Politics Documentaries

HyperNormalisation

Our world is strange and often fake and corrupt. But we think it’s normal because we can’t see anything else. HyperNormalisation - the story of how we got here.

I Am Greta

The documentary follows Greta, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.

I, Dolours

Dolours Price was one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.

JFK: The Making of a President

Explore how John F. Kennedy's worldview was influenced by his younger years, when he endured poor health, family tragedy and a demanding father.

Knock Down The House

A young bartender, a coal miner's daughter, a grieving mother and a registered nurse build a movement of insurgent candidates to challenge powerful incumbents in Congress.

Limited Partnership

The love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and Australian Tony Sullivan, who, in 1975, became one of the first same-sex couples in the world to be legally married.

London: 2,000 Years of History

London's evolution from Roman outpost to modern megacity, as experts examine its battles with invasions, fires and plague while becoming capital of the British Empire.

The Look of Silence

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Meeting Gorbachev

At the age of 88, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev – the man who sparked the end of the Cold War – looks back over his tumultuous life and political career.

MLK/FBI

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

A look at the role of military strategist Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers. This led to speculation of deception about the Vietnam War and a media circus.

Navalny

Alexei survived an assassination attempt by poisoning in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries and decides to return home.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media.

North Korea: The Great Illusion

A four-year journey of filmmakers trying to get into the country and discover how North Korean people live.

ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre

The killing of three members of the Miami Showband sent shock waves across Ireland in 1975. Now one survivor doggedly pursues the truth.

ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black

A chronicle of Johnny Cash's April 1970 visit to the White House, where his emerging ideals clashed with Richard Nixon's policies.

ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff

In 1976, reggae icon Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt as rival political groups battled in Jamaica. But who exactly was responsible?

Reversing Roe

Filmmakers expose a decades-long political campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade using interviews with abortion rights supporters and opponents.

The Square

A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.

The Street

A study of a street in one of London’s poorest boroughs during the era of government-inflicted austerity, the Grenfell tragedy and Brexit.

Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Thatcher's inner circle discuss how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a key political figure in Britain, at a time of great social and economic upheaval.

The Times of Harvey Milk

A remarkable documentary which chronicles Harvey Milk's journey to become a San Francisco supervisor which results in his tragic assassination.

Uprising

1981: a devastating fire leaves 13 black teens dead. The protests, unrest and accusations of indifference defined race relations for a generation.