Notes Towards an African Orestes
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Archie Savage, Donald F. Moye, Gato Barbieri, Marcello Melis, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Yvonne Murray
On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries
CNN’s team of female journalists and embeds pack up and leave their families to fan out across the country and report on the president and his would-be rivals as the…
Tales of the Uncanny
David Gregory and Kier-La Janisse take a detailed look at the history of horror anthology films with the help of more than sixty writers, genre specialists, and members of the…
Heavy Petting
Celebrities and creatives — including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffman, and poet Allen Ginsberg– recall their earliest sexual experiences.
Plastic Earth
Worldwide plastic production from fossil-based sources continues to rise and contribute to climate change, pollution and environmental issues. Scientists, engineers, researchers and innovators tackle solutions to deal with the over-production…
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker
A collage-like, incisive look at the life of writer, painter and thinker David Wojnarowicz, whose powerful, unapologetic way of seeing the world gave voice to queer rights at a critical…
Fanny: The Right to Rock
The untold story of a Filipina American founded, California garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, the first all female band to release an LP with a…
2022: The Year from Space
Every day, satellites take millions of images of Earth, giving a unique view of the big stories of 2022, from war in Ukraine and climate crisis to post-Covid revellers at…
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
From National Geographic and Silverback Films, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story is a heart-warming story of love between a wild otter and a man set in the remote…
Secret Life of the Long Haul Flight
Give them massive numbers, that’ll impress them. The Secret Life of the Long Haul Flight (Channel 5) is one of those documentaries that does that, right from the off: each…
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s…
Fatal Assistance
Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a 2-year journey inside the challenging, contradictory and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti.
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
National Geographic’s riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.