Sunday, August 18th TV listings for HBO
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
Henrietta Lacks is an African-American woman whose cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah, the film chronicles Deborah's search for the truth about the mother she never knew.
The Truth Is in the Stars (2016)
The original Captain Kirk, William Shatner, examines the impact of Star Trek on popular culture, human innovation, discovery and creativity.
In 1956, Canadian biologist Anne Innis Dagg became the first person to travel to the African continent, in order to study animal behaviour. Despite this monumental achievement, her return to the Canadian science community was far from welcoming.
'The Cold Blue' is a meditation on youth, war and trauma, and a tribute to one of the world’s great filmmakers and the men of the Eighth Air Force.
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality
For more than three decades, Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Chronicling a nearly 50-year career of filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
One-man show about depression, suicide and the lengths to which people go for loved ones.
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
The life and work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, an advocate of physician-assisted suicide.
Follow the everyday lives of Edie Beale and her daughter as they thrive mid the decay and disorder of their decrepit 28-room East Hampton mansion.
Succession New
Themes of power and politics play out within a rich and dysfunctional family.
John Goodman stars as unscrupulous televangelist Eli Gemstone in this premiere episode.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver New
Comedian John Oliver offers his satirical take on news, current events and politics.
I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
Celebrating the life and times of Heath Ledger.
Themes of power and politics play out within a rich and dysfunctional family.
John Goodman stars as unscrupulous televangelist Eli Gemstone in this premiere episode.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Comedian John Oliver offers his satirical take on news, current events and politics.
Explore the effects of climate changes and the efforts to reduce carbon inputs to the environment. Filmed across the globe, the film highlights firsthand accounts of people at the forefront of the climate crisis, including scientists, farmers and others.
On a business trip to Tokyo, Sebastian explores the city with a mysterious woman he keeps running into wherever he goes. He discovers along the way that the truth and the past are as elusive as love.