Sheffield DocFest 2015

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Death Of A Gentleman Death Of A Gentleman
Death Of A Gentleman and 16 Years Till Summer
16 Years Till Summer (Sixteen years Till Summer) (Country: UK, Iceland; Year: 2015; Director: Lou McLoughlan; Writer: Lou McLoughlan)
A convicted criminal returns home to nurse his father, bringing a dangerous mix of troubled past and big ambition into the lives of those that love him.
Angry White and proud (Year: 2015; Director: Jamie Roberts )
Documentary examining the British far right.
Bitter Lake (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Adam Curtis )
Delving behind the news for the real story of what happened in Afghanistan.
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: James Van der pool )
Digging into the records of slave owners who were 'compensated' for their loss at the time of abolotion to reveal the sheer scale of the industry.
Dark Horse (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Louise Osmond)
The true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite "sport of kings" and breed themselves a racehorse.
Tell Spring Not To Come This Year Tell Spring Not To Come This Year
Tell Spring Not To Come This Year and Dark Horse
Death Of A Gentleman (Country: Australia, United Kingdom ; Year: 2015; Director: Sam Collins ), Official Site
Two cricket journalists, Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, set off on a journey to the heart of the second most popular sport on Earth, only to stumble upon something more sinister than they could ever have imagined.
The Detectives: Manhunt (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: James Newton )
Three days in the company of Manchester Police's special unit to investigate sex offences.
Escorts (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Dan Reed)
Documentary exploring the reality of life for upper-echelon sex workers.
Match 64: The Macarena (Country: Switzerland, UK; Year: 2015; Director: Daniel Gordon )
A look at the Rio World Cup through the eyes of those who made it happen.
The Prosecutors (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Sara Hardy, Blue Ryan )
Episode from a series exploring the work of the Crown Prosecution Service.
The R&B Feeling (Country: US, UK; Year: 2015; Director: Marcus Werner Hed, Nathaniel Mellors )
Documentary about Bob Parks, one of the founding members of LA's performance art scene.
Tell Spring Not To Come This Year (Country: UK, Afghanistan; Year: 2015; Director: Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy)
Follows two soldiers from the Afghan National Army over the course of their first year fighting without NATO support.
The Tribe (Year: 2015; Director: Paddy Wivell , Livia Simoka, Vicky Mitchell )
Channel 4 documentary about life for a family in an Ethiopian village.
Whicker's World: Conflict In Kentucky (Country: UK; Year: 1967; Director: David C Rea )
Documentary about the Kentucky derby and race relations in Louisiana.
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