White Kid, Brown Kid
Synopsis Two girls from different worlds try to become friends in one of Britain’s most racially segregated towns. Dewsbury in West Yorkshire is home to a growing Asian Muslim community with parts of the town 98% Asian, whilst other parts remain totally white. Told with honesty and humour, we follow sixteen year old Siobhan and […]
Siyaya: Wildest Cape
Synopsis The beautiful landscape of the Western Cape in South Africa hosts some of the most exciting natural systems in the world. Our teams of explorers take on breathtaking challenges to get where they have to be, jumping into cauldrons of whitewater, scaling cliffs and hanging on ropes between heaven and earth.
The Corridor
Synopsis The Corridor takes us inside the first high school in an adult jail in America. With unprecedented access, the film portrays one semester inside Five Keys Charter School in San Francisco, as students, teachers, and correctional officers prepare for graduation day. Together they must learn to navigate a groundbreaking new model for rehabilitation and restorative […]
The Art of Nature
Synopsis Many plants and animals have found ingenious ways to adapt in order to survive in an ever-changing world. Some of nature’s inventions have been the inspiration behind the development of new technology, smart design and ground breaking medicines.
The Twinning Reaction
Synopsis In the 1960s Identical twins and triplets were secretly split up in infancy and studied by psychoanalysts for decades. This documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations — and continuing deception — on the twins and their adoptive families.
The Boy Inside: Trapped by Tourettes
Synopsis THE BOY INSIDE follows an extraordinary year in the life of a teenager with one of the worst cases of Tourettes in America. Zack Lamb’s twitches and the strange sounds he makes are uncontrollable – and they are getting worse. These tics get in the way of him making friends, despite his sweet nature. […]
The Fight for the Black Middle Class
Synopsis The Fight for a Black Middle Class is a look at the extraordinary difficulty African Americans have faced in their efforts to establish a middle-class standard of living. Through dramatic historical footage and deeply moving personal interviews, the documentary explores the often frustrated efforts of black families to pursue the American dream. Journalist Bob Herbert […]
Chile: A Wild Journey
Synopsis
Chile: A Wild Journey is an eight-part series travelling across sky, land and sea that takes us around this long and unexplored country in search of the most fascinating wildlife. In addition to the famous puma and blue whale, more than 80 species of animals were recorded by this team, some of them practically unknown to science and to the rest of the world.
The University
Synopsis Each summer on a hidden NASA base, 80 young geniuses attend a special program. Their mission: start a company that will impact a billion people within ten years. The students are given unlimited access to elite technology. They fly zero gravity planes and play with DNA synthesis. Their teachers are astronauts, billionaires, scientists, and […]