Channels
Documentary
2020

Channels

The Letter
Prime Video
The Letter
Karisa’s city-life is interrupted when his Grandma back home is called a witch and receives a death threat. Returning to his rural village to investigate, he finds a frenzied mixture of consumerism and Christianity is turning hundreds of families against their elders, branding them as witches as a means to steal their ancestral land.
The Letter 2020
Champions
Netflix
Champions
Champions is a documentary in which filmmaker Helgi Piccinin follows the quests of his autistic brother Stéphane and his atypical friend Audrey. Born with an intellectual difference, Stéphane and Audrey want to prove to the world that they too can win medals. For three intense years marked by training and competitions, we follow them until the end of their ambitious dream, that of competing at the Special Olympics World Games in Dubai. Intertwining both sports odyssey and human portrait, this feel-good documentary offers an immersion into a fascinating world where athletes with an intellectual difference are at the forefront.
Champions 2020
El sabio de la tribu
Netflix
El sabio de la tribu
The history of Gaston Soublette, his life and work as a teacher and intellectual of his time and how it influenced ours, a group of students from Campus Oriente during the 80's and how it has influenced many others.
El sabio de la tribu 2020
Frontera
Prime Video
Frontera
Juan Carlos is a lonko who has fought in defense of Mapuche autonomy. Many question him because he agreed to work for the government in order to improve conditions in his community. At home he shares his concerns, while his animals watch the tension grow and the seasons advance.
Frontera 2020
Motherhood
Prime Video
Motherhood
Commissioned by Channel 4 to celebrate Black History Month, the visually and emotionally striking film tells its story with interviews and voiceovers of various mothers; from embarking on motherhood in pregnancy all the way through to grandmothers; covering topics such as dismantling stereotypes, navigating motherhood and sitting down with a child to talk about race.
Motherhood 2020
This Is My Home
Freevee
This Is My Home
Two Irish Immigrant musicians, The Black Donnellys, embark on a quest to set a Guinness World Record playing 60 shows in ALL 50 states in just 35 days! Racing against the clock, they examine the pursuit of the American Dream from an immigrant's perspective and how music connects us all. Will they make it?
This Is My Home 2020
The House on Sweet and Seventh
Freevee
The House on Sweet and Seventh
A look back at the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad, who were brutally killed in their North Dakota home by their son, 18-year-old Brian Erickstad, and his friend, 27-year-old Robert Lawrence in September 1998.
The House on Sweet and Seventh 2020
Butenland
Prime Video
Butenland
Jan Gerdes is a third-generation dairy farmer, but he struggles with his conscience when the milk yield decreases and he has to sell his cows to the slaughterhouse. After suffering a burn-out, he decides to give up his farm. On the day his last cows are due to be transported to the slaughterhouse, he finds that there's no room for twelve of the cows. Instead of ordering another transport, he and his partner Karin Mück decide to keep them. This is the birth of 'Hof Butenland' - the first cow retirement home in Germany.
Butenland 2020
Aliens & Hippies
Prime Video
Aliens & Hippies
Many involved in the counter culture explosion claim to have seen UFOs and Aliens, some of them leaders in today's digital technology revolution.
Aliens & Hippies 2020
Alejandro Sanz: el mundo fuera
Prime Video
Alejandro Sanz: el mundo fuera
Alejandro Sanz: el mundo fuera 2020
Growing Up Milwaukee
Max
Growing Up Milwaukee
Behind every statistic is a story. Three inner-city youth growing up in Milwaukee struggle with the daily dilemma of growing up Black and avoiding becoming just another statistic.
Growing Up Milwaukee 2020
Joe Exotic Before He Was King
Fubo TV
Joe Exotic Before He Was King
This documentary delves into the backstory of the self-proclaimed Tiger King and tries to determine what sent Joe Exotic down a path of depravity that led to a botched murder-for-hire plot.
Joe Exotic Before He Was King 2020
To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything!
Starz
To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything!
This documentary film follows the lives of two drag queens Laveau Contraire and Franky Canga as they prepare for a weekend of New Orleans' queer celebration of identity, Southern Decadence.
To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything! 2020
VE Day: Forever in their Debt
Prime Video
VE Day: Forever in their Debt
"Friday 8 May 2020 will mark the 75th anniversary of the formal end of the Second World War in Europe. “V-E Day – Forever in their Debt” tells the stories of those who experienced the end of the war in all its many forms. It features a wide range of interviews from children who remember the street parties, to the servicemen who remember not having to buy a single drink that day, then there are the POWs for whom a hot bath was all they wanted after years of captivity. The programme is richly illustrated with archive including a colour film showing the celebrations in London. Other archive films show a grumpy Montgomery taking the surrender of German land forces in northern Germany on May 4."
VE Day: Forever in their Debt 2020
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power
Starz
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power
With unique access to a sitting member of Congress, this documentary tells the complex story of Rep. Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for human rights, peace, and economic and racial justice in Congress who cut her teeth as a volunteer for the Black Panther Party and was the lone vote in opposition to the broad authorization of military force following the September 11th attacks.
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power 2020
A Step Without Feet
Freevee
A Step Without Feet
Documentary about sharing our cultures through universal themes like music, family, friends, and art. Within the backdrop of Berlins winter landscape, we captured the daily lives of seven extraordinary Syrians exiled from their home.
A Step Without Feet 2020
A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim (My Journey My Story)
Freevee
A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim (My Journey My Story)
A Black Briton whose fears and anxiety of not being able to swim and drowning is dramatized as he battles with the stereotypes set by society.
A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim (My Journey My Story) 2020
5 Submarines Against the Nazis
Freevee
5 Submarines Against the Nazis
Throughout World War II, the submarine "Rubis" and the submersibles of the "Free French Naval Forces" scoured the Atlantic to neutralize the German Navy. Discover these forgotten ships that made possible the liberation of France. Secrets of History, 5 French submarines in World War II and resistance to Hitler
5 Submarines Against the Nazis 2020
The White Massai Warrior
Prime Video
The White Massai Warrior
For the first time in history, a white man has been invited to become a Massai Warrior. The Massai of East Africa are one of the last tribes on earth to live as they did hundreds of years ago. Benjamin will live among the tribe, sleeping, hunting, and surviving in the bush. He will get to know their culture, their customs of dancing and playing, and learn how to conquer the dangers of the wilderness. Will he be able to become a true Massai warrior? To become a Massai is a great journey into the unknown.
The White Massai Warrior 2020
Bombardier Blood
Prime Video
Bombardier Blood
In an attempt to complete the Seven Summits, a do-or-die mountaineer with a severe bleeding disorder risks his life in order to shine a light upon the disturbing lack of access to life-sustaining medicine around the world.
Bombardier Blood 2020
Stereometry
Netflix
Stereometry
Stories of relationships with men of two girls in love with each other.
Stereometry 2020
As Above So Below
Netflix
As Above So Below
This hushed, pared-down essay weaves together different facts and myths surrounding the moon: images, texts, and sounds are spun into a dense, delicate tissue of ideas, with humans both at the centre and infinitely small in this celestial context.
As Above So Below 2020
The Great Mother
Starz
The Great Mother
This vérité documentary follows Nora Sandigo, legal guardian to over 2000 US-citizen children of undocumented immigrants, as she sacrifices everything to keep American-born children with their undocumented parents.
The Great Mother 2020
Magical Reef: The Islands of the Four Kings
Freevee
Magical Reef: The Islands of the Four Kings
Deep beneath the sun-kissed waves of Indonesia’s islands lies a secret underwater paradise of coral reefs. Full of strange shapes, vibrant colors, and elegant beauty, these reefs contain some of the most exotic and incredible species of fish and sea life in the world. Travel to this watery wonderland and witness spectacles of elegance and unique beauty which make Raja Ampat so incomparable.
Magical Reef: The Islands of the Four Kings 2020