DocHouse Thursdays: THE PEARL BUTTON + Director Q&A
"Patricio Guzmán’s The Pearl Button elevates documentary to art." - Vogue
DocHouse Thursday: MAVIS! + Director Q&A
Gospel / soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples has been thrilling her fans for over 60 years, performing with her family as The Staple Singers, and later as a solo artist. Mavis! tells her story and captures her irrepressible zest for music, performing and life.
DREAMS REWIRED
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, Dreams Rewired traces the anxieties and cravings of today’s hyper-connected world back more than a hundred years, when film, television and the telephone were new.
DocHosts at DocHouse: Jeremy Deller presents MESSAGE TO LOVE
We are delighted to announce British artist Jeremy Deller as the curator of our inaugural DocHost event. Jeremy has chosen Murray Lerner’s portrait of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
DocHouse Thursdays: HE NAMED ME MALALA + Panel
A glimpse into the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai – from impassioned speeches at the UN, to everyday family life and her ongoing fi ght for education for girls worldwide.
DocHouse Thursdays: BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION + Q&A
An essential history of the Black Panther movement that paved the way for a new revolutionary culture in America. Stanley Nelson takes us through the groups turbulent life...
DocHouse Thursdays: RED ARMY + Q&A
Premiering to critical acclaim at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Red Army reveals the untold story of the most dominant sporting team in history: the Red Army ice hockey team.
DocHouse Thursdays: 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS + Q&A
On November 23rd 2012 Jordan Davis and his friends pulled into a gas station. 3 ½ minutes later, ten shots rang out. 3 1⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets reconstructs what happened...
DocHouse Thursdays: A SYRIAN LOVE STORY + Q&A
Comrades and lovers Amer and Raghda met in a Syrian prison cell 15 years ago. Maverick director Sean McAllister met the family in 2009, and over five years, charts their incredible odyssey to political freedom.
DocHouse Thursdays: MONTY PYTHON - THE MEANING OF LIVE + Q&A
Directors Roger Graef and James Rogan follow the Monty Pythons as they prepare for their first live performances in over 30 years, through rehearsals and up to the big day.
DOCHOUSE SHORTS: THE LAND BETWEEN US
A series of short films that look beneath the surface of global diaspora and migration to Europe.
DocHouse Thursdays: SALT OF THE EARTH + Panel
For the last 40 years acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado has travelled the world, tracing the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. His moving work and inspirational life are revealed to us in this new documentary.
DocHouse Thursdays: GOING CLEAR + Alex Gibney Q&A (Skype)
Going Clear is a provocative tale of ego, exploitation and lust for power. Director Alex Gibney profiles eight former Scientology members, shining a light on how the church cultivates its true believers and detailing their experiences.
DocHouse Thursdays: INDIA'S DAUGHTER + Dir. Q&A
India’s Daughter investigates the story of the gang rape and murder of medical student Jyoti Singh and why it led to such widespread anger. Examining the values and mind-sets of the rapists as well as society in India more broadly.
DocHouse Thursdays: UYGHURS, PRISONERS OF THE ABSURD
The deeply disturbing story of 22 Uyghur men who escaped persecution in their homeland only to be sold, imprisoned and tortured at the hands of the Americans.
DARK HORSE
The inspirational and life-affirming rags-to-riches true story of a barmaid who bred a champion racehorse. An audacious tale of luck and chance and beating the odds.
DRONE
This alarming new documentary explores the extent of the secret CIA drone war and the emergence of a new kind of soldier, the 'Drone Warrior'.
DocHouse Thursdays: DRONE + Q&A
This alarming new documentary explores the extent of the secret CIA drone war and the emergence of a new kind of soldier, the 'Drone Warrior'.
DocHouse Thursdays: WAITING FOR AUGUST + Director Q&A
In Bacau, Romania, Georgiana Halmac will be 15 this winter and at this precarious age she must become the carer for her six siblings. Her stoicism and humour is a lesson in survival.
DREAMCATCHER + Director Q&A
Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world through the eyes of one of its survivors; Brenda Myers-Powell. A former teenage prostitute who worked the streets of Chicago, Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate...
DEMOCRATS + Director Q&A
In Zimbabwe in 2009, a story of heroic proportions began to unfold. Under the stranglehold of Mugabe's dictatorship two men from opposing sides were given a herculean task – form a new, democratic constitution...