True Stories

Tuesday 2 September 2008

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with Nahid Persson's portrait of four wives, their polygamist husband, their incredibly free-speaking mother-in-law, and their many, many children - all of these characters living under the same roof in a rural Iranian village.

Tuesday 26 August 2008

The True Stories Strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary looking at America's love affair with the gun.

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Daniel Johnston is an acclaimed singer/songwriter/artist who also happens to suffer from manic depression. Jeff Feuerzeig's Sundance-winning documentary is a unique portrait of his illness, creativity and love.

Tuesday 12 August 2008

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: The Lost Boys . Clive Gordon's memorable film from 2003 is a tragicomic tale of two worlds colliding as it follows a group of Lost Boys from Kenya to America as they look for stability and security in their brave new world.

Tuesday 5 August 2008

(1988) Filmmaker Errol Morris reconstructs and investigates in riveting detail the case of Randall Dale Adams, a man who was kept on Death Row in Texas for 12 years when he was falsely convicted of killing a policeman. In this documentary detective story, Morris examines the fantasy and reality that surrounded the main characters in the Adams' story to prove that Adams was - as he had always claimed - innocent.

Tuesday 29 July 2008

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: The Day I'll Never Forget concerning the practice of female circumcision in Kenya.

Tuesday 22 July 2008

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: Don't Look Back. DA Pennebaker's cin?ma-v?rit? account of Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of the UK stands as a landmark film. Not only did this intimate portrait of Dylan capture the singer-songwriter at a crucial moment in his career, having just "gone electric", but also it proved the behind-the-scenes life of rock stars was as compelling as what they did on stage.

Tuesday 15 July 2008

When the acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick died in 1999 he left behind a remarkable legacy: thousands of boxes of archive material. The first man outside of Kubrick's household to go through the archive was journalist Jon Ronson. This film follows Ronson's journey through Kubrick's boxes, as he seeks to understand the enigmatic director through the many things he acquired in his life.

Tuesday 8 July 2008

In the tradition of Buena Vista Social Club, director Miguel Kohan's film celebrates the maestros of tango, as they reunite for a gala performance at the prestigious Teatro Col?n concert hall in Buenos Aires.

Tuesday 1 July

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of international feature length documentaries, continues with John Webster's funny film about climate change and how he and his family coped when they tried to give up using oil for a year.

Tuesday 24 June

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of international feature length documentaries, continues with Marilyn Agrelo's hilarious and touching film, from 2005, which follows the progress of several 11-year-old pupils from the New York City state school system, as they enter the rarefied world of ballroom dancing.

Tuesday 10 June

The True Stories strandcontinues with this revelatory portrait of Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old woman who in September 2005 stood for candidacy in Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in 35 years.

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of both international and domestic feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: I for India , Sandhya Suri's poignant, bittersweet time capsule of loss, discovery, racism and belonging.

Tuesday 11 March at 10:00pm on M4

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of both international and domestic feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: Dave Gorman in America Unchained, which follows the double BAFTA award-winning writer and broadcaster as he sets out to discover the true independent spirit of America.

Saturday 1 March at 10:00pm on M4

Director Tony Kaye's (American History X) visual essay probes into the complexities of abortion, demonstrating how both sides of the pro-choice/pro-life battle have historical and moral credibility, compelling its audience to reassess their own feelings about this most contentious of issues.

Tuesday 4 March at 10:00pm on M4