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3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets by Marc Silver recounts the events, trial, and fallout of the murder of seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis. On the day after Thanksgiving in Jacksonville, Florida, Davis and some friends stopped at a gas...
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: The Killing of George Floyd
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: The Killing of George Floyd delves into the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis that sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the world. The title of the docu...
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-homogenous class. In order to drive home...
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, Saba....
A Gray State
A Gray State takes a look at 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 f...
A Place for Paedophiles
Few topics invite more heated feelings and controversy than that of adults who are attracted to children. In A Place for Paedophiles, filmmaker Louis Theroux seeks to get to the root of the issue by speaking with patients at...
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 caused by the ‘fake news’ phenomenon in the United States, focusing on the real-life consequences of spreading disinformation, false stories an...
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis showcases how humans have become colonised by the machines they have constructed over the years. Rather than liberating mankind, it argues that computers have distor...
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, whose family are the starring...
Among the Believers
Among the Believers is a illustrates the radical beliefs of the Red Mosque in Pakistan and their dedication to a holy war against those in their country who do not align with their beliefs. The film follows Abdul Aziz Ghazi w...