Documentary Movies

This documentary chronicles artists living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area who follow a path that is less careerist and more community-driven, much like the place itself.

When Kyle Felter, the lead singer of I Don't Konform sent out a demo album to Flemming Rasmussen, the Grammy Award-winner producer of Metallica, they never imagined themselves a few months later rehearsing with Rasmussen inside a hot

For 17 years, women from Fernando de Noronha-PE have been forced to leave home to have their babies. The film follows the saga of three pregnant women from traditional families from pregnancy to childbirth.

A documentary showcasing the epic and at times controversial career of masterful director Alfred Hitchcock.

The History Channel marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a new groundbreaking documentary about the biggest manhunt in human history. This documentary draws on interviews and stories told in the Museum's special exhibition of the

On June 26, 1813, Clement de Metternich, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, came to meet Napoleon I at his headquarters in Dresden, capital of the Kingdom of Saxony. The previous winter, for the first time, the Grande Armée had be

An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes - Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony sheds light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and forced conscription.

Spring 2020 - suddenly the world stands still. On every continent, people find themselves in a lock down. The world as we know it is past. What will come is uncertain. An invisible virus is challenging societies. People are thrown ba

It would be better if there weren't any missions abroad, but somebody has to do it, "says the young Bundeswehr recruit Jerell to his worried mother on the balcony of her rented apartment in Berlin-Reinickendorf. In a few months he wi

Taking advantage of unpublished interview material held in 2010 for the film "Democracy in black and white ", the short marks the 10 years of death doctor Socrates, while also doing a rapid retrospective of that period.

In Our Mothers' Gardens celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the complex, and often times humorous, relationship between mothers and daughters.

Ian Wright investigates the effects of growing up in a psychologically violent home.

World-renowned artist Beth Lipman's latest work, House Album, is a selective portrait of the United States that explores the timely issues of agency, identity and memory. It is composed of two dimensional domestic objects that repres

Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and James invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday. A Northland celebration of life and aroha (love) like no other.

One of the greatest pests on the planet, the saúvas destroy the forest to protect their family. Memories of the covid-19 pandemic, eroded by ignorance and negationism. What's left in this great country of worms and viruses?

Two New Jersey based hip-hop artists-a self taught musician, and a queer African-American woman-pursue their careers.

A mother discovers that her child has a deficiency that causes her own breast milk to intoxicate him. But the discovery comes too late to prevent the loss of neurons.

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos interweaves Emily Levine's live performance with animation, appearances by scientists, and animated characters.

Kafi Dixon is a Boston bus driver and urban farmer who seeks equity for low-income women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement. Carl Chandler, a community elder wants to tell his family's story to the wider worl

12 young women spend 40 days canoe tripping in the Canadian wilderness. A challenging counter-cultural summer spent exploring their physical surroundings and inner selves free from mainstream society's expectations.

A short experimental documentary exploring the insecurities of a multifaceted artist.

The friendship between two women who live on the edge in Copenhagen, filmed by one of them during four intense and important years of their lives.

Investigated through expert interviews and the web lens of Generation Z, the documentary explores how the explosion of the digital revolution is impacting our society, our brains and mental health, how the forces driving it are worki

The epic behind-the-scenes story of the United States' 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Recounted from the unique perspective of the American mediators on the frontlines.

Friendship, trials, victories and loss - the world's biggest soccer tournament Norway Cup has a lot of challenges also outside the football pitch.

By day, Ed Popil worked as the manager of a telemarketing center in post-industrial Rochester, New York for 18 years. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis. Not your average aspiring pop star drag queen, Mrs. Kash

An American odyssey along the Mississippi River banks which unfolds as a novel counter-history of the politics of the United States from an environmental point of view.

Ebubekir and Gonca are accused of being terrorists. After three years on the run, they manage to escape from their home country Turkey to Greece. They are now free but must come to terms with an unbearable loss. Ahmet, once a doctor,

Skyler Ward, a small-time promoter, is searching for the next big thing. Guided by his mantra for success, "Tools, Team, Process, Recipe," we follow Skyler and his team of little people wrestlers as they attempt to take their act fro

Forty years ago, in May 1981, when François Mitterrand was elected, some people allowed themselves to dream of a better life, while others promised the arrival of Soviet tanks on the Champs-Elysées. And if we remember the turn of the

The television presenter describes her own menopause journey, busting the myths surrounding the transition, and dispelling the shame and fear around hormone replacement therapy.

"Life of a Mutt" tells stories of stray dogs who face society in a profound state of empathetic, ecological and moral degradation.

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock explores her own personal experiences of racism and colourism as a black woman in the UK, as well as looking at the wider race issues the country is facing.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher gets in touch with her neighborhoods through her photographic lenses.