Documentary films
- Afghanistan, Culture, Documentary films, Education, Film, Literacy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just a…
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Under the Open Sky review – absorbing portrait of a threatened way of life
Intimate, unhurried documentary follows a family of camel herders on the plains of western IndiaThe title of S…
- Documentary films, Global development, India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, US news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Shifting the shame’: the young gang-rape survivor spreading awareness on sexual violence
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is …
- Documentary films, Global development, India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, US news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Shifting the shame’: the young gang-rape survivor spreading awareness on sexual violence
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is …
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Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice
A daughter’s death is the catalyst for a difficult journey to Kabul, chronicled in this claustrophobic documen…
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, India, Life and style, Mumbai, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Ladies Only review – striking account of sisterhood’s intricacies on the Mumbai metro
Shot in stunning black and white, a tapestry of faces and voices beautifully lays bare the hidden subtleties o…
- Advertising, Culture, Documentary, Documentary films, Film, India, South and Central Asia, Television, World news
Shyam Benegal obituary
Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore diff…
- Advertising, Culture, Documentary, Documentary films, Film, India, South and Central Asia, Television, World news
Shyam Benegal obituary
Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore diff…
- Animals, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, India, Insects, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Nocturnes review – entrancing film on how to study moths by night in the Himalayas
Sparse and precise, this meditative film immerses the viewer in the world of lepidopterist Mansi Mungee and he…
- Business, Commodities, Culture, Documentary films, Energy, Environment, Film, Fossil fuels, Myanmar, Oil, South and Central Asia, World news
A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells
Documentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their so…
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, Law, Rape and sexual assault, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
The Taste of Mango review – powerful memoir of family secrets in Sri Lanka
Film-maker Chloe Abrahams combines documentary and memory in candid conversations with the women in her family…
- Activism, Afghanistan, Culture, Documentary films, Film, Global development, Malala Yousafzai, Protest, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Bread & Roses review – Afghan women reveal crushing reality of Taliban rule
Made under dangerous conditions, this documentary charts how the lives of three women were turned upside down …
- Animals, Biodiversity, Business, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, Fishing, Food, India, Marine life, South and Central Asia, Tata, Wildlife, World news
The Fisherman and the Banker review – a coastal community’s astonishing fight for justice
Shot over 10 years, Sheena Sumaria’s documentary follows an Indian fishing village as it takes on global finan…
- Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Farming, Film, India, Narendra Modi, Protest, South and Central Asia, World news
Farming the Revolution review – low-key look at Indian farmers’ street-camp protests
Documentary on the 2020-21 protests in India over three farm acts is interesting in patches, but doesn’t go an…
- Documentary films, Global development, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality
Rebel fighter, Maoist MP, rape survivor: the many lives of Devi Khadka
After Nepal’s bitter conflict ended in 2006, Khadka hoped to make a difference in parliament. A new documentar…