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1. Flint Town

Over a two-year period, filmmakers embedded with cops in Flint, Michigan, reveal a department grappling with volatile issues in untenable conditions.

It has an average vote of 7.194 on TMDB.

2. Slavery Routes (Les routes de l'esclavage)

(Les routes de l'esclavage)

It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.

3. The 1619 Project

In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

4. The Civil War

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

It has an average vote of 8.128 on TMDB.

5. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

6. Exterminate All the Brutes

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.

It has an average vote of 7.367 on TMDB.

7. Bill Russell: Legend

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.

It has an average vote of 6.978 on TMDB.

8. Sirene (Sirene)

(Sirene)

9. Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery is the groundbreaking series that makes history by sharing it from a new perspective. Nearly ten years in the making, this landmark six-hour set exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, rare archival photography and riveting first-person accounts.

It has an average vote of 9.2 on TMDB.

10. Synaps (Synaps)

(Synaps)

11. Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade

See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different group of people who live there in each episode.

12. Thomas Jefferson

The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this probing documentary. Covering Jefferson's diplomatic work in France, his two presidential terms, his retirement at Monticello and more.

It has an average vote of 8.8 on TMDB.

13. El juez, la víctima y el victimario (El juez, la víctima y el victimario)

(El juez, la víctima y el victimario)

14. Decolonisation (Décolonisations)

The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.

It has an average vote of 8.8 on TMDB.

15. Fight for the Right

A three-part documentary on youth rights in America.

16. Slavery and the Making of America

The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

17. Britain's Slave Trade

A look at the role of slavery in the development of wealth in the United Kingdom

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

18. The Executioner (Bødlen)

UN human rights lawyer Morten Topsøe is sent to Cambodia to catch war criminals. He falls in love with a woman who, at the age of 15, was an executioner during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror. Ultimately, Topsøe finds himself torn between the fight for justice and the protection of his loved one.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

19. Spartacus

Spartacus, who was enslaved by the Romans after they murdered his father, leads fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire.

It has an average vote of 6.857 on TMDB.

20. North and South

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

It has an average vote of 7.33 on TMDB.