10:00pm Tuesday, January 5 on M4
Last month in Italy, American student Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of the brutal murder of Knox's flatmate, British student Meredith Kercher. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison. This film, exclusive to the True Stories strand, gained intimate access to the Knox family and their friends for almost two years, beginning just after her arrest in November 2007.
Tuesday, December 15 on M4
Richard Butchins' extraordinary film is a road trip with a difference. He follows the journey of a self-described travelling Freak Show through America, with 'exhibits' such as The Lobster Girl, The Half Woman, Dame Demure and The Elephant Man. But what makes them stand out from the old carnival shows is that they perform by choice.
Tuesday, December 8 on M4
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of both international and domestic feature documentaries, continues with the remarkable True Stories: The Bridge . The eponymous bridge is San Francisco's celebrated Golden Gate, which is the most photographed man-made structure in North America and the single most popular suicide site in the world.
Tuesday, December 1 on M4
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Samantha Buck's intimate portrait of a very ordinary American family living in Buffalo, New York undergoing the hardest of times. The film centres on Sharon, who, pregnant with her first child, returns to the family home. She does so to act as a mediator between her parents and her younger sister Karen, who is pregnant for the third time.
Tuesday, November 24 on M4
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents What's Killing Darcus Howe? which follows an extraordinary six months in the life of this legendary and veteran firebrand as he attempts to raise awareness of prostate cancer, a disease which affects one in four black men. This is the first in a series of programmes through the week featuring Howe.
Tuesday, November 17 on M4
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, looks at illegal child immigration from Mexico into the USA. As the USA maintains a strict policy on immigration from Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who, with enormous courage and resourcefulness, face harrowing dangers as they endeavour to make it to America.
Tuesday, November 10 on M4
Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Jon Blair, Dancing with the Devil is a shockingly intimate and visually stunning portrait of the drug-related gang war that dominates the slums of Rio de Janeiro. With unprecedented access to one of the world's most violent hotspots, Blair follows three very different men through the city's perilous backstreets - places no foreigner, or even ordinary Brazilians, dare go - to provide an unflinching look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts in the world.
Tuesday, November 3 on M4
Fascinating documentary that goes behind prison walls to follow convict cowgirls on their journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo. Bradley Beesley's moving, compassionate film, fresh from the London Film Festival, follows the women from the Eddie Warriors Correctional Center as they compete in a closed-doors prison rodeo against inmates from nine all-male penitentiaries. Prisoners compete on wild broncs and bucking bulls, risking life-long injuries. Danny Liles, a 14-year veteran of the rodeo, mentors the women who include Jamie Brooks, serving 30 years for murder, and Brandy Witte, serving 20 years for firearm possession and drugs dealing. For them and their fellow inmates, the chance to battle livestock offers a brief respite from prison life as they become the heroes the public and guards applaud.
Tuesday, October 27 on M4
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The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Rupert Murray's acclaimed film looking at the consequences of unchecked, unregulated sea fishing across the globe. It is not a film about what might happen, it is a film about what has happened.
Tuesday, October 13 on M4
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Jeremy Simmons' moving film about the plight of honeybees throughout the world but this time from a very human angle. Through the stories of three American beekeepers; Nicole Ulibarri from Montana, Eric Mills from Carolina and Matt Hutchens from Washington State, Simmons follows their efforts to make the epic journey with their hives to the biggest event on the beekeepers calendar - the pollination of the almond groves of California. But in common with many of the world's apiarists, the three are suffering from unexplained colony collapse disorder (CCD) which results in devastating consequences not just for the bees but for the beekeepers whose livelihoods are at stake.
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