Best of DocHouse 2017
Catch the docs you missed and re-visit the ones you loved
As 2017 comes to a close, we're looking back to some of our favourites from the past year, from the timely and urgent to the inspirational and uplifting.
Catch the docs you missed. Rewatch the ones you loved.
The Eagle Huntress
Narrated by Daisy Ridley and set against the breathtaking landscape of the Mongolian Altai mountains, The Eagle Huntress tells the story of one 13 year old girl and her quest to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh family.
Best of 2017: THE FARTHEST
The captivating story behind one of humanity’s greatest achievements in exploration: NASA’s Voyager mission, the twin spacecrafts which revolutionized our understanding of our own solar system.
Best of 2017: CITY OF GHOSTS
A handful of anonymous Syrian activists banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014 under the name ‘Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.’ City of Ghosts tells their story.
Best of 2017: LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD
The dramatic story of writer, explorer, spy and political powerhouse Gertrude Bell.
Best of 2017: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck reimagines James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, with this radical and incendiary examination of race in America, connecting the narratives of past and present.
Best of 2017: DANCER
Dancer offers a uniquely personal portrait of a most singular man and dancer. Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal Ballet’s youngest ever principal.
Best of 2017: THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries.