Documentary

As the sport of climbing turns from a niche pursuit to mainstream media event, Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he...

THE RESCUE chronicles the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. Academy Awardr-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin reveal the perilous world of cave diving, the...

BECOMING COUSTEAU examines the epic life of Jacques Yves Cousteau, the ocean explorer who spanned the globe with a misfit crew of divers and filmmakers, under the lifelong creed, Il faut aller voir -- We must go and see for ourselves. The Frenchman who...

Gianfranco Rosi directs this documentary which focuses on the everyday lives of people trying to survive in the war-torn Middle Eastern countries of Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon and Syria. Filmed over the course of three years, the documentary examines...

Documentary following musician PJ Harvey as she accompanies photographer Seamus Murphy around the world and uses the experience as inspiration for a new album, recorded as part of an art project in London's Somerset House.

Documentary in which explorer Bruce Parry travels the globe to visit indigenous cultures and explore humanity's changing relationship with the natural world. The former Royal Marine traverses the jungles of Borneo to visit the Penan people of Ba' Puak,...

Academy Award-nominated documentary taking a look into the life and work of former nanny Vivian Maier. When real estate agent John Maloof visited an auction house in search of old photographs he discovered a box full of old negatives that had been taken...

Oscar-winning documentary by James Marsh telling the story of what has since been described as 'the artistic crime of the century'. On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman called Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between the twin towers of New...

The Newport Jazz Festival was created in 1954 by Rhode Island socialites Elaine and Louis Lorillard, and it couldn't have come at a better time in history. With a few exceptions, the big band jazz scene had waned in the early 1950s and, in its place,...

For a guy who grew up thinking only of Aussie Rules football, it's almost a mistake Shane Warne became the greatest cricketer of a generation, and one of the greats of all time. Mastering the difficult art of spin bowling after being kicked out of...

A decade after The Story of Film: An Odyssey, an expansive and influential inquiry into the state of moviemaking in the 20th century, filmmaker Mark Cousins returns with an epic and hopeful tale of cinematic innovation from around the globe. In The Story...

Francis Ford Coppola began to film 'Apocalypse Now' in February 1976. After 238 days in the jungle, filming was complete and millions of dollars had been spent (Marlon Brando was on set for three weeks at a million dollars a week). Actors had been...

Documentary which aims to expose the truth about killer whales being held in captivity for the benefit of a multi-billion dollar sea park industry. In 2010, captive killer whale Tilikum killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau in front of horrified onlookers at...

Academy Award-nominated documentary about members of the Indonesian death squads who tortured and killed over 500,000 people throughout 1965 and 1966. Director Joshua Oppenheimer meets with Anwar Congo, a man who is proud and boastful of his involvement...

Michael Fassbender narrates this documentary about the history of Formula One racing. The film chronicles the development of Formula One from the 1950s through to the present day, examining the dangers of racing, particularly in the '70s when the cars...