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.

From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police off...

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

A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, ...

The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid durin...

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...

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

The film documents modern slave trade through a number of African countries, under dictatorship rule...

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

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

The film focuses on the exciting life journey of Swiss writer Katharina Zimmermann. She follows her ...

The career of French comic author René Goscinny was a living blend of cultures and an expression of ...

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of g...

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, i...

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

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

In May 1974, the Israeli Air Force carried out an extermination operation against the Palestinian re...

Documentary on the French comedian, actor, humanitarian and legend Coluche.

"England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.