LOS ANGELES - HBO is launching a documentary franchise on Monday nights this summer.
Kicking off the showcase June 9 is Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, about the statutory-rape case against the Oscar-winning director.
Other documentaries include:
Resolved, about the high-stakes world of competitive high school debate;
Hard Times at Douglas High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card, which examines the impact of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind education policy;
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery, about the section where U.S. servicemen and servicewomen from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried;
Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal, about the infamous Fleiss' ill-fated attempt to open the first legal brothel for female clients in Crystal, Nev.;
Baghdad High, chronicling the war in Iraq through the eyes of four Iraqi teens;
Ganja Queen, about Schapelle Corby, a young Australian woman accused of international drug trafficking after 10 pounds of marijuana were found in one of her bags while on holiday in Bali;
The Black List, Vol. 1, which features some of today's most fascinating and influential African-Americans.
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