Documentary

From the team behind the worldwide success The Beatles: Eight Days a Week comes two time Academy Award winning director Ron Howard's documentary celebrating the life of the beloved opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who sold over 100 million records in his...

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed. riven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working class communities in...

20 pieces, 5 decades, 1 performance. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS features award-winning music from Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and The Last Emperor, amongst other seminal scores and piano compositions, in his last performance. Filmed by his son, Neo Sora, it...

Documentary by film-maker Bill Morrison about the Canadian town of Dawson City. Formally known for its discovery of gold in 1896, Dawson City was once again in the news in 1978 when more than 500 silent film reels from the early 1900s were found buried...

Documentary by film-maker Bill Morrison about the Canadian town of Dawson City. Formally known for its discovery of gold in 1896, Dawson City was once again in the news in 1978 when more than 500 silent film reels from the early 1900s were found buried...

Documentary about Indian film archivist and scholar P.K. Nair. Having founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964, Nair sought to source and preserve Indian cinema for the sake of its cultural heritage. For the next 30 years he collected films...

Double bill of documentaries from Marc Isaacs. 'All White in Barking' (2007) examines the attitudes the white citizens of Barking have towards the immigrants living in the area. These attitudes generally involve prejudices which focus on what clothes the...

Two films about the status of women in modern Iran by Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto. 'Divorce Iranian Style' provides a portrait of several weeks in an Iranian divorce court and gives a unique appreciation of the intimate lives of women, who are...

Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter, a serious wine connoisseur, looks at the international wine business. He offers a well-informed look at how business concerns and the homogenisation of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made.

Following one of contemporary art's most renowned artists, Anselm Kiefer, this documentary is an expressive portrait of an artist at work. Anselm allows audiences to experience a multi-dimensional voyage of discovery, mining cultural texts and Kiefer's...

Following one of contemporary art's most renowned artists, Anselm Kiefer, this documentary is an expressive portrait of an artist at work. Anselm allows audiences to experience a multi-dimensional voyage of discovery, mining cultural texts and Kiefer's...

In 2003, British glam rockers The Darkness took the world by storm with their hit single I Believe In A Thing Called Love. Then, at the height of their fame, the band split up and fell into obscurity. 20 years on, they tell their story.

In 2003, British glam rockers The Darkness took the world by storm with their hit single I Believe In A Thing Called Love. Then, at the height of their fame, the band split up and fell into obscurity. 20 years on, they tell their story.

AngelHeaded Hipster is the first documentary to explore the creation and interpretation of the Music and Lyrics of Marc Bolan who died at the age of 29 in 1977. Using archival performances, interviews with Bolan, and filmed interpretations by artists...

Documentary about Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Formed after the split of Russian anarchist art collective 'Voina', the Pussy Riot members have staged a number of situationist-style performances to make their point about issues including LGBT...