In Rubbings From a Live Man, director Florian Habicht (Woodenhead, Kaikohe Demolition) crafts together a flamboyant, tour-de-force exploration of the life and times of the incomparable Warwick Broadhead. Broadhead's career as a performing artist and director has spanned four decades. (From marrying...
Starfish is a Mäori man who survives by washing car windows at intersections on the mean streets of South Auckland, New Zealand. He's a born hustler with an extreme personality-magnetic charisma, infectious humour, and a vicious temper. SQUEEGEE BANDIT follows Starfish's struggles through nine...
Whetu Marama – Bright Star Whetu Marama: Bright Star is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi, aka Hek Busby, and his significance for Maori in rekindling their wayfinding DNA and for all New Zealanders in reclaiming our place as traditional star voyages on the world map.
1918. As the roar of the First World War cannons is dying out, in Vienna, the heart of Central Europe, a golden age comes to an end. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is beginning to disintegrate. Since the dawn of the century, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele have fundamentally changed the feeling of art,...
A Film by Eva Weber Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became the de facto leader of the Free world, told for the first time for an international audience....
Revered critic David Stratton tells the glorious story of Australian cinema, focusing in on the films that capture the nation’s true nature with such candour, emotion and humour that they still knock us for a six. David is superbly qualified for this task. While he adapted to a new country and...
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner...
Presenter Michael Portillo travels the railways throughout England using George Bradshaw's maps to compare 1840s-era Britain to modern-day Britain. Starting in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford, where in 1921, women were awarded degrees for the first time, Michael then strikes out to explore the...
A thought provoking, revelatory and inspiring documentary telling the story of Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu – the publishing phenomenon that challenged Australia to rethink its history and ignited a raging debate. Pascoe’s best-selling book makes the explosive claims that First Nations people were not...
The Last Rider The heroic true story of American cyclist Greg LeMond, considered to be one of the greatest cyclists of all time, who defied the odds for one of the most triumphant comeback stories in sporting history. The first, and only, American to win the Tour de France, LeMond came back from...
Beyond The Mat – Special Edition Blu-ray "Beyond the spotlight, beyond the pain, Beyond The Mat is a hard-hitting, no holds barred expose of professional wrestling. Be prepared to be shocked; be prepared to be sickened; be prepared to see things you have never seen in Wrestling before. There's no...
The much-loved British journalist, broadcaster and former politician, begins a south-west coastal pilgrimage, travelling through Devon and Cornwall. Michael embraces as many experiences as he can along a coastline formed 280 million years ago, where limestone cliffs give way to eroding sandstone...
The Story of Hipgnosis Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS) tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio,...
Rachel's Farm Film director and actress Rachel Ward is not the first person you'd expect to join a farming revolution. In this triumphant film, Rachel voyages from wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture on her own rural property, to embracing a movement to restore...
Tony Palmer takes on Igor Stravinsky, one of the 20th century's most acclaimed and influential composers, in this rich, thoughtful documentary. Featuring stories and insights from Stravinsky's children, wife, and colleagues (such as Balanchine, Robert Craft, and Jean Cocteau), the film traces the...
Michael Portillo travels across South East Asia on a spectacular 2500 mile railway adventure across six countries.
Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Steered by George Bradshaw's famous railway handbook, he retraces three journeys inspired by the Edwardian guide, witnessing what's changed and...
Exploring the British claim to the Australian continent, giving a voice of recognition of the ownership by First Nations people. Over three parts this groundbreaking documentary series gives voice to the story of The Australian Wars, fought on our home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward,...
An intimate look inside the musical genius that was Morricone, Ennio intimately recounts details and inspirations behind his most beloved works. Leaving viewers with dozens of films to add to their watchlist, Ennio – The Maestro is a must for all cinema and music fans alike. Critics Reviews: “The...
28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth – Antarctica. 'Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival’ reveals the true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the only...