Richard Dawkins investigates the continuing march of militant faith which seems unstoppable despite science having exposed old religious myths.

One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Filmed in 1955 at several concentration camps in Poland, the film combines new color and black and white footage with black and white newsreels, footage shot by the victorious allies, and stills, to tell the story not only of the camps, but [...]

As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest of us are picking up the bill.

A very well made documentary film which combines traditional documentary telling with a stylized narrative framework showing how international lending, structural adjustment policies and free trade affect the day-to-day realities of the people whose lives they impact. Focusing on the lives of ordinary workers & farmers on the island of Jamaica, this film contends that [...]

Based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs and Steel traces the journey humankind has taken from the end of the last Ice Age to modern day life in the twenty-first century in a quest to understand why white Europeans managed to conquer so much of the world. Three one-hour programs were made, filmed [...]

Excellent lecture by creativity expert Ken Robinson in which he examines whether schools kill creativity in children and what we can do to improve matters.

Through a series of interviews, this film argues that the bizarre events surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and the equally bizarre prosecution of the so-called “war on terror”, can be more credibly understood in the wider context of an imminent divergence between the supply and demand of global oil.

Big Sugar explores the dark history and modern power of the world’s reigning sugar cartels. Using dramatic reenactments, it reveals how sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies in the 18th century, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet. PART 2

This 1991 documentary movie directed by Errol Morris is a biographical study of Stephen Hawking rather than a film version of the book by the same name. Tells the story of how Hawking has become one of the great minds of all time despite his near total paralysis with clips of his lectures, interviews with [...]

The first documentary movie/dramatization to take a look inside the notorious Guantanamo detention camp. The Road to Guantanamo is a terrifying first hand look at the life of three British citizens who were held for over two years before eventually being released without any charges being brought against them. This film is highly critical of [...]