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Black Box Diaries
Black Box Diaries
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.
Nocturnes
Nocturnes
In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe.
The Last Of The Sea Women
The Last Of The Sea Women
Portait of the endangered tradition of haenyeo fishing and the threats it faces today.
The Battle For Laikipia
The Battle For Laikipia
Unresolved historical injustices and climate change raise the stakes in a generations-old conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya, a wildlife conservation haven.
Mistress Dispeller
Mistress Dispeller
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband's affair.
Devo
Devo
Born in response to the Kent State massacre, new wave band Devo took their concept of "de-evolution" from cult following to near–rock star status with groundbreaking 1980 hit Whip It while preaching an urgent social commentary.
My Sweet Land
My Sweet Land
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
Architecton
Architecton
A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.
Dahomey
Dahomey
Documentary about the return of artworks to Benin that were looted by French colonisers.
My Stolen Planet
My Stolen Planet
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of Super 8 films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran.
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'It was basically like walking a tightrope'
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Ghosts in the machine
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck on exploring AI 'life after death' in Eternal You
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