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Spotlight

Watch the latest documentary release
  • Lei and Abu travel to the US to freeze their eggs in the Guardian documentary, Frozen in Time, by Rongfei Guo

    Frozen in Time
    The motherhood dilemma for single women in China

    Fertility tourism is booming for single Chinese women with hopes of future motherhood. China’s birth rate is at a record low, yet unmarried women are not legally allowed to freeze their eggs there. We meet Lei and Abu, as they travel to the US for the procedure, battling self doubt and scepticism along the way. What does this mean for womanhood and parenting in modern China?

Environment

Films from the frontline of the climate emergency
  • Rakel Nystabakk in the Norwegian documentary, Rowdy Flock made by filmmaker Rebekka Nystabakk

    Rowdy Flock:
    A daughter, her dreams, and a sheep farm in Norway

  • Phuntsho Tshering in the documentary, Bhutan Mountain Man by film-maker Arun Bhattarai

    Bhutan Mountain Man
    Video diaries from a lone glaciologist

  • Steven Fuller, from the Guardian documentary The Winterkeeper, directed by Laurence Topham and David Levene

    The Winterkeeper
    A lifetime spent protecting the wilderness

  • Birdsong - documentary about the Hmong people of northern Laos

    Birdsong
    The dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos

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Tech

Films about how technology is impacting our lives
  • Could you live without the internet? Doctors’ appointments, job applications, personal banking, key services and more are today mostly managed online. While the UK government details its plans for a digital future to transform public services, one in seven Britons are forced to live without the internet. This film is voiced by three individuals experiencing digital exclusion, revealing how varied and complex the repercussions can be.

    The Digital Divide
    Could you live without the internet?

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    Ilya
    The AI scientist shaping the world

  • Helen Mort, shares her disturbing story of deepfake pornography in the documentary 'My Blonde GF'

    My Blonde GF
    A disturbing story of deepfake pornography

  • Kjell Frode - Internet Warriors

    The internet warriors
    Meet the 'trolls' in their own homes

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Europe

A selection of films offering a pan-European lens
  • Scene from the documentary 'Ukrainian Factory' by Olha Zhurba

    Ukrainian Factory
    Two years of war for a Mykolaiv key worker

  • Still Ghosts of Moria Documentary 1

    Ghosts of Moria
    Living in the ashes of Europe’s largest migrant camp – documentary

  • Colette Marin-Catherine's photo album

    Colette
    Former French resistance member confronts a family tragedy 75 years later

  • Dalila from Guardian documentary Sindicat on the phone

    Sindicat
    Evading eviction in one of Europe’s most densely populated cities – Guardian documentary

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Pride

Celebrating LGBTQI+ stories
  • Still from the Guardian documentary, Dear Mamma by filmmaker Sky Neal

    Dear Mamma
    A journey of acceptance for a mother and transgender son

  • Guardian Documentary, 'Old Lesbians' by filmmaker Meghan McDonough

    Old Lesbians
    Reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling

  • Derek Jarman being canonised by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

    Saintmaking
    The canonisation of Derek Jarman by queer ‘nuns’

  • A fan of Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila holds a rainbow flag during their concert at the Ehdeniyat International Festival in Ehden town, Lebanon August 12, 2017. Picture taken August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi<br>A fan of Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila holds a rainbow flag during their concert at the Ehdeniyat International Festival in Ehden town, Lebanon August 12, 2017. Picture taken August 12, 2017. Jamal Saidi

    Beirut Dreams in Color
    The queer revolution in the Middle East

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Rights and freedoms

Watch films on the global fight for justice
  • Guardian Documentary, 'House No.30, Kabul' featuring Zaki Daryabi, the founder of the Afghan newspaper, The Etilaat Roz

    House No.30, Kabul
    Can journalism survive the Taliban?

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    After Windrush
    Paulette Wilson's journey to Jamaica, 50 years on

  • The Trap: the deadly sex–trafficking cycle in American prisons

    The Trap
    The deadly sex–trafficking cycle in American prisons

  • Still from Lasting Marks documentary

    Lasting Marks
    16 men put on trial for sadomasochism

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Black Lives

Foregrounding films by Black filmmakers
  • The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon’s tomb - the island’s biggest tourist attraction. However, while overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world.

    Buried
    How we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade

  • With Woman: a home-birth midwife in Illinois, guides a first-time mother through her delivery

    With Woman
    With Woman: the high stakes for a home-birth midwife in the US

  • A still from latest Guardian Documentary The Black Cop

    The Black Cop
    A police officer’s story of racism, remorse and resistance

  • RIP SENI Documentary

    RIP Seni
    RIP SENI: racism, graffiti and the UK’s mental health crisis - video

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Indigenous voices

Films made with and about Indigenous storytellers
  • PressureAndRelease THUMBNAIL

    Pressure and Release
    Horse therapy for young Indigenous Australians

  • A still from the documentary, Burned to the Ground, set in Lytton, Canada

    Burned to the Ground
    The Canadian village incinerated by record temperatures

  • While millions of people around the world have gone into lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis, a family in the Ecuadorian Amazon has opted to move deeper into the relative safety of the jungle. As they reconnect with dormant ancestral knowledge, away from the distractions of modern life, their affinity with nature begins to flourish. As news spreads that Ecuador might lift lockdown soon, will the family stay?

    The Return
    A family reconnects with the Amazon as Covid threatens their village

  • Guardian Documentary: Lupita

    Lupita
    The indigenous activist leading a new generation of Mexican women

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Society

Films about community, culture and activism
  • Anonymous mask, Steubenville - Anonymous Comes To Town doc

    Anonymous comes to town
    How hackers took on high school sexual assault in Ohio

  • A flat on the 20th floor of Whitstable House

    The Tower Next Door
    Living in the shadow of Grenfell

  • Qandeel Badoch

    Qandeel Baloch
    The life, death and impact of Pakistan’s working class icon

  • Still from Crisanto Street film

    Crisanto Street
    A child living in a mobile home in Silicon Valley

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New perspectives

Fresh takes on contemporary stories
  • Still from Guardian documentary, A Mouthful of Petrol, directed by Jess Kohl

    A Mouthful of Petrol
    Coming of age in the world of banger racing

  • On the set of No Ball Games, directed by Charlotte Regan

    No Ball Games
    Life and play through the eyes of children across the UK

  • The Circle documentary holding image

    The Circle
    Masculinity, racism and brotherhood on a Hackney estate

  • Guardian Documentary 'Somalinimo'

    Somalinimo
    Somali culture, blackness and Islam at Cambridge University

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Conflict

Documentaries on those whose lives are affected by war
  • Still image from documentary, The 'Spider-Man' of Sudan

    The ‘Spider-Man’ of Sudan
    The real-life superhero of the protest movement

  • Vasyl Baidak and Iryna Terekhova, from the documentary The Year that Never Ended, directed by Anton Shtuka

    The Year that Never Ended
    How a Ukrainian comedian rebuilt a stranger’s house

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    Untold Chaos
    Living through Libya's wars

  • Battle of Mosul

    The Battle for Mosul
    A dirty war in Isis's heartland

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Hope

Inspiring films offering a new lens on a complicated world
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    My Brother’s Keeper
    A former Guantánamo detainee, his guard and their unlikely friendship

  • Still from How to make a pearl documentary

    How to Make a Pearl
    The San Francisco man who lives in darkness

  • Image from Cops and Robbers documentary

    Cops and Robbers
    The New York cop from the streets

  • Image from Champs documentary

    The Sprinter Factory
    Where girls compete to be Jamaica's next top athletes

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Award winners

Watch our Oscar, Bafta, Emmy and other award-winning documentaries
  • Truck driver Maikhuu in the film 'Lady of the Gobi,' directed by Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig

    Lady of the Gobi
    Trucking coal across the desert to China

  • A still from latest Guardian Documentary The Black Cop

    The Black Cop
    A police officer’s story of racism, remorse and resistance

  • Colette Marin-Catherine's photo album

    Colette
    Former French resistance member confronts a family tragedy 75 years later

  • A screengrab from Unsafe Passage, a Guardian Documentary. (Ed Ou/The Outlaw Ocean Project)

    Get Away from the Target
    On board a refugee rescue ship racing for Europe

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