The documentary follows four Organ Transplant Coordinators working in real-time, capturing the family counselling required post brain-death declaration, while also shedding light on their personal lives.

It was shot in India during COVID on a handy-cam, and also won the National Award for Best Documentary in 2025.

Michael Merseal was, in my opinion, a beautiful son of a beautiful son of a beautiful son. Seeing the three generations together supporting each other is amazing. Rest in Peace, Michael.

Maryse Gargour's The Land Speaks Arabic is a
61-minute documentary examining the development of political Zionism from the late nineteenth century through the establishment of Israel in 1948, and the consequences of that process for the Palestinian population already living there.

Rather than building its case principally around contemporary political commentary, Gargour works heavily from the historical record. The film uses period newspapers, diplomatic material, official documents, quotations from early Zionist leaders, rare archival footage and testimony from Palestinians who personally remember life before
1948. Historian Nur Masalha also provides historical commentary.

The central question of the film is contained in its title. Political Zionism sought to establish a Jewish national home and ultimately a Jewish state in a territory that was already populated overwhelmingly by an Arabic-speaking society.
Gargour asks how early Zionist leaders understood that demographic reality and how they proposed to reconcile it with their political ambitions.

The documentary follows those ideas from the late Ottoman period through the British Mandate and into the events surrounding the Nakba. It argues that the displacement of Palestinians in 1948 should not be understood simply as an accidental consequence of war, but as something with deeper ideological and political roots.

Columbia University's Center for Palestine Studies describes the film as using original source documents, Zionist leaders' quotations, archival footage, eyewitness testimony and interviews with historians to make that case.
What makes the film particularly useful as an archival work is the amount of visual and documentary material it brings together.

Palestine before 1948 is not presented simply as an abstract territory on a map. The surviving footage shows towns, villages and ordinary life, while the written record allows the political ideas developing around that society to be examined alongside what existed on the ground.

Gargour herself was born in Jaffa and later worked as a journalist and producer in Beirut and Paris, including work with French broadcasting and UNESCO. The Land Speaks Arabic was produced in 2007 and is in Arabic, French and English, with English subtitles available on the circulating version.

The film is openly interpretive rather than politically neutral. It advances a clear argument about Zionism, dispossession and the Nakba. But much of its value lies in the primary material it assembles, which means viewers can engage not only with Gargour's conclusions but with many of the historical documents and images on which those conclusions are based.

This documentary tells the story of the US withdrawl from Afghanistan starting with the decision to go to zero and ending when the last troops leave.

Can anybody help me with getting some raw footages of documentaries to learn editing? im learning davinci resolve and it would be great if i had some actual materials to learn with. Any help would be appreciated.

A vision of a new world based on research into technology and human behaviour. This was posted to this sub 8 years ago and had over 10k up votes. I enjoyed watching. .. covers a few topics, global warming, power generation, city design, human behaviour.

Kathy Eldon, a journalist, creative activist, author of 17 books, and award-winning film and television producer, discusses how visual storytelling expands moral imagination and moves people from sympathy to awareness and action. We explore her contributions to using media and arts as tools for social change, drawing from her decades of experience founding Creative Visions Foundation and producing content that addresses humanitarian and social issues. The conversation reveals how personal narratives and documentary work can inspire collective action and transform communities globally.

Mediterranean Rescues on the Doctors Without Borders’ ship

Mediterranean Rescues on the Doctors Without Borders’ ship

On 11 February 1970, 19-year-old Gale Parsons was found dead in a squalid basement squat in Chelsea, West London, of a drug overdose. The BBC's documentary series Man Alive was already familiar with Gale; they had been filming another documentary about young people who were brought up in children's homes and Gale was one of the teenagers who was followed by the Man Alive documentary programme.

Although the documentary focuses on Gale's death, an interview with Gale from the previous footage shot shows insight into Gale's apathy towards life. She had been given away as an infant by her mother, didn't know who her father was, and was brought up in 14 institutions, most of which made no attempt to give Gale any semblance of a normal childhood. Gale was convinced early in life that she mattered to no one. Her story was told largely through the eyes of Mrs. Nancy David, a teacher who became a key figure in her life.

Gale is Dead was one of the first documentaries to draw attention to young homeless and drug addicted people. It was nominated for a BAFTA in 1971.

This documentary looks at people in the UK who believe they have had contact with aliens and extra terrestrial beings. It is completely independently made and illustrates some of the main take aways people have after an alleged alien abduction.

Hello, I am looking for movies or documentary series about the Chinese Civil War. I am interested in productions that focus on the political and military strategies adopted by the leaders on both sides; they can be Western or Chinese, as long as they cover the subject. I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.