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3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, directed by Marc Silver, recounts the events surrounding the killing of seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis, as well as the trial and social fallout that followed. On the day after Thanksgiving in 2012, Da...
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: The Killing of George Floyd
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds delves into the death of a Black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the world. The title of the documentary refers to the lengt...
A Class Divided
Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a third-grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa, found that she was unable to properly explain the impact of racial prejudice to a mostly homogeneous class. In an effort to driv...
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
In A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, filmmaker and journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy tells the story of an honour killing in Pakistan and its aftermath through the eyes of the victim, 19-year-old Pakistani woman S...
A Gray State
A Gray State examines the life of David Crowley, an up-and-coming filmmaker who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life in 2015. Crowley’s film Gray State was only partially completed when the deaths oc...
Abused by My Girlfriend
Abused by My Girlfriend tells the story of 23-year-old British man Alex Skeel, who survived an abusive relationship with his girlfriend, and leads to a wider discussion of masculinity, the complex nature of relationships, and...
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News explores the ongoing threat posed by the ‘fake news’ phenomenon in the United States, focusing on the real-life consequences of spreading disinformation, false stories and...
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, by Adam Curtis, explores how humans have become colonised by the machines they have constructed over the years. Rather than liberating humankind, it argues that computers have dis...
Amish: A Secret Life
Amish: A Secret Life provides a revealing glimpse into the life of a family within the Amish religious community of Pennsylvania. Known for their insular and simple lifestyles, David and Miriam, the family featured in this BB...
Among the Believers
Among the Believers illustrates the radical beliefs of the Red Mosque in Pakistan and its dedication to a holy war against those in the country who do not align with its ideology. The film follows Abdul Aziz Ghazi, who preach...
Aokigahara: Suicide Forest
Situated in Japan, the Aokigahara Forest is the most well-known suicide site in the country, with up to a hundred deaths reported each year. The site contains so many bodies that members of the Yakuza have reportedly paid hom...