In 1971 Watkins created a fictional arena where arrested Vietnam War protesters (non-actors) had to choose between prison sentences or three days in ‘Punishment Park’ run by ex-prison guards. The results were shocking.
The Rule-Breakers: CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER + Intro
Chronicle of a Summer captures the thoughts and opinions of 1960s Parisians, then asks them to reflect on the footage – creating a radical breakthrough in documentary: subjective reflexivity.
Director Tamara Erde visits six independently-run Israeli and Palestinian schools to investigate how the disputed history of this contested region is taught.
The Rule-Breakers: SALESMAN + Intro
The Maysles capture, in intimate detail, the life and struggles of a group of door-to-door bible salesmen, constructed through purely ‘observational’ sequences.
Rodney Ascher (ROOM 237) meets eight sufferers of sleep paralysis and discovers the terror that awaits them when they fall asleep each night. Using dramatic reconstructions, compelling first-hand accounts and slick cinematic trickery, The Nightmare will entertain, educate and completely petrify.
A classic from the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. Karol Reisz filmed a London boys' club in the 1950’s, giving working-class teenagers a voice for the first time.
The Rule-Breakers: LISTEN TO BRITAIN and FIRES WERE STARTED + Intro
In classic Jennings style these two intimate and moving poetic portraits of a besieged Britain go against the conventional mould of wartime propaganda.
Back by popular demand for a special one off screening, two days before Martin Armstrong’s latest prediction of another global crash similar to that of 2008. You won’t want to miss it!
This epic film on the harsh lives of the Aran Islanders remains controversial. With dramatised scenes, expressionistic photography and innovative sound, it pushed the boundaries between art and documenting.
The story of the long-ignored real pioneers of punk: The Damned. Forty years later and still active on the scene, the band are chronicled from inception, through countless line-up changes and finally to their 35th anniversary in 2011.
The very Italian story of larger than life Renato Zucchelli, the last travelling shepherd in Italy, who drives his sheep from the mountain slopes to the city.
This week we're celebrating one of the most experimental, form pushing director's in the country with a retrospective at Bertha DocHouse. We kick off with Brian Hill's latest film, a real-life noir thriller which uncovers the truth behind Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Thomas Quick.
This week we're celebrating one of the most experimental, form pushing director's in the country with a retrospective at Bertha DocHouse. We kick off with Brian Hill's latest film, a real-life noir thriller which uncovers the truth behind Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Thomas Quick.
The latest film from acclaimed director Julien Temple tells the extraordinary story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to The Act of Killing focuses on the victims of the brutal genocide in Indonesia in 1965.
Made a year after Luis Bunuel's death in 1983 this classic and rarely seen doc presents an illuminating portrait of perhaps the most surreal and visionary director of all time.
Director Tamara Erde visits six independently-run Israeli and Palestinian schools to investigate how the disputed history of this contested region is taught.
As the price of our clothes decreases, the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost pulls back the curtain on an untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our cheaper clothes?
To celebrate its 250th anniversary the Hermitage Museum opened its doors to director Margy Kinmonth for the first time. Revealing life behind the gallery walls with the curators and staff of this most secret of institutions.
The struggle for women’s rights in Nigeria and the evolution of the pro-democracy movement come together in the story of Hafsat Abiola and her parents. In this epic film Hafsat recounts Nigeria’s bloody recent history.
Very few people know of Stanislav Petrov, yet hundreds of millions are alive because of him. Petrov single-handedly averted a full-scale Nuclear World War in 1983.