or

7.2/10

Action

Comedy

Le sauvage

6.5/10

Action

Adventure

French Cancan

7.3/10

Action

Comedy

New Rose Hotel

5.2/10

Action

Drama

Jat miu kyun wong

6.6/10

Action

Drama

Zenith

5.4/10

Action

Sci-Fi

Le confessioni

6.1/10

Action

Drama

What Happened to Jones?

6.6/10

Action

Comedy