People’s Republic of Desire
In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Hao Wu
Crisis in Cocaine Valley
Reveals how the Covid crisis has led to the near extinction of the massive cocaine production sites deep in the rainforest of the Peruvian Andes.
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Little Richard, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, and other legendary musicians performed at the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival music festival. This behind-the-scenes look…
The Look of Silence
An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.
Kim Novak: Hollywood’s Golden Age Rebel
Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the Chicago-born actress never quite fitted into the…
Pass the Mic: A Movement Generations in the Making
Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar use their music as a launch pad to inspire others, shatter stereotypes and empower through their art.
Erasing Family
This documentary exposes the failure of family courts to keep children from being used as a weapon after separation. Courts decision ends up completely erasing one parent, causing severe emotional…
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas’ trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
Huey Long
WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW
The Rise + Fall of ECW is a 2004 direct-to-video documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling.
Chico Forever
Twenty years after his death, Chico Xavier, from Minas Gerais, has his life told in the documentary “Chico Para Sempre”, directed by Wagner de Assis (Nosso Lar; Kardec) and with…
The 13th Man
A documentary about the tragic Texas A&M bonfire collapse that left 12 dead and 27 injured.
Jihad: A Story of the Others
An unflinching but sensitive and personal examination of jihadism and radicalisation, its causes and its possible solutions.