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The ultimate king of pop Michael Jackson spent his last hours battling insomnia and pleading with his personal physician. We explore the truth behind this and discover the real facts, with exclusive footage and testimonials.

Chronicles the extraordinary rise of Haitian-American jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, anchored by a pristine recording of a live concert.

A new investigation into one of the most harrowing gravesites of the 79AD eruption, where more than 55 bodies were found cowering in a warehouse at a site that has long baffled archaeologists. While the skeletons at the back of the room have no possessions, those crowded at the front are laden with jewellery and gold - but why, in the chaos of their dying moments, were the bodies so starkly divided by wealth?

Today, Iran's aggressive posture and rogue nuclear weapons program are straining the patience and nerve of the international community. With Iranian fighters, funds, and strategic weapons flooding into the Middle East, significant war appears inevitable. Meanwhile, something surprising is taking place inside this controversial country. Muslim-background Iranians are leading a quiet but mass exodus out of Islam and bowing their knees to the Jewish Messiah—with kindled affection toward the Jewish people. The Iranian awakening is a rapidly reproducing discipleship movement that owns no property, no buildings, has no budget, no 501c3 status, and is predominantly led by women. THIS IS THEIR STORY.

'Ofeina'o Lesieli "I Love You, Lesieli" is a documentary short film set in the capital city of Nuku'alofa which takes place in the Kingdom of Tonga - A tropical country situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This idyllic, tropical country is often coined ‘The Friendly Islands’ due to the hospitality and charm of its residents. Here we spend a day in the life of Lesieli, a bright and loveable young Tongan woman living with Down Syndrome. After having discovered a passion for table tennis, Lesielis’ life has become blessed in new and exciting ways. Along the way, we meet Lesielis’ committed mother Alisi and her caring table tennis coach Simote. Both of these beautiful souls play essential roles in Lesielis’ world. Things begin to get complicated when Alisi reveals the heart of the story. Their first-hand experience with the locals' belief in magic and how this notion negatively impacts people living with disabilities, both in Tongan society and other pacific islands.

Football managers operate in a trade which is prone to immediate judgement in a society where perception trumps reality. Dynastic managers are few and far between. They are disposable commodities in a ruthless industry which hires and fires with impunity. In the 2018-19 season, 44 of the 92 managers in top four leagues lost their job. The merry-go-round was in full swing in the non-leagues, too. The Gaffer, the latest in BT Sport’s award-winning series of feature-length documentaries, offers an intimate and compelling insight into the life of five National League managers in and out of the dugout. Starring Harrogate Town’s Simon Weaver, Bromley-born Neil Smith managing his hometown club, lower league legend John Still and his mentee Hakan Hayrettin at Maidstone United, Eastleigh’s Ben Strevens in his first season as a manager, and Craig Hignett at Hartlepool United, the film provides an extraordinary fly-on-the wall account of life in charge of non-league clubs.

On August 3rd, 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shoots and kills a white crab fisherman at the town docks in Seadrift, TX. What began as a fishing dispute erupts in violence and ignites a resurgence of the KKK and open hostilities against the Vietnamese along the Gulf Coast. Set during the early days of Vietnamese refugee arrival, “Seadrift” examines the circumstances that led up to the shooting, its tumultuous aftermath, and the unexpected consequences that continue to reverberate today.

In her studio, Hasabie Kidanu uses analogue film technologies to explore the construction of images and space, inspired by the earliest forms of cinema. The result is a film that works as a diorama with its very own dynamic of cut-outs, moving light, coloured windows and echoes of Addis Ababa.

Rock Auvergne is a documentary film about the history of climbing in Auvergne which introduces us, through interviews and archive footage, to its iconic climbers such as Denis Collangette, Jean-Pierre Frachon, Gérard and Olivier Monneron, Zsolt and Csaba Osztian, Thierry Mompied, Claude Clauzon, Aurélien Païs and a certain Patrick Berhault, all driven by the desire to pass on knowledge and the human aspect of climbing, and sumptuous images of the emblematic cliffs and peaks of Puy-de-Dôme and the Sancy massif such as the Capucin, the Dent de la Rancune, the Tullière and Sanadoire rocks and the Saint-Sauves rock.

A short documentary about a young girl who leaves home to join a travelling Fun Park in hopes of finding a new family.

The documentary film about Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, captures her way through life, creative works and aspect towards life. Her life, works and visions are special in many ways ever since she started at 17 years old as a journalist at one of Icelands biggest newspapers. Then she became a radio and television host; poet, writer of fiction, author of television plays, writer of biographies; a spokesperson for nature protection and the importance of how our behaviour today can be crucial for the future of life on Earth.

A family of lions and a family of cheetahs struggle to survive the consequences of climate change in the Serengeti.

Woodstock-the most famous rock concert in history. At the center of it all, a psychedelic symbol-covered Volkswagen bus called Light. Join the race to solve a 50-year-old mystery, find a lost bus that became an iconic emblem of a generation, and restore it in time for a trip back to Woodstock.

A resilient crop-farmer endeavours to preserve his land, legacy and way of life in the face of Australia’s ongoing ‘big dry’.

Marina has been doing gymnastics for over 15 years. She is the oldest (read, old) gymnast of the Pearl Olympic Reserve School. She would be happy to finish her career long ago and live a normal life: to study, to have a hobby, and in the end - to love. But by the will of the coach (or fate?), She did not go to the competitions, which she aspired to all her career. Therefore, she is forced to stay in sports for another two years at the age of 20 in order to wait for the next chance, and her coach, “Lena,” is forced to undergo endless trials, because that same Marina’s prison is the life of Elena Anatolyevna.

Documentary about anarchist Thomas Walter.

The perfectionist Life magazine photojournalist, famous for his pictures of Elvis, Jackie, and Marilyn, makes an emotional return to France, where he and his Jewish mother almost during World War II.

1960s pop sensation Ricky Shayne's meteoric rise in West German culture. Born in Cairo and raised in Beirut, the Beat scene star found fame in Rome before achieving greater success in Berlin.

An auto-fictional essay about a gay community that makes use of a communication network consisting of amateur radio and grassroot hook-up apps. While the air is constantly interrupted by homophobic messages made of the intercepted military ciphers used by the Russian army, networks of love, empathy, and support become ever stronger. Produced as a close observation of everyday media practices and the social life of love relations, “The Film of Sand“ takes a close look at the interrelations of war and intimacy, threat and empathy, fiction and documentation.

Watch his story unfold as we recount his rise as a journalist covering some of the most controversial UFO events seen across Mexico in history. Jaime Maussan started his career in journalism at some of the highest profile news agencies in Mexico, including 60 minutes and TV Azteca. His ambition and powerful desire to tell stories at a feverish pace led to the creation of his own news reporting agency Tercer Milenio which still has a growing base of over 2 million viewers a week internationally.

Charles Curtis Blackwell: the Oakland poet, painter, playwright and teacher -- takes us on an intimate journey into his past and present. From his challenging upbringing in both California and Mississippi, to his current creative life -- we follow as he discusses loss, love, pain, and redemption -- all through the prism of his artistic endeavors.

The story of Sweet Tea spans more than a decade. Starting off a scholarly book by E. Patrick, it has since been adapted into a one-man show and is now a feature length documentary. Each iteration highlights different characters and topics in the lives of these black gay men of the south.

This documentary visits the towns and villages of the Alsace region of France at Christmastime. See the charmingly decorated storybook towns and learn of the unique holiday traditions and celebrations. The Alsatian landscape is covered with medieval towns, castle ruins and vineyards, and the communities of the region create a season of enchantment in their celebration of Christmas.

In a small village in the south of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, filmmaker Kateřina Turečková meets 16-year-old Ben, interested in learning about their newly discovered trans identity in person. Ben seeks refuge for their true feelings in cyberspace, finding moments of happiness by using green-screen technology to imagine their possible future. The film indirectly captures the (mis)understanding and (non-)acceptance Ben faces at school, its focused insight rounded out by the filmmaker’s interviews with Ben’s mother and sister, who inadvertently embody everything Ben hates about themself.

The portrait of the family of a Brussels drag queen composed of four generations in their dressing rooms during a show. As facial features ae covered by multiple layers of makeup and imbibed in alcohol, jokes are made and they open their hearts and tackle certain difficult questions.

The Shoah's memorial, Paris. Every thursday, volunteers provide a photographic permanence to collect the testimonies and the family archives of people wishing to transmit and protect their history.

Catherine Opie shares the emotional and political motivations for her provocative and influential photography.

The bedroom—the space in which one comes back to one's intimacy, sleep and also perhaps disappointments—serves as a setting to compose the filmmaker’s fragmented portrait. A woman seeks to understand love, sorrow and absence between the folds of sheets, which are intended to keep lovers’ secrets. Davina Maria tries to find her image just as one makes or unmakes one’s bed. A quest for oneself and a harrowing diary.

Vaca Muerta, Argentina, is one of the world's largest shale oil and gas deposits, that deposit is also home to the indigenous Mapuche people. In 2013, a new deal saw U.S. energy giant Chevron (energy) enter Vaca Muerta, opening the region for the first time to the international oil and gas industry. In collaboration with The Guardian, FA investigated a local Mapuche community's claim that the oil and gas industry has damaged their ancestral land, eroded their traditional ways of life and irreversibly damaged the environment.

Ladakh Chale Rickshawala is a 64-minute Indian film helmed by Indrani Chakraborty about Satyen Das' exploration of Ladakh from Kolkata on his rickshaw, a three-wheeled passenger cart.[

When the annual motoring event participants pull up at a parking lot on the side of A20, they had no idea what sort of adventures are coming their way. For car enthusiasts who like to travel by car to get to know new destinations alongside other petrol-heads, this stop will be long stuck in their memory. Heaps of frustration, fear and misunderstanding will force them to leave their 120 beautiful cars in the hands of the police and leave to find somewhere to stay in the middle of the night.

Carmen Castillo, a Dominican hotel housekeeper in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, has won an election to the City Council. Now she must manage her day job cleaning hotel rooms, while advocating for low-income workers as a rookie politician.

Two teenagers made a music video for an international art-group. They just captured a day of their life in the hood using an old handy cam.

Dirch Passer wasn't just Denmark's funniest man and most beloved comedian. He was also a workaholic and in a constant pursuit of his audience's laughter. In this documentary, colleagues, family and friends tell the story of a man who couldn't say no and ended his days on the stage he was addicted to.

From local rippers to travelling pros: if you skate in Bristol you’ll almost certainly end up at Dean Lane. Our documentary about this legendary park was released to widespread acclaim in the skate scene and has since been watched by hundreds of thousands all over the world. Nothing Meaner started life as an innocent suggestion that someone should make a ‘Best of the Deaner’ montage to mark the 20th anniversary of the Dean Lane Hardcore Funday – an annual skate jam hosted by the locals. That idea quickly snowballed into a 45-minute documentary covering more than 40 years of skateboarding history, beginning in the spring of 1978 when Bristol City Council built Dean Lane skatepark on a hill in the south of the city.

An unflinching look at one family’s experience being forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Anyone who has ever skied or snownboarded Jackson Hole knows just how nerve-racking it can be to send it into the infamous Corbet's Couloir, even in the best of conditions. Doing it in icy conditions on mountain bikes is nothing short of insane, and that's exactly what be did.

In the heart of a popular neighbourhood of Montreal, Fissure is the portrait of Father Robert and his coordinator Jenny who carry the last church in the neighbourhood at arm's length. Set against a backdrop of religious decline, this short documentary testifies to what goes through us when our world collapses.

Ron is intelligent, charming and full of life, but every day, his movements are increasingly limited by cerebral palsy. This, while he watches his twin run and play soccer with their brother. The film follows this remarkable family's struggles as the parents do everything in their power to raise three children who are happy with their lot, despite the unfathomable gap between them. A daring trip to the US to undergo a complex surgery to halt the progress of the disease reveals different approaches to life as well as the incredible power to live with one's fate.

Edward Said's wife and daughter telling a stories and scenes of his own life.

Adam Plachetka, a native of Prague, is one of the most successful bass-baritones in the world today. It is incredible what artistic achievements he has already accomplished at the age of 33. As a boy, he dreamed of a career as a hockey player, and at the conservatory he initially considered the world of musicals, but eventually he devoted himself fully to opera singing and prepared himself for a journey into the world of opera. The documentary follows him not only during his artistic career, but also in his private life, in rare moments with his family.

As a child, an inventor Alexey Garagashyan drew a detailed map of his village, but he immediately became interested in what was beyond its borders. So his main passion appeared - to overcome the bad roads. Every time he met impassable routes, he just created new modifications of transport. First, they were motorcycles, and then unique off-road vehicles, which became a sensation all over the world. Today, Alexey Garagashyan can travel without being attached to the roads, but only by choosing directions.

In Vladikavkaz, a town nestled in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, an Ossetian women's football team tackles traditional gender stereotypes by challenging a group of guys to a game. They'll prove once and for all that strength and hot tempers run through both the men and women of their culture.

The independent music scene in Queretaro emerged after the youths’ movements that left a mark in the generation of Avandaro. Among the secrecy of the streets and neighborhoods, rock music made its way despite the conservativism and “good manners” that, it is told, characterizes this city.

There is a bridge between present and past, and sometimes we fall while walking through it. Memories, a constant reminiscence.

A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.

"Players and coaches may change, but supporters will remain loyal to their beloved team until the end of their life." Lintang Sae Martasari is a football supporter of her pride football team, PSIM Yogyakarta. Lintang is a member of Brajamolek (women supporters of PSIM Yogyakarta) and serves as vice chairman. She never fails to watch and support her team. Even though she often gets mocked by people who see the football supporters as gangs of vandals, rioters, and brawlers. On top of that, she also struggles against the stigma associated with female supporters.

Documentary by Sabyasachi Banerji

After a year of investigation, journalists from ExtraMuros and Reflets.Info reveal how private companies have taken over the juicy public radar markets and how they have overcharged for many services. All this with the passive complicity of the State.

A country torn apart by the First World War. A people mourning over 650,000 fallen in the trenches. Politicians humiliated at the Versailles peace table. A poet-soldier who draws crowds to every rally. A city that becomes an emblem of irredentist and nationalist claims. It was in this Italy that the Fiume enterprise began on 12 September 1919: the adventure of Grabiele d'Annunzio and a handful of legionnaires who set out from Ronchi in Friuli, against the will of the established power, to occupy the Adriatic city and annex it to Italy, establish the Regency of Carnaro, and found a 'myth' destined to influence Italian and international culture and politics, aesthetics and vocabulary, well beyond the Twenty Years of Fascism.

In late summer of 2014, the Ukrainian Armed Forces battled pro-Russian separatists for control of the town of Ilovaisk, in the border region of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. By September, the separatists had won a resounding victory, routing the retreating Ukrainian army. Even as the battle was ongoing, however, allegations swirled that regular units of the Russian army had joined the battle on the side of the separatists, tipping the balance decisively in their favour. Russia denied the charges. But, in what became a watershed moment for open source investigation, communities of researchers, reporters, and citizen journalists gathered substantial and compelling open source evidence for the presence of the Russian military in the region. This video is a documentary piece that ventures both into the realms of science and politics (it’s part of the body of evidence submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in the form of an interactive platform).

We follow the hunt for the ultimate coffee blend. From Sweden via Kenya, to the Dubai International Coffee Championship.

A personal and intimate view of a window, which merges with the memory of a grandmother.

Mosquitos, freezing cold, mysterious taiga. Inhospitable places where thousands of prisoners have suffered. To document abandoned Gulags in Siberia, you have to walk miles in their shoes. This film follows the Gulag.cz team and their third expedition to the remains of an abandoned railway and Gulags in Northern Siberia, where data for virtual museum were gathered.

Inclinations began as a moment of “crip” play. The ramp becomes a source of creative movement. Dancers can move in ways that they cannot move on flat surfaces and the ramp itself becomes an artistic object, transformed albeit temporarily into an environment that reveals connection, trust, beauty, and desire. Choreographed, directed, and shot from disability perspectives, this dance-on-video delves into the playful connection enabled where disability, community, and ramp meet.

14 year-old Janiyah Blackmon wrestles with her new life in New York City as her mom tries to move her family out of the shelter system and into a stable home.

Two high school suicide clusters in six years rocks the affluent town of Palo Alto, California. Emotions run high and while no one has a silver bullet solution to this crisis, students rise up to make sure their voices are heard.