The Mermaids' Tears: Oceans of Plastic

In 1962, spurred by the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy famously made the bold proclamation that NASA would send astronauts to the moon by the end...

As society tackles the problem of feeding our expanding population safely and sustainably, a schism has arisen between scientists and consumers, motiv...

In 2013, self-defense groups originated in the state of Michoacán with the aim of eradicating cartels from their communities. But it was not until 201...

About the tragic fate of the Estonian artist Julo Sooster and his work.

A poetic journey through the paths and places of old Castile that were traveled and visited by the melancholic knight Don Quixote of La Mancha and his...

Film about the Ethiopian famine of I984/85 and the measures taken to combat it

This BBC Three film follows the first all Asian girls’ cricket team over the summer holidays as they train for their last ever tournament together. Th...

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events in a Cloud Chamber. This was one of t...

This documentary recounts the history of modern aviation (primarily in Britain) from roughly 1900 until the inter-war period, using old monochrome foo...

This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935),released in 2005.

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Ligh...

This film explores how iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a green new deal.

Through the eyes of ex-engineer, now filmmaker Gillian McKercher, Orphaned explores the huge task of cleaning up thousands of idle oil and gas wells i...

The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectrum. But what if we could create manmade stem cells...