In this time of physical distancing, DocHouse and the Royal Anthropological Insititute (RAI) Film Fest team up to celebrate the social worlds that exist in virtual space.
DOCHOUSE WATCH PARTY: THE WHALEBONE BOX + Q&A
Join us on Fri 3 Apr at 7pm to watch Andrew Kötting's The Whalebone Box on MUBI, plus a Zoom director's Q&A at 8:30pm. In partnership with HOME Manchester.
Join us on Tuesday 31 Mar at 7pm for a Netflix Watch Party showing of the Oscar-shortlisted Three Identical Strangers, plus a Zoom director's Q&A at 8:40pm.
POSTPONED - THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM
Australian Football League player Adam Goodes protests at being called an “ape” during a match and sets off a series of events which force Australia to examine its racist histories.
POSTPONED - RADIO SILENCE
When Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui is fired from her radio station, she is determined to carry on with her investigations into corruption - but at what cost?
POSTPONED - THE GREAT BUSTER: A CELEBRATION + Q&A
A giant of early Hollywood, Buster Keaton was born into physical comedy. The enormous influence of his globally beloved silent films can be seen in the physicality of Tom and Jerry and Simpson cartoons, and the latest Spiderman film.
POSTPONED - ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES
Brian Jones was fragile and ill-equipped for life in the global spotlight. A musical genius who could play countless instruments, his talent was offset by a weakness for temptation which led him time and again into trouble.
Jones displayed a huge talent for music - his early obsession with blues and jazz led him to advertise for the bandmates which became the Rolling Stones. He also was a playboy - fathering six illegitimate children with six different women - and had an affinity for drugs and alcohol. As one contributor notes, he was the “DNA of the band’s rebellious nature.”
POSTPONED - Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
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.
POSTPONED - World Down Syndrome Day: AMBER AND ME
Ian Davies’ lovingly made film follows his two daughters over four years. Olivia is protective of her twin sister, Amber, who has Down’s syndrome.
POSTPONED - PUSH
With record rents pushing tenants out of housing in London and in cities around the world, Push examines who is behind the crisis in affordable housing. This is not gentrification - it’s much more sinister.
Yours in Sisterhood
How might women today respond to feminist concerns of the 1970s? Yours In Sisterhood brings some of the thousands of letters written to 'Ms.Magazine' to life, by inviting strangers from across the US to read them aloud and respond.
The Disappearance of My Mother
After a lifetime in front of the camera lens, 75 year old Benedetta Barzini wants to disappear. Her son, on the other hand, wants more than ever to film her. With this tension at the heart of his film, first time director Beniamino Barrese has made both an intimate, nuanced portrait of an iconoclastic woman, and an enigmatic tract on images, identity and filmmaking itself.
WOMEN'S DAY
In this absorbing foray into the lives of Soviet women, director Dolya Gavanski speaks to a rich mix of women whose stories give an insider’s perspective on Russian feminism.
Midnight Family
There’s a severe lack of government ambulances in Mexico city - so families like the Ochoas have stepped into the breach. At night they scour the streets of the city in their second hand ambulance, coming to the aid of those in need - from whom they have to ask for payment.
FOR SAMA
A letter from young mother Waad al-Kateab to her baby daughter Sama, to whom she gave birth on the front line of cataclysmic conflict in Aleppo.
MALI BLUES
A musical odyssey following four renowned musicians surviving in a country where secular music is under threat.
Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore + Q&A
Everyone from Tim Burgess to Ariel Pink is singing his praises, but R. Stevie Moore always refused the mainstream and never made it big. Now, in his sixties, with his body not working quite like it used to, he's hitting the road on a world tour. And he's not making it easy for anyone.
The Forbidden Reel
The Forbidden Reel tells how the Afghan cinematic archive was rescued from destruction by the Taliban. And what an archive it is: it reveals a rich auteur cinema reflecting a long forgotten Afghanistan.
The Plan That Came From The Bottom Up + Panel
This “film letter in parts” creatively explores the story of the Lucas plans. In the 1970s when their defence jobs in a Birmingham factory were threatened, workers came up with a plan to keep their jobs - by developing a range of groundbreaking sustainable products.
When Lambs Become Lions
In this beautifully shot documentary, Director John Kasbe gains access to both poachers and wildlife rangers in northern Kenya, where no-one’s livelihood is easy to come by.
The Accused: Damned or Devoted + Q&A
Director Mo Naqvi gains extraordinary access to all sides as he investigates Pakistan's blasphemy laws in his latest BBC Storyville film.