Documentary

Non-fiction features and programs, often stranger than fiction, and just as dramatic or comical…

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Marlon Williams: Two Worlds: Nga Ao E Rua (2025): Feat. Marlon Williams; A graceful portrait of the internationally renowned country artist’s journey to record an album entirely in te reo Maori, the result of which, Te Whare Tiwekaweka, will likely become a New Zealand classic. Filmed over four years at home (Ohinehou, Lyttelton) and abroad, and with appearances by fellow…
No Other Land (2024): Dir. Basel Adra
Feat. Basel Adra; One of the most important films of the year and winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, NO OTHER LAND is a sobering yet inspiring look at Palestinian resistance under occupation. Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist and lawyer from Masafer Yatta - a group of Palestinian villages in…
Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025): Dir. Bernard MacMahon
Feat. Jimmy Page; Becoming Led Zeppelin, a documentary that dives into the rise of the epochal rock group, has been completed. It is the only documentary of its kind that the band themselves have participated in. The documentary, which was first announced in 2019, includes new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John…
Never Look Away (2024): Dir. Lucy Lawless; Lucy Lawless directs this intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist and CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth, who fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. Features interviews with…
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024): Dir. Alex Gibney
Feat. Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Carrie Fisher; The definitive musical biography about one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation. Now in his early eighties, Paul Simon is captured at work on his new album ‘Seven Psalms’ while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to…
Perfect Planet, A (TV Mini-Series) (2021): Feat. David Attenborough; More of the same globespanning wildlife wonder from the nonagenarian Attenborough featuring the most state-of-the-art digital photography to date. Filming took place over four years, across 31 countries, with crew navigating difficulties in extreme temperatures and remote locations. This series focus is…
Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023): Dir. Lisa Cortes; A fabulous documentary that gives long-overdue credit to the man who blazed the trail for rock 'n' roll sound and showmanship when he burst onto the scene in 1955 with "Tutti Frutti". The doco proudly stands by his own proclamation that he influenced everyone (from Elvis and The Beatles on down) though was…