YouTube Documentaries

Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You

A retrospective look at the life and music of Jeff Buckley through the eyes of family, friends, and fans.

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.

Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story

From Seattle to his final days in London, this series explores in depth, through interviews with the people who knew him and the man himself, the life behind the artist.

Jodorowsky's Dune

The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.

Kedi

A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the cat.

Kimono: From Kyoto to Catwalk

Exploring the sartorial, aesthetic and social significance of kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and the rest of the world.

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.

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.

The Last Waltz

The Band's final concert featuring an astounding guest-line up interspersed with interviews and anecdotes.

Let's Get Lost

Whatever his age, legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's musical virtuosity always shone through. In this frank and revealing documentary made a year before his death

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.

Liyana

Five children in the Kingdom of Eswatini turn past traumas into a tale of a Swazi girl named Liyana who embarks on a dangerous mission to save her twin brothers.

The Look of Silence

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

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Writer Neil Gaiman, filmmaker John Carpenter, and others discuss the life and legacy of horror author H.P. Lovecraft, creator of Cthulhu.

Lynch/Oz

Documenting director David Lynch's obsession with `The Wizard of Oz' and its influence on his films.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Eminent American filmmaker Martin Scorsese shares his lifelong love affair with the films of Powell and Pressburger.

Man Made

An affecting and honest portrait of four transgender men as they prepare to step on stage at the only all-trans bodybuilding competition in the world.

Man on Wire

A look at Philippe Petit's daring high-wire routine performed between the World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

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.

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.

Misha and the Wolves

A woman's Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.