In 1971, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE ceased to be part of Britain’s empire in the Middle East and became fully independent states. BBC News Persia and BBC Arabic collaborate in this gripping film, to uncover the secrets and shady deals that underpinned the decolonization process. From eye-witness accounts of a British-organised coup to Iran being left in control of disputed islands, it's a fascinating insight to a murky history.

Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, woul...

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s sw...

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...

When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban imag...

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the ...

On May 8, 1989, Sports Illustrated ran an article about Ultimate frisbee… about a team with no name ...

Produced by Alfred Higgins Productions with assistance from the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Ac...

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and f...

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...

On January 1, 1994, thousands of indigenous people occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican stat...

Uncleared roads, frozen pipes, district heating breakdowns: winter regularly posed problems for the ...

A fine documentary that details the sordid life of 1970s pornographic actor John Holmes, from the st...

Hosted by the one and only Disco Diva, Gloria Gaynor, "Disco: Spinning the Story" takes a comprehens...

The Israeli filmmaker Shai Corneli Polak records the building of the 'security wall' through Palesti...

This documentary explores Life and Art of Queen bassist John Deacon.

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman'...