Moving back and forth between the personal and the political, filmmaker Mila Turajlic turns her mother's life story into a portrait of Belgrade following the turbulent break up of the former Yugoslavia.
DOCHOUSE WATCH PARTY: DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE + Q&A
Our next watch party takes us back to a landmark observational classic, Kim Longinotto's intimate look at the lives of women in an Iran, told from inside an Iranian divorce court.
POSTPONED - THE SPACE: THEATRE OF SURVIVAL + Q&A
In 1972 at the height of the apartheid struggle in South Africa, a group of artists risked everything to build a safe space dedicated to all freedoms—artistic, social and political.
A group of Satanists from Salem are rocking religious and political institutions with their demands for equal rights, and also leading the way with compassion, empathy and community care.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
An early victim of the rock and roll lifestyle, Brian Jones, the founder of the Rolling Stones, burned the candle at both ends until his premature death under murky circumstances at the age of 27.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.