Still Together | Ep 2 – New York
Amid a global polycrisis, new arrivals in New York face a fractured city where sanctuary feels ever more out of reach.
Category Archives: Documentary
Frederick Wiseman, prolific documentary film-maker, dies aged 96
Recognised with an honorary Academy Award in 2016, Wiseman directed and produced almost 50 films with a lifelong commitment to curiosity and naturalism
Frederick Wiseman, the prolific film-maker whose documentaries primarily explored US public institutions and communities, has died aged 96.
His death on Monday was announced in a joint statement from the Wiseman family and his production company, Zipporah Films.
Continue reading...Cobalt Miners: The human cost of clean energy
In DRC’s perilous mines, Eagle walks a tightrope, protecting workers’ welfare to supply international demand for cobalt.
Incredible story of Irish labourer buried alive in coffin for 61 days told in new documentary
Mick Meaney made global headlines when he beat world record in 1968, but returned to Ireland penniless
They were known as burial artists – people who had themselves buried alive in macabre feats of endurance – and Mick Meaney resolved to be the best there ever was.
It was 1968 and the Irish labourer had barely a pound to his name but he believed that if he stayed underground in a coffin longer than anyone else the world would remember his name.
Continue reading...The Price of Truth
Al Jazeera journalists risk everything to report on the Gaza war, facing loss, displacement and deadly attacks.
After the Floods: Saving Spain’s Turtles
Carla leads a fight in flood-damaged Valencia where climate change and tourism threaten turtles along Spain's coastline.
Guardian Australia’s Ben Smee joint winner of Queensland journalist of the year award
The Guardian’s Queensland correspondent and three SBS journalists win top award for investigation into children locked up in police watch houses
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Guardian Australia’s Ben Smee and a team from SBS have been named joint winners of the coveted journalist of the year award at Queensland’s annual media awards – the Clarions.
Smee, the Guardian Australia’s Queensland state correspondent, and SBS journalists Jennifer Luu, Jodie Noyce and Chloe Angelo, won the top award for their exclusive investigation, In the Box: Inside the Isolation Cells where Australian Kids are Imprisoned. Smee also picked up two other awards at a ceremony on Saturday night.
Continue reading...Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to make Netflix road trip series
Former One Direction members to reunite for docuseries set on the road in US after death of bandmate Liam Payne
Former One Direction members Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson are set to reunite for a Netflix road trip series.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the docuseries will follow the pair as they travel across the US. The show will be directed by Nicola Marsh, who was also behind the Demi Lovato documentary Child Star.
Continue reading...The Empty Grave: The violent legacy of Germany’s colonial rule in Africa
A Tanzanian family tries to reclaim their ancestor's remains over 100 years after German colonial powers stole them.
The Encampments: Inside the US student protests for Gaza
When students at Columbia University in the United States protest against the war on Gaza, they spark a global movement.
Child of Their Time: The emotional cost of international adoptions
A Dutch filmmaker, whose brother was adopted from Indonesia in the 1970s, shares his family’s painful story.
‘So aware of their emotions’: Pupils are standout stars in new series about Yorkshire academy
Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives
“Basically, there’s summat wrong with me. I’m like … a psychopath. Genuinely!” A teenage girl with the face of an angel is confiding in Mr Wilson, one of the student managers. He listens solemnly, but his mouth twitches with the beginnings of a smile.
“I’m going to start by disagreeing with you,” he says with all the seriousness he can muster. “You’re not a psychopath.” The girl in the sky-blue hoodie relaxes and rewards him with a broad smile.
Continue reading...Healing Haiti’s Children: Inside one of Port-au-Prince’s last hospitals
As gang violence grips Haiti, Kareen looks for supplies critical to the survival of babies at her family-run hospital.
Venezuela’s Fight for Justice
A lawyer fights to free Venezuelans imprisoned after a crackdown on political dissent.
ESPN drops Spike Lee’s docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, network and filmmaker say
Multi-part series on ex-NFL player who protested racial injustice will not continue over ‘creative differences’
Director Spike Lee’s multi-part documentary series for ESPN Films about former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested racial injustice nearly a decade ago, will not be released, the filmmaker and ESPN said.
“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee have collectively decided to no longer proceed with this project as a result of certain creative differences,” ESPN said in a statement to Reuters on Saturday. “Despite not reaching finality, we appreciate all the hard work and collaboration that went into this film.”
Continue reading...Indonesia: Selling a Colonial War
The Dutch manipulation of the narrative of their colonisation of Indonesia and problems confronting their colonial past.
Srebrenica genocide: A woman’s search for her missing brother in Bosnia
Sifa Suljic returns to Bosnia to look for the remains of her brother who went missing during the Srebrenica genocide.
How to Sue the Klan: The landmark case against racial violence in the US
The civil case of five Black women sets a legal precedent across the United States in the fight against organised hate.
Iraq’s Invisible Beauty: Through Latif al-Ani’s Lens
Iconic photographer Latif al-Ani travels across Iraq to find the people and places he took photos of before the wars.
If the Dead Come Home: Iraq’s Mass Graves
In Iraq, a mass grave excavation reveals the challenges of identifying remains and returning them to their families.