Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian colonies. How to frame these Modernist works today when the idea of the primitive in art is problematic?
1814. Van Diemen’s Land, the notorious British penal colony, has dissolved into chaos. Outlaws roami...
Documentary about Africa that includes footage from Hans Schomburgk's numerous African expeditions. ...
The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread reprodu...
Following a year in Cadance and Amanda's gender transition, this intimate documentary charts not onl...
The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her...
A collection of BBC archive material about painter Francis Bacon, including a previously unseen inte...
In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty yea...
Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this ...
Some 240,000 women over 55 are at risk of homelessness In Australia – a figure both surprising (owin...
As the walls of Cuba's ageing infrastructure continue to crumble, a burgeoning street art scene is b...
The real story of wellness campaigner Belle Gibson's massive worldwide fraud and the famous intervie...
Banksy is the world's most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts and daring i...
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road tri...
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present...
First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zul...
Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a brea...
Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he k...
Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...
The EU is investing billions to establish African states as its new border guards. It also supports ...
Across a 45-year career ‘The Oils’ helped shape modern Australia with anthems like “US Forces”, “Bed...