Documentary Movies

Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when s...

Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work...

The cast and crew of Roots (1977) recall its phenomenal success on its 25th anniversary.

Argentina, 1973. The return of democracy marks the beginning of a new countdown to the next coup d'état: on March 24, 1976, the worst dictatorship in...

An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901),the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, wh...

A Johnny Cash tribute special featuring covers of his songs. Also contains promotions for the biographical film Walk the Line.

David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.

Documentary about the 1971 Canadian film by Claude Jutra.

From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.

For a long time, the Bonn Republic was a smoke-filled place with heavy leather armchairs occupied by old men. Women were largely excluded from the “me...

For our 67th annual ski and snowboard film, we're revisiting some of Warren's favorite places. We followed Grete Eliassen and Jess McMillan into the S...

Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery is profiled in this segment of "Intimate Portrait." Includes film clips, never-before-seen photos and interviews with

A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.

A look at the life and work of Christina Lindberg, the most famous Swedish model of the 1970s and star of exploitation cinema.

This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they wer...

Aspiring teenage astronauts reveal that a journey to Mars is closer than you think.

Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan Buddhist practitioners are able to forestall phys...

This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.

One of the great mysteries of history is how the ancient Maya built such an incredible society in a tropical rainforest over two thousand years - and...