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  • Pacific Capture

    A new Solomon Islands-China security deal is causing global concern. Experts in Australia and the U.S. fear it could lead to a Chinese military base, a worry echoed by anxious locals. This film investigates the reach of Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands and its profound implications for th...

  • On The Inside Of A Military Dictatorship

    “On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship” reveals the military’s script for a “disciplined democracy” in Myanmar, casting Aung San Suu Kyi in a contrived role. With unique access to key players like Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein, the film re-examines the known crisis through a radical new len...

  • Decadence & Downfall

    In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially creeated oasis. The world's top restaurant at the ti...

  • The Negotiators - How To Make Peace

    21st-century conflict resolution demands immense diplomacy and patience. Through negotiators' eyes, we witness immense personal sacrifice amid entrenched global crises. While negotiation is a fundamental human skill, ingrained in our very DNA, this innate ability doesn't make navigating difficult...

  • The Spider's Web - Britain's The Second Empire

    The documentary "The Spider’s Web" reveals how Britain’s empire evolved into a financial network. At its demise, City of London interests created a web of offshore tax havens to secretly capture global wealth. This system now hides up to half the world's offshore wealth, making the UK a major, se...

  • Propaganda

    This anti-Western film uses a 'fake North Korean' found-footage device to critique American cultural influence. From its unique perspective, it first parodies propaganda stylings, then targets the hypocrisies of the modern Western narrative. Described as a damning indictment of 21st-century cultu...

  • Ghost Mountain

    After fleeing the Killing Fields, Bunseng's family was trapped in a new life-threatening crisis. They were saved from being another tragic statistic only by the heroic efforts of NGOs and officials. Decades later, while painting a rescuer’s home, Bunseng made an incredible discovery: he was worki...

  • Sins of My Father

    The son of Pablo Escobar, Sebastian, recounts his childhood of extreme luxury and life on the run with his father, Colombia's most wanted man. His story is intertwined with those of two of Escobar's most prominent victims: a Minister of Justice and a presidential candidate, as told by their sons....

  • Gaza Health Under Siege

    GAZA: HEALTH UNDER SIEGE reveals life under blockade. Filmed in Gaza City, it follows doctors, nurses, and sanitation workers struggling to provide basic services like clean water, hospital care, and waste management. Despite war, blockade, and years without pay, these extraordinary citizens perf...

  • The Game Is UP: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories

    A former GOP congressman, a rising Young Republican, an Ohio farmer, an Army Veteran & 'MAGA' hardliner, and three evangelicals. In 2016, they were all committed Trump supporters. This is the story of their political evolutions, revealing the fractures within the GOP as they became his adamant ad...

  • Putin's Patriots

    As Russia faces growing international isolation, loyalists within the 30 million-strong Russian diaspora are dedicated to defending, supporting and promoting Putin overseas. Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he wants Russia to reclaim its former glory: across the globe, Russians echo his sent...

  • STU

    “Stu” profiles Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat. A key aide to President Carter, he later championed Holocaust justice. As Special Representative under Clinton, he negotiated restitution for slave laborers and Kindertransport survivors. The film, featuring Presidents Carter and Clinton, chronicles his...

  • Dances With The Wind

    “Fury Dance” follows Korean protest dancer Sam-hun Lee. He sacrificed his ballet dream to fight for 1980s democratization, using dance to soothe souls of victims. After developing a panic disorder from the Gwangju Massacre, he undertakes a difficult Eurasian rail journey. This 15-year documentary...

  • DIY Country

    In spring 2014, following the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, groups of armed pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk seized local administrative building, expelled Ukrainian officials and raised their own flag, called for a referendum and eventually declared independence fr...

  • Postcard From Afghanistan

    Comedian Mike King performs for US & Kiwi troops in Afghanistan, witnessing their rebuilding & security roles. He experiences the war's terror firsthand when an “indirect airstrike” siren sends them scrambling for shelter. A stand-up gig like no other.

  • Finding Fidel

    “Finding Fidel” chronicles cameraman Erik Durschmied's 1958 journey to Cuba's Sierra Maestra to interview a then-unknown Fidel Castro. A month later, Castro took Havana, changing history. Intercutting Durschmied's reflections on the revolution's failed promise with the rare, historic interview, f...

  • EZK Beyond The Walls

    EZK: Beyond the Walls charts the decade-long journey of French street artist Eric ZeKing (EZK). Using his art as a proactive tool, he creates powerful social and political commentary. Striving to align his work with his values, EZK has transformed urban walls into catalysts for meaningful change.

  • Meltdown In Dixie

    After the 2015 Charleston massacre, a conflict ignites in Orangeburg. An ice cream shop owner, forced to fly the Confederate flag on his property, battles the Sons of Confederate Veterans. This documentary delves into the modern war over Confederate symbols, exposing them not as benign history, b...

  • Downfall

    On January 6 2021, the sacred symbol of American democracy was stormed by armed supporters of Donald Trump, unleashing violence and destruction and leaving five dead. Trump's grip on the Right's psyche was well-known, but nobody could have prepared for this assault on democracy that rattled Ameri...

  • The Great Awakening: QAnon

    The far-right political movement known as QAnon has taken off around the world, mobilising a committed band of believers dedicated to fighting what they claim is an ‘online war’ against corrupt, child abusing elites. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared QAn...

  • Margin Of Error: AI, Polling and Elections

    Pioneers of a new kind of polling combine social media data with AI to predict voter behavior. This promises politicians the intel to respond to our needs. But will this data be used to better serve citizens, or will it be misused to mislead us by our own governments or foreign adversaries?

  • You've Been Trumped Too

    Investigative journalist Anthony Baxter travels between the US Presidential race and the Scottish countryside to chronicle the troubling confrontation between Donald Trump and a feisty 92-year-old widow, Molly Forbes, as she refuses to make way for his golf course. This shocking insight to a Davi...

  • Back To Berlin

    Back to Berlin is the first biker flick-meets-holocaust feature documentary. Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil. They will retrace the heroic journeys of the...

  • The Neutral Ground

    A documentary about memory, monuments, and how to break up with the Confederacy
    In 2015, CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments from the city. A forceful group of critics protested the decision and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to r...