The Century of the Self
The Century of Self by Adam Curtis discusses the emergence and rise of psychoanalysis as a pivotal means of persuasion for corporations and governments. It covers the works of psychoanalysts Sigmund & Anna Freud and PR co...
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Are You Good or Evil?
Questions of morality have long been considered by scientific researchers to be too ambiguous to accurately answer. However, it is exactly this sort of vague topic that some scientists are seeking to answer. Are You Good Or E...
Child of Rage
Child of Rage follows the story of disturbed child Beth Thomas as she receives psychiatric treatment. It includes interviews with herself, her family, experts in the field and footage from her home life. A traumatic childhood...
Madness in the Fast Lane
In 2008 two Swedish sisters, Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, were filmed by BBC cameras throwing themselves into oncoming traffic on a British motorway. The shocking scenes came to national attention in the UK where it was watche...
The Psychopath Next Door
The Psychopath Next Door examines the non-criminal psychopaths that live among us, often holding respectable positions in society. People tend to think of psychopaths as murderers and monsters, excessive and dramatic characte...
The Woman with 7 Personalities
In The Woman with 7 Personalities, filmmaker Ruth Selwyn attempts to explain and define the seven alter egos of her childhood friend, Helen. Helen suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is better known as Multiple...
Why Do We Dream?
Why Do We Dream delves into the mysterious nature of dreams through state-of-the-art experiments and personal accounts to find the scientific meaning behind dreams and answer age-old questions. The film seeks to discover what...
The Rainman Twins
The Rainman Twins tell the story of the only known autistic-savant identical twin sisters in the world. Flo and Kay’s memories are unparalleled in scope: dates, a day’s weather, songs, food, people – if they...
The Boy They Call Chucky
The Boy They Call Chucky documents the struggles of a family dealing with a child who exhibits such aggressive behaviour at times that people have nicknamed him Chucky, after the evil doll that became famous in the Child̵...
Beautiful Young Minds
Beautiful Young Minds follows the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad and the team from the United Kingdom who competed in it. The film discusses how the team members are chosen and how they trained for the Olympiad taki...
Boy Interrupted
Boy Interrupted examines the difficult topic of suicide through the eyes of the parents of a New York teen who took his own life. Dana and Hart Perry explain how their son, Evan, had battled bipolar disorder and depression be...
The Secret Life of the Brain
The Secret Life of the Brain is a five-part series charting the process of human brain development at different stages of life. The documentary divides this journey into 5 parts: The Child’s Brain, The Baby’s Brain, The Teena...