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Documentary reveals the cost to Nepalese villagers of harvesting a supposed aphrodisiac that sells for more than gold in ChinaEvery year, thousands of Nepalese villagers make their way to the Himalayan foothills in search of a fungus called yarsagumba….
Read MoreExploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary between music and speech, this film witnesses a collision of ancient tradition with modern urban life. With urbanisation and the advent of mo…
Read MoreDocumentary traces a 21st-century American evangelical’s reckless efforts to convert an isolated tribe, and his fatal encounter with themOne of the most isolated Indigenous people on Earth, the Sentinelese of India’s North Sentinel Island remain a myst…
Read MoreThe story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’s hostility and the dead weight of patriarchy, is told in Nisha Pahuja’s film To Kill a TigerWhen his 13-year-old daughter stumbled home six y…
Read MoreBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A new documentary looks at his lasting popularityThere may only be a few people outside the subcontinent who have heard of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar…
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that Ibrahim Nash’at’s documentary lacks in-depth interviews – his subjects barely tolerate his presence as he reveals the fighters’ lack of purpose after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan The spoils of war are a chore in this fascina…
Read MoreAnam Abbas’s documentary records the preparations for and dangerous execution of a countrywide rally against patriarchal violenceChronicling the weeks leading up to – and the day of – the 2020 edition of the “aurat march”, a multi-city women’s demonstr…
Read MoreThis documentary about women who make an epic annual trek across a rocky mountain pass draws an intriguing contrast between the vast landscapes and intimate family dynamicsBaato – “the path” in Nepali – is the extraordinary journey taken annually by vi…
Read MoreDocumentary follows Somi and her husband, who are struggling to live an ordinary life after their past as Naxalite guerrillasIf it’s the function of a documentary to open a window on the world – a part of the world that isn’t revealed by the nightly TV…
Read MoreNews anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but its final note of hope has been undermined by recent eventsEvents have overtaken this sombre documentary, which, though interesting and relev…
Read MoreThe eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now broadcasting to millions on YouTube, he is the subject of a new documentaryRavish Kumar was born near the same Indian city – Motihari in Bihar – …
Read MoreSeafaring friends from Mumbai cope with a changing climate and an unforgiving economy in different ways in Sarvnik Kaur’s poetic, beautifully shot documentary Sarvnik Kaur’s patient, plangent documentary follows two fishers and friends from Mumbai’s Ko…
Read MoreTwo brave women stand up for human rights as hordes of Uzbeks are dragged from their workplaces to pick state cotton, in this compelling documentary exposing farming practices only just outlawedAs a child growing up in Uzbekistan, film-maker Michael Bo…
Read MoreYears in the making and boasting astonishing footage, All That Breathes tells the extraordinary story of the bodybuilding brothers getting pollution-choked birds flying again. We meet its directorThere is an astonishing moment near the beginning of All…
Read MoreDocumentary maker Matthew Heineman watches a tragedy unfold as he follows the Green Berets supporting the Afghan army in the last months of the war against the TalibanAcclaimed documentary maker Matthew Heineman is known for his remarkable ability to s…
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