Documentary Movies

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels,...

Portrays the adventure of the first Dominican expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest in Nepal. It contrasts the highest mount in the world with...

When Rob Lewis saw an image of a family portrait lying on the surface of the moon, he realized there was a story behind the photograph smiling down...

Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous...

After rocketing to global fame, singer-songwriter Noah Kahan returns to his Vermont roots to get back in tune with himself.

Documentary discussing the history of Cuban dance and its music. It shows different dances, including some folk dances.

In an immersion into the little-known Necropolis upon which the foundations of St. Peter's Basilica rest, we will learn the story of the tomb of the...

Twenty years after his debut as an actor, Brazil's sweetheart Reynaldo Gianechini meets his mentor, legendary director José Celso Martinez...

Weathering intertwines the deeply personal stories of two Black key workers as they reveal their experiences of racism in the UK. The film explores...

The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...

A tribute to the poet Christian Winther (1796-1876). Nature poetry, national romance and the poet's life story.

François Hollande, François Bayrou, Christiane Taubira, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Arlette Laguiller,...

Conquer by the Clock was a short dramatic propaganda film produced by the RKO Pathé in 1942 to encourage wartime industrial production. It was...

Over several days and nights, an actor and an actress read the correspondence between Torcuato and Kamala, the film director's parents, he from...

One morning, Leonardo Galicia wakes up with a dull pain and an intense fever. After a pandemic experience that made him aware of his mortality, the...

22 Words is a compelling documentary that delves into the profound consequences of removing prayer and the Bible from American schools, as set in...