Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director…

Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his father's life.

Victor Kossakovsky searched obsessively for inhabitants of St. Petersburg who were born on Wednesday 19 July 1961, his own birthday, in former Leningrad. Fifty-one women and fifty men fitted the profi…

A profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.

On 30 October 1974, perhaps the most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time took place in Kinshasa, Zaire - the "Rumble in the Jungle" between champion George Foreman and challenger …

After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and re…

Portrait of the artist as a young man. In spring, 1965, Bob Dylan, 23, a pixyish troubador, spends three weeks in England. Pennebaker's camera follows him from airport to hall, from hotel room to publ…

444 Days offers a detailed insight into the troubled history between the USA and Iran, telling the story of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran. On 4 November 1979, hundreds of I…

Year of the Dogs is a documentary detailing the turbulent 1996 season of the Australian Football League (AFL) team Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs).

A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.

This documentary, made by several of the Dardenne Brothers regular collaborators, tells the story of a group of Romanian teenagers living on the streets of Bucharest, particularly focusing on 'Gigi' a…

A chronicle of the ups and downs that occur during the rehearsals and previews process of Ken Ludwig's Broadway comedy "Moon Over Buffalo".

The small town of Bransk used to boast a large Jewish population before the Holocaust. As Bransk prepares to celebrate its 500th anniversary, the authorities debate whether to acknowledge the town's J…

Cuba's cemeteries are too small to hold all of the country's dead. This film chronicles the emotional scenes at the exhumation of bodies after they have been buried for three years, and the subsequent…

Director Ron Havilio intertwines a highly personal view of Jerusalem - where he has lived for nearly 50 years - with an overview of the Holy City's fascinating and litigious history. He also looks at …

In 1987, 600 colour slides depicting scenes in a wartime Jewish ghetto in Poland, were found in a Vienna bookshop. Director Dariusz Jablonski 's uses these photos to provide a chilling testimonial to …

German gov't and industry have resisted demands to compensate the millions who worked as slave labourers under the Third Reich. Rudy Kennedy tries to force German firms to acknowledge their links with…

A seven-part documentary from director Jennifer Fox sheds light on the state of race relations by following two years in the lives of a mixed-race married couple and their two children in New York.

Part 2: Daughter Cicily travels to Nigeria to spend a term with a group of students.

Part 3: The family celebrate Christmas, but Cicily contracts malaria.

Part 4: Chaney introduces her first boyfriend to Bill and Karen. Is she too young for romantic matters?

Part 5: Continuing the documentary about a mixed-race couple. The family faces a crisis when Karen is admitted into hospital for a hysterectomy.

Part 6: Bill struggles to overcome his drink problem, while daughter Cicily - now a graduate - begins her search for a job.

Part 7: Concluding the documentary portrait of a mixed-race couple. Bill and Karen reflect on their courtship period during the sixties.

Director Paul Jay's acclaimed film follows Hart for a year and explores the reality behind the theatre of wrestling.

Leslie Woodhead 's film is the result of a year-long investigation into the killing and the aftermath of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.

Despite their aristocratic background and the fact that they were aunt and cousin to Jackie Onassis , Edith Bouvier Beale and daughter Edie lived in anonymity in a decaying mansion on New York's Long …

For Ah Feng, Jialing, Xiazi and Ziao, their years working as maids while sharing a room in a Beijing slum may be freest of their lives.

This film looks at America's love-hate relationship with cigarettes over the course of the century.

Tracing director Werner Herzog's strange and troubled relationship with actor Klaus Kinski.

Following the trial of the mayor of a Rwandan village, who was brought before a UN tribunal to face a genocide and crimes against humanity charge.

Oscar-winning documentary recounting the kidnapping of 12 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

The first of a two-part programme in which writer Norman Mailer profiles life in America since the Second World War. But, disappointed by post-war America, he grew to despise the fifties.

In this second and final episode, writer and social critic Norman Mailer describes the revolution in attitudes during the sixties, the impact of the Vietnam war, and the Reagan and Clinton years.

Don Boyd charts the truth about his parents as he travels around the world following the course of their lives.

Award-winning film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky examines the nature of human love in three stories which together look at his mentors, a shot-gun wedding outside Moscow, and the relationship of two St Pet…

Documentary focusing on Vera Bila , the most successful Romany singer in Europe. Born in Slovakia, she travels around Europe in search of places to perform, all the while awaiting her son's release fr…

Film-maker Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for one of the many people who share his name. He attempts to come to terms with his alter egos when he holds a dinner party where invites are confi…

Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union

The story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.

What made a nice girl from a well-to-do middle class family descend into the sleazy world of drugs, pimps, sex for money, and ultimately jail and ruin?

Prince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.

In this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.

Co-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

This Icelandic documentary film tells the story of Britain and Iceland's struggle over the once plentiful cod-fishing grounds in the North Atlantic during the 1950s and the 1960s.

First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.

Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.

Documentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.

The life of the Jewish jazz musician Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Russia, only to be arrested and imprisoned there after the war.

Documentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.

The nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.

A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso

Agnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.

Photojournalist Nick Danziger 's return to Kosovo as he tries to trace the ethnic Albanian people he pictured in refugee camps during the war in the Balkans.

Film documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.

Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.

How the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.

Maximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.

Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.

Documentary, originally shown in 1994, observing life at three busy hairdressing salons in the town of Blackpool.

Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.

The story of right-wing American Politician George Wallace, who campaigned for racial segregation and on whom an assassination attempt was made in 1972.

After the attempt on his life, which left him paralysed from the waist down, George Wallace showed remorse for his emotive policies and sought reconciliation with the black community.

An award-winning documentary telling the story of three Australian prospectors, whose search for gold in the 1930s led them to the previously unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea.

A documentary programme filmed in the spectacular highlands of Papua New Guinea, where the expansionist policy of a coffee plantation owner has led to a bitter intertribal war.

Following the fortunes of two entrepreneurs, Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, in their quest to develop a new media solution for connecting citizens with the US government via the internet

Following Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual from Georgia, who is dying from ovarian cancer. Robert resolves to beat the odds and take his partner on a visit to America's pre-eminent transgende…

Eight camcorders were given out to students in Los Angeles. They filmed their lives for a week and then passed the camera on to someone else. The project lasted for a year and the resulting film descr…

Barry Stevens believes he has hundreds of half brothers and sisters because his parents were one of the early beneficiaries of artificial insemination. Half a century on, Stevens tries to trace his bi…

Following a group of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip on a 3 day organised tour through Israel in 1999. For many, this is a first visit to Israel, while others take the chance to see hom…

A reunion of some of the greatest names in bluegrass music at the Ryman theatre in Nashville. The stars featured include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss. John Hartford and Ralph Stanley. Directed by DA …

Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the re…

The raucous debate on "women's lib" that took place in New York's City Hall in 1971, between novelist Norman Mailer, critic Diana Trilling and three members of the Women's Movement - Germaine Greer, J…

Following the Democrat's 1992 election trail of Bill Clinton, focusing on communications director George Stephanopoulos and campaign strategist James Carville as they attempt to sell the nation a new …

Celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday with an examination of the authenticity of his work. To what extent was Christopher Marlowe the inspiration behind his work, or was he - as some have suggest…

Part 3 looks at the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. Waitress Peng has sacrificed her own education to support her sister's studies, while owner Qin Linzi discusses her …

The slave trade was officially abolished throughout British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals Britain's darkest secrets: a form of slavery continued well into 20th century - story of Indian ind…

Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activities, filming becom…

Naomi Horowitz and her six children are one of seven Jewish families to settle in Tel Rumeida, a community in the heart of Palestinian self-rule territory. Ruth Walk's film looks at why they feel they…

Brigid Berlin had a comfortable uptown upbringing that her mother hoped would end in her becoming a respectable socialite. Instead, she found cult recognition as an acolyte of Andy Warhol, appearing n…

Known for singing with the Velvet Underground, Nico was a troubled soul whose iconic beauty was offset by a self-destructive urge. Susanne Ofteringer's film charts Nico's life, from her birth in postw…

This film is a behind-the-scenes look at how a high-profile football club, celebrating its centenary year, survives in a modern sport where money rules and business comes first.

Brazilian football suffered a dark day on 16 July 1950: the national team lost the World Cup final at home in front of 175,000 fans. But it heralded the dawn of a golden age made possible by two playe…

Director Frederick Wiseman's unblinking portrait of the circumstances in which the crime of domestic violence occurs, and what is being done to combat it.

The story of a 2,000-strong collection of priceless paintings stolen from European galleries by the Nazis - and of the British agents, nicknamed "the Bonzos" who saved them from oblivion.

A look at the price paid by Jamaica for seeking help from the International Monetary Fund during the 1970s.

Marc Singer 's film follows a community of people eking out a living in the subway tunnels beneath the streets of New York.

The human cost of the terror campaign waged against the people of Indonesia in the 1960s.

Manuel Martin Cuenca's documentary tells of how the Cuban national sport, baseball, turned into a battleground with the revolution in 1959, and how the sport became emblematic of Cuba's frosty relatio…

Sex, love, relationships and Aids are examined as Dumisani Phakathi explores his community in Soweto, South Africa.

A compilation of the French director's TV series, L'inde Fantôme, which followed his trip to India.

Profile of film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

Angus Macqueen's film captures the desperate situation as Argentineans try to make the best of life with their economy in freefall.

In November 2001, as western forces began the bombardment of Afghanistan, members of the NGO emergency crew dealt with the casualties. This film captures the hardship of their work

Exploring the arrest, in 1931, and subsequent trial of nine black boys accused of gang rape.

Chronicling the events that shaped the legendary US boxer, including 1974's "rumble in the jungle".

Brad Lichtenstein's film tells the story of the bloodiest uprising in US penal history, which occurred in September 1971 when over 1,000 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility in u…

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attempts to discover why the American electorate is so apathetic.

After a year shadowing George W Bush, Alexandra Pelosi presents a profile.

An account of the one of the pivotal conflicts of the First World War, using archive film and interviews with survivors to portray the reality of warfare. Originally shown as part of the landmark BBC …

In 1978, film director Yulie Cohen-Gerstel was the victim of a terrorist attack in London in which several of her colleagues died.

Profiling South African gay activists Simon Nkoli and Bev Ditsie.

Exploring the character and ambitions of the former Yugoslavian President, who for ten years orchestrated Europe's most ruthless dictatorship since the Second World War. Including interviews with insi…

Accused #1: Nelson Mandela is a 2004 documentary TV film directed by Pascale Lamche.

Global companies wish to be well-thought of and very successful. Being Finnish, and therefore Scandinavian, Nokia is in the lead when it comes to feeling good about capitalism. But it is not always ea…