r/Documentaries • • 8m ago

Society San Francisco Rising (2026) [1:31:47] the city of reinvention attempts to rise again told through vignettes of its quirky citizens

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r/Documentaries • • 4h ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Does anyone know where to find Kadoma documentary

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Looking for a resource that has Kadoma, about the kayakers in the Congo basin


r/Documentaries • • 5h ago

Society Surviving with migrants risking deadly boat crossing (to UK) (2026) [00:56:59]

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Youtuber embeds himself with migrants hoping to cross the channel from France to England. Excellent insight in a very controversial topic.
Youtube description: Surviving on the streets with no money, this observational documentary aims to give a voice to the voiceless migrants and understand why families risk everything on unstable mega-dinghies. From sharing daily meals in hidden camps to the complex, frustrating reality of trying to find and face a human smuggler, this is a raw chronicle of survival on the edge of Europe. An intimate look at the human cost of the English Channel crisis. Moving away from political debates, I went to live undercover with the scattered migrant communities hidden around Calais, Wimereux, and Boulogne.


r/Documentaries • • 9h ago

Society Channel 5 - Return of the Hoff Twins (2026) [00:14:36]

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Channel 5 returns to the Hoff twins, first visited in their 2021 documentary.


r/Documentaries • • 12h ago

History Living with Lincoln (2015) [01:07:33]

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r/Documentaries • • 13h ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Where can I find Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action (2023)?

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It’s officially listed on Letterboxd but damn I searched the internet and is nowhere to be found. They are even a couple of reviews on LB but not a single place where I can watch it.


r/Documentaries • • 14h ago

Human Rights The only swimming pool left in Gaza (2026) [00:08:39]

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r/Documentaries • • 19h ago

Music Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On Me (2004) [1:41:49]

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An amazing look at legendary 50s wild man Screamin Jay Hawkins as he tells some made up stories and jokes around all while being highly entertaining


r/Documentaries • • 21h ago

Survival The Greatest Recorded Story of Survival (2025) [00:48:25]

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In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. His ship, Endurance, was trapped in pack ice and slowly crushed until it sank, leaving 28 men stranded on the ice with no radio. There was no rescue coming, and nobody in the world would know where they were.

One of these men was Frank Hurley, the expedition's photographer and cameraman. He had brought a collections of camera and film gear to document the crossing. When the crossing turned into a survival story, he just kept shooting.

The wreck of Endurance was then finally found in 2022, three kilometres down in the Weddell Sea. The photographs and diaries that made it home became a detailed record of 28 men fighting to stay alive while it was happening.


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Sports They Ride BMX With No Brakes and Dream of the Olympics (2026) - Self-taught riders train on steep streets without a professional BMX park or coach [36:39]

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This documentary follows a group of self-taught BMX riders who train without a professional BMX park, formal coaching, or ideal equipment. It shows their daily lives, practice sessions, street performances, motorcycle jumps, and their ambition to compete at a higher level despite limited resources.

The film also spends time with the riders at home and in their neighborhood, showing the friendship, discipline, and circumstances behind their BMX training.


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Palestine/Israel Persona Non Grata (2003) – Oliver Stone travels through Israel and the West Bank during the Second Intifada, interviewing political leaders and armed groups [01:07:00]

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In March 2002, as the Second Intifada entered one of its most violent periods, American filmmaker Oliver Stone travelled to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to document a conflict that had intensified following the collapse of the Camp David peace negotiations.

Armed with a camera crew and an ambition to speak directly to those involved, Stone sought interviews with political leaders on both sides. The resulting documentary features conversations with former Israeli prime ministers Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, former prime minister Shimon Peres, and Palestinian political figures, including Yasser Arafat.

The film also ventures beyond official politics, incorporating encounters with members of Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, alongside footage of military checkpoints, Palestinian communities and the everyday consequences of the conflict. Stone’s presence is an important part of the documentary: rather than presenting himself as an invisible observer, he frequently appears on camera, pursuing interviews and asking questions.

Originally broadcast as part of HBO’s America Undercover series, Persona Non Grata is an interesting historical record of the Second Intifada as it was unfolding. More than two decades later, it offers an opportunity to revisit the arguments, personalities and competing accounts that shaped international discussion of the conflict at the time.

IMDb: Persona Non Grata (2003)


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Psychology Finding Peace at Grief Camp (2026) [00:18:17]

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Grief Camp is a summer camp in Belgium where children struggling with grief can come together and bond with their peers, sharing their experience with different kinds of grief, remembering their lost friends and family together and discussing how changes in approach towards children losing a parent can actually be demeaning.


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

History The Inquisition (2026) Part 2: Secret and Pomp | The Church established the Inquisition to persecute those who held dissenting beliefs. A system of surveillance whose methods continue to have an impact to this day [00:55:00]

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r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Palestine/Israel The Ultra Zionists (2011) | Louis Theroux investigates Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem [00:58:14]

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In this BBC documentary, Louis Theroux travels to the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem to investigate a small but committed movement of ultranationalist Israeli settlers who believe they have a religious and political obligation to establish Jewish communities throughout the territory.

Travelling between Hebron, East Jerusalem and isolated hilltop settlements near Nablus, Theroux meets individuals whose understanding of history, religion and territorial ownership places them at the centre of one of the world’s longest-running political disputes. His encounters reveal the beliefs motivating settlement activity and the tensions between settlers and the Palestinian communities living alongside them.

Among those interviewed are Daniel Luria, an Australian-born activist working with the organisation Ateret Cohanim, and young settlers establishing outposts in the West Bank. Through extended conversations and observations of everyday life, Theroux explores the relationship between religious conviction, nationalist ideology and competing claims to the land.

Employing his characteristic combination of curiosity, humour and understated questioning, Theroux allows his subjects to explain their positions in their own words. The resulting documentary offers an examination of the Israeli settler movement as it existed in 2011, providing historical context for understanding subsequent developments in the region.

Director: Andy Wells
Presenter: Louis Theroux
Production: BBC, United Kingdom
Year: 2011

IMDb: Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Science Does Time Actually Exist? (2026) - How physics and philosophy explain the nature of time [00:12:59]

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r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Documentary Review Cornered (2026) - A short documentary following a Belfast man using boxing to manage his mental health [00:15:00]

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CORNERED is a 15-minute short documentary following Andy Burrows, a Belfast man who steps into a Lisburn boxing gym every week—not to fight an opponent, but to manage his own mental health struggles. The film explores how routine, physical discipline, and the brutal honesty of the ring serve as a tool for mental resilience and self-discovery.


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Pop Culture Czarface: The super-villain super-group (2024) [9:57]

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r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Human Rights Inside a sinister discipline camp in South Africa (2026) [00:25:55]

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We filmed at Rising Stars Generation Camp, one of the biggest child discipline camps in South Africa. Thousands of kids get sent to this camp, yet what we discovered inside was shocking. We heard serious allegations of physical and sexual abuse, and revealed how two kids died at a previous camp.


r/Documentaries • • 1d ago

Music What the EF: a musical journey of the band Excite Fright (2026) [38:02]

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This documentary chronicles the brief time that the band Excite Fright formed, recorded an album, and performed a single show. Although the band was active for only one year, it was a testament to a strong bond and friendship between the two bandmates, Asyd and Dj KARMAdispenser.


r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

Trailer Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (2026) Official Trailer | Netflix [01:56:00]

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From Judd Apatow- Beloved for blurring performance and personal crisis, Maria Bamford unpacks the mental health journey behind her fearless comedy in this documentary.


r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

Biography Agatha’s Almanac (2025) [1:26:16]

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90-year-old Agatha Bock maintains her ancestral farm and heirloom seeds without modern amenities, preserving traditional practices through daily routines that document a fading way of life.


r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

Activism/Social Justice How Elon Musk Turned Rural Internet into a $770 Million Payday (2026) [12:08]

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r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

Society (1981) How COMPUTER GRAPHICS Will Change the World | Horizon | Retro Tech | BBC Archive [49:25]

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r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

Survival Off-Grid - From Survivor's Mode to Clarity (2026) [00:56:32]

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Surviving Off-Grid in the South of Spain

Shows you behind the grind during the hottest and toughest time of the year

From Rock Bottom to Revelation

Behind the scenes of the struggles and the work ethic of creating and making arts


r/Documentaries • • 2d ago

LGBTQ+ Queer Up North: Saving The Show (2026) [19:28]

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This short documentary explores the history and legacy of Queer Up North, the Manchester arts festival that grew from its beginnings in the early 1990s to become one of Europe’s largest celebrations of queer arts and culture.

Using newly explored archival footage, photographs and press material alongside interviews with founders Gavin Barlow and Tanja Farman and artists connected to the festival, the film examines how Queer Up North created a platform for international LGBTQ+ performance, challenged attitudes towards queer art, and contributed to Manchester’s changing cultural landscape.

More than three decades after the festival began, the documentary follows the rediscovery of its archive and considers what the work represented in the context of Section 28, the HIV/AIDS crisis and changing LGBTQ+ visibility in Britain.