Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
For decades the iconic track “Bam Bam” has been a sampled darling within the music industry, creating many new stars along the way. But what do we know of its legendary creator? From Kingston to the world, witness the transcendent stylings and legacy of Sister Nancy.
Alexandria: The Greatest City
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the…
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
An exploration of the life and career of the Beatles superstar, with a look at the strange parallels between him and his killer Mark David Chapman.
Inside Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
A look behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” about an American scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Common Ground
Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven plight of Regenerative Farmers as they make a case for soil health…
Scattering CJ
When seemingly happy, travel-infatuated CJ Twomey violently ended his own life at age 20, his family was plunged into unrelenting grief and guilt. In a moment of desperate inspiration, his…
Running with Speed
Follows speedrunners, past and present, collaboratively digging for secrets and working to uncover mind-blowing shortcuts and glitches which are used to streamline their runs in top game franchises.
A Place in the Sun
Made on a shoestring budget, François Ruffin and Gilles Perret’s investigative documentary has the adventurous spirit of a road movie. Intimate and sometimes humorous, encounters with yellow vest protestors pierce…
The Academy
A young South African woman from the outskirts of Cape Town learns the metaphors of life on the ocean as she prepares to compete in the Round Robben Island race…
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…
Anett
Documentary film about the former Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit, second-ranked tennis player in the world in 2022. In 2023, she suddenly decided to give up tennis. It is a…
Hunting in Packs
Who runs the world? With the recent surge of women in politics, director Chloe Sosa-Sims’s timely feature debut focuses on three political stars in three countries. For Jess Phillips of…
City of Gold
This classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of…
