Wondering where to start with desktop documentaries? Get going with this beginner's guide from pioneer of the genre Kevin B. Lee.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, shining a new light on the world around us and its growing inequalities.
An intimate journey with gloriously outspoken Indian singer Sona Mohapatra, celebrating art, equality and our right to exist with a voice.
Influence charts the rise of PR guru Lord Tim Bell's 'reputation management' firm Bell Pottinger and its ignominious fall in 2017, laying bare the increasing power of the 'weaponised communications' industry to influence the way we think, and the way we vote.
Art and The Toxic Politics of Waste: Lebanon and Palestine
Watch two recent short films from the Middle East, to examine the role of academic and artistic production in challenging knowledge and inspiring activism around waste and toxicity.
See the short films that perfectly embodied the oddities/ambivalence of the lockdown, and managed to forge some creative hope out of 2020.
This dazzling portrait of a visionary, trailblazing artist reveals not only her colourful, sensual, strange works but also the skewing of art history that would leave her out of the narrative of abstraction for so long.
Crafted from extraordinary unheard interviews, and restoring key performances into colour for the first time, Billie is the story of the singer who changed the face of American music, and the journalist who died trying to tell it.
Join us on 20th Nov for a tribute screening of This is Not a Movie, Yung Chang's intimate portrait of journalist Robert Fisk, who passed away on 30th October 2020, aged 74.
The 5th edition of our short docs competition invites people to make a 3 minute short on the theme of 'Brave New World'.
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it.
Hear Mai Masri, one of Palestine’s most distinguished filmmakers, discuss her films with writer and journalist Victoria Brittain.
Join us for a discussion between Kirsten Johnson and Alan Berliner about her latest doc 'Dick Johnson is Dead'.
Looking for a place to talk about docs and the wider world? DocHouse Film Club invites you to discuss great docs & your feelings about the 2020 US Election.
From Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, this brand new documentary is a searing indictment of Donald Trump's failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Secretly filmed over five months, with damning testimony from a series of public health officials and whistle blowers.
An intimate and inspiring portrait of Vietnamese protest singer Mai Khoi, who gave up her place in the limelight to fight for freedom of speech, human rights and democracy in Vietnam.
An illuminating programme of short docs on the theme of 'Vision', screening online as part of this year's Bloomsbury Festival.
Black History Month: Toni Morrison - The Pieces I Am + director Q&A
Through her long and rich writing life Toni Morrison channelled the power of words to transform understanding of the African American experience. In this Sundance favourite, she tells the story of her remarkable life.
2020 Essay Film Festival - To Bring the World into the World: Recent Work by Sarah Wood
This shorts programme focuses on Sarah Wood’s concerns with the way counter-cinema can survive as an open space for thought & imagination.
Rubika Shah’s award-winning and energising film charts a vital national protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell.
2020 Essay Film Festival - Presenting Afterimages: on Cinema, Women and Changing Times by Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey presents & discusses her book with film scholar and audiovisual essayist Catherine Grant. Followed by a short Q&A.