Secrets & Deals (2022)
• September 6th, 2022 • 0h 54min
Documentary
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Qatar, une dynastie à la conquête du monde
Released on: 2022-11-29
Documentary
For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...
Ballerina Boys
Released on: 2021-06-04
Documentary
Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years h...
Palestine Blues
Released on: 2006-03-12
Documentary
Follows the repercussions of the Israeli Security Wall and Settlement expansion in the engulfed/anne...
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Released on: 2017-12-19
Documentary, TV Movie
A serious crisis has shaken Spain since the referendum on self-determination and the proclamation of...
Hexenkinder
Released on: 2020-09-17
Documentary
The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, parti...
Forbidden to Wander
Released on: 2004-01-01
Documentary
Forbidden to Wander chronicles the experiences of a 25-year-old Arab American woman traveling on her...
UFO's Are Here!
Released on: 1977-01-01
Documentary
Australian-made film with Steven Spielberg, Stan Deyo, Stanton Friedman, Dr. Alan Hynek, Jacques Val...
The Society of the Spectacle
Released on: 1974-05-01
Documentary
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Released on: 2002-05-10
Documentary
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...
Oil Springs
Released on: 2025-06-13
Documentary, History
The story will mostly take place in the town Oil Springs, Ontario, where the oil industry in North A...
Waltz with Bashir
Released on: 2008-06-12
Drama, Animation, War, Documentary
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct h...
Jesus Christ Saviour
Released on: 2008-05-15
Documentary
Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...
Inside Deep Throat
Released on: 2005-02-11
Documentary
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...
A, B, C... Z
Released on: 1971-02-16
Family, Documentary
Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.
Gardens of the Orient
Released on: 1936-01-01
Documentary
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited work...
The Unseen
Released on: 2019-07-12
Animation, Documentary
When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban imag...
The Queen of the Cannibals
Released on: 2024-12-02
Documentary
An interview with actress Me Me Lai on her work in the three Italian cannibal-themed movies "The Man...
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
Released on: 2021-06-11
Documentary, Music, Drama
1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on t...
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Released on: 1997-06-19
Documentary, Horror, Science Fiction
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman'...