Documentary

Documentary about Africa's movement towards liberation from colonial rule which took place during the 1960s and '70s. Narrated by American singer and actress Lauryn Hill, the film combines archive footage with first-hand accounts to tell the story of how...

Documentary about the North Dakota town of Williston, which has recently become a mecca for men looking for employment in the oil business. With the controversial decision to introduce fracking to North Dakota in 2008, the area has enjoyed a significant...

Documentary written and directed by Kim Longinotto which focuses on a former prostitute who now helps youngsters escape the profession. Brenda Myers-Powell worked in the business for 25 years before changing her ways and deciding to act as a beacon of...

Documentary which explores the inner workings of the Dior fashion house. Founded in 1946 by the eponymous designer Christian Dior, the programme focuses on the work of newly appointed creative director Raf Simons as well as on the history of the company...

Doug Aitken directs this artistic documentary. On a cross-country train, travelling 4000 miles from New York to San Francisco over 24 days, a group of artists, musicians and dancers join the journey at various points to take part in a series of one...

Award-winning documentary about former CIA and NSA employee Edward Snowden, who, in 2013, leaked classified information revealing a number of global surveillance programs. The film follows reporter Glenn Greenwald and film-maker Laura Poitras as they...

For the last forty years acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado has travelled the world, capturing moments that have defined humanity. He has witnessed and documented wars, famine, the mass exodus of people and even genocide. But now he is embarking on...

For the last forty years acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado has travelled the world, capturing moments that have defined humanity. He has witnessed and documented wars, famine, the mass exodus of people and even genocide. But now he is embarking on...

Documentary examining the anti-communist purge that took place in Indonesia between 1965-'66 in which an estimated one million people died at the hands of the miltary dictatorship. Born shortly after these tragic events, optician Adi sets out to confront...

Documentary examining the anti-communist purge that took place in Indonesia between 1965-'66 in which an estimated one million people died at the hands of the miltary dictatorship. Born shortly after these tragic events, optician Adi sets out to confront...

Matthew Heineman directs this documentary about the Mexican Drug War. Across both sides of the US-Mexico border, the feature follows two groups of vigilantes caught up in Mexico's war on drugs and the country's corrupt government. In Michoacán, Mexico,...

US documentary examining the aftermath of the 2012 murder of Jordan Davis in Jacksonville, Florida. On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in November 2012, Michael Dunn opened fire on a car of four black teenagers, whilst stopped at a petrol...

Gabe Polsky writes, directs and produces this documentary which focuses on the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team. During the Cold War, the national team of the Soviet Union dominated the sport of ice hockey. Featuring interviews with the team's...

David Sington directs this documentary about Nick Yarris, who spent 21 years on death row before petitioning for his own execution and having his case re-examined. After being arrested for a traffic violation whilst escaped from prison, Yarris was...

Benedikt Erlingsson directs this documentary about the history of travelling circus performers and cabaret acts. The film documents the history of a variety of itinerant performers in shows throughout the 19th and 20th centuries using archive footage,...