Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious opinion - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death. This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair.

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It f...

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A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...
On learning that her infant niece, Maya, is dying of a rare disease, newly pregnant Sharon decides s...

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July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

The space of the junkyard allows various ‘crash’ narratives to unfold, with the stories of actual cr...

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable ac...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

Documentary about the history of experimental cinema in Spain. FRAGMENTS is a historical survey of ...

The filmmaker interviews still surviving residents of Las Hurdes, where Buñuel shot a controversial ...

Here's a strange one. First, a song on a blackboard: a Polish translation of “I love my little roost...

Abortion clinics in Texas are disappearing exponentially and healthcare providers are feeling the br...