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.

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

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

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp ...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...
A documentary on the massacre of Planas in the Colombian east plains in 1970. An Indigenous communit...

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspir...

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has p...

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...
Germán Cipriano Gómez Valdés Castillo, a young radio announcer from Cuidad Juárez, succeeds in drawi...

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

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

George Clinton's somewhat absurdist take on Parliament-Funkadelic history. Features never-before-gra...

"The Invasion of the Student Union" - Stockholm, Sweden, May 24th. It all started as a regular stude...

A documentary about Kari Aro, the distinctive manager of Koho -hockey-stick factory, whose visions w...