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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill T. Jones, Vernon Jordan, Toni Morrison, Chris Rock, Al Sharpton and Slash are some of the rich, famous and powerful black Americans who tell their tales in The Black List, by NYT film critic Elvis Mitchell and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Watch it tonight on HBO, part of the cable channel’s summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.

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In Australia, all the party kids go to Bali, where they surf and maybe smoke a little marijuana. Ganja Queen is the terrifying tale of Aussie gal Schapelle Corby, accused of being a a drug smuggler when the Bali cops found pounds of pot in her surf bag. This is the biggest Australian story since Ned Kelly killed all those policemen, with her Indonesian trial broadcast live on Aussie TV. You can see Ganja Queen tonight on HBO, as part of the summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.

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Roman Polanski has a weirder, richer and much more fun life than, say, you do. But he’s also been on the run from American Justice since 1978, when he was about to be convicted for raping a 13-year-old girl, who he was shooting for Vogue, in Jack Nicholson’s house. Also, he made Chinatown. You can see Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired tonight on HBO, as part of the channel’s summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.