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Resist

November 2024 •English

The 12-episode documentary follows the grassroots work of multicultural/intersectional organizations fighting the Los Angeles county's $3.5 billion jail expansion plan in 2018 and examines the issues of cash bail, unlawful arrest, over-policing of Black and brown neighborhoods, and mass incarceration.

Random Acts of Flyness

November 2024 •English

Late-night series featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation as a stream-of-consciousness response to the contemporary American mediascape.

Empire State of Mind

November 2024 •English

Writer Sathnam Sanghera travels across the country exploring the effects of the British Empire on modern Britain

Maisonneuve

November 2024 •French

Over six episodes, Maisonneuve looks at the repercussions flowing from the arrest of 11 students at Montreal’s Collège de Maisonneuve as they prepared to join the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria. From the initial shock to a gradual opening for dialogue, the series follows the paths of six exceptional young people who share their points of view. Through their eyes, Maisonneuve highlights both the importance and the fragility of living together in harmony in Quebec.

De första svenskarna

November 2024 •Swedish

Stop, Search, Seize

November 2024 •English

Documentary following Ireland's Customs teams as they, with the help of the Irish police, try to stop organised smugglers from bringing drugs, cars and even exotic animals into the country.

Exterminate All the Brutes

November 2024 •English

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.

Nick and Margaret: Too Many Immigrants?

November 2024 •English

Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford explore the impact of immigration in the UK by bringing both sides of the debate together, pairing five Brits who are opposed to immigration with five immigrants.

Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation

November 2024 •English

Three-part documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls

November 2024 •English

Ed Balls travels to America's Deep South to immerse himself in the lives of those who put Trump in power, and learn how this reality TV businessman won them over.

French PQ

November 2024 •French

Ma'abarot: The Israeli Transit Camps

November 2024 •Hebrew

A four episodes documentary series that unveils one of the most controversial topics in the history of the Israeli state. Rare archival materials and testimonials of former residents tell the stories of the 'Ma'abrot' (refugee absorption camps meant to provide accommodation for the large influx of Jewish refugees in Israel in the 1950s), and the institutional discrimination towards its inhabitants — Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Middle East.

Exiles

November 2024 •English

A series featuring six major artists and writers who live and work in exile.

The Romanians Are Coming

November 2024 •English

Documentary series exploring the lives of Romanians trying to make a new life in Britain, and seeking out the truth behind the headlines about immigration.

Our Time

November 2024 •English

The Youth Documentary Academy proudly presents OUR TIME, a television series produced in association with public television that dives deeply into tough topics faced by teens across the nation.

Amend: The Fight for America

November 2024 •English

When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.

A History of Antisemitism

November 2024 •French

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.

George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia

November 2024 •English

The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community and the many love stories that created it.

Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation

November 2024 •English

How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.

Keeping Up with the Khans

November 2024 •English

"Keeping Up with the Khans" explores the lives and aspirations of new migrants to Britain, and the impact that immigration has on one community: Page Hall in Sheffield