iTunes Documentaries

Iris

Filmmaker Albert Maysles pays tribute to nonagenarian Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, longtime interior designer and outspoken champion of eclectic fashion.

Italy's Invisible Cities

Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover the hidden history of Italian civilisation and city life.

Jane

The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Archival footage and interviews highlight the life and career of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, from her musical rise in the 1960s to her battle with alcohol and heroin addiction.

Jim: The James Foley Story

A tribute to James Foley, the US journalist who was publicly beheaded by Islamic State militants. Friends and family sit down to discuss Foley's life and his time in captivity.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.

Journal de France

Travelling alone, internationally acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing France with a large format camera.

Kim Swims

New Zealand native Kimberley Chambers faces her greatest challenge when she attempts a record-breaking 48 kilometre swim off the coast of San Francisco.

LA 92

25 years after the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests and violence in LA, filmmakers examine the tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.

Life, Animated

"The Little Mermaid," "The Lion King" and other animated Disney movies help a young autistic man to develop reading, writing and communication skills.

The Look of Silence

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

Looking for Light: Jane Bown

In the almost six decades that Jane Bown worked for the Observer newspaper, she became renowned for insightful, highly individualistic portraits of the famous.

March of the Penguins

At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds.

March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

Emperor penguins fall in love, form families, fight for survival and search for a new home while on an epic Arctic journey through life.

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.

McCullin

For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments.

Miss Representation

Exploring how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

MLK/FBI

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

The Mole Agent

A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.

Muscle Shoals

Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American history.

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Michael was flying high as the lead singer of INXS until his untimely death in 1997. This documentary examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through his many loves and demons.

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Years after the premiere of Galaxy Quest, the original filmmakers and cast discuss the film's effect on society and the process of creating it.

Notes on Blindness

In 1983, when writer John Hull goes blind just before the birth of his son, he starts making a diary on audio cassette to make sense of all the changes.

Palio

Twice a year the city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders.