In one of the most beloved documentaries of the 1990s, Wim Wenders captures a forgoten generation of Cuba's brightest musical talents as they collaborate with Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club.
Being BeBe intimately charts 15 years in the life of drag performer Marshall Ngwa (aka BeBe Zahara Benet): An immigrant to America from Cameroon, first champion on RuPaul's Drag Race, and a leading artist celebrating Black Queer Excellence today.
Julia Bacha's revealing documentary spotlights the little-known but widespread US state laws which penalise people for choosing to boycott Israel.
Jabir, Usama and Useir are three young brothers living in the Bosnian countryside. They have grown up in the shadow of their father, a strict Islamist preacher, but when he is sentenced to two years in prison, the brothers are suddenly left alone, and begin to question their father's teaching.
An inside look at the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, whose iconic films made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.
Free-spirited 23-yr-old alpine climber Marc-André Leclerc has made some of the boldest solo ascents in history. But with no rope and no margin for error, there's a fine line between genius and madness, as this thrilling film shows.
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The death of punk pioneer and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother’s artistic archive to understand Poly the icon and Poly the mother.
The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.
Master filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky elevates the farmyard to black-and-white, cinematic brilliance, drawing us deeply into the world - and animal consciousness - of his magnificent screen star: a sow called Gunda.
In the secret forests of Northwest Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs hunt for the world’s most expensive ingredient: the white Alba truffle.
Based on a bestselling book in which Naoki Higashida, a 13-year-old nonspeaking autistic boy, vividly explains his experience of the world, The Reason I Jump is a beautifully cinematic examination of what autism feels like.
Claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by da Vinci, The Lost Leonardo tells the story of the most expensive painting ever sold; a story driven by the insatiable quest for fame, money and power.
When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in California's women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible legal battle exposing modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.
Fed up with a rigged system that keeps people in debt, a filmmaker-and-artist couple team up with their local community to take on the world of finance.
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.
A deeply intimate look at extraordinary teenager Billie Eilish. Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler follows her journey on the road, onstage, and at home with her family as the writing and recording of her debut album changes her life.
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.
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.
Pamela B. Green hits the road in search of one of cinema’s most prolific pioneers: Alice Guy-Blaché. Having founded successful film studios in both France and the US and made more than 1000 films.