Amazing Documentaries

Amazing Documentaries is an unique exploration into the world of Amazing Documentary Films. Here we selectively feature Award Winning Documentary Films and documentaries that have attained recognition globally. These documentaries are being made available to you after careful selection from social sites like Youtube and Vimeo. We also feature documentaries that are available for streaming via Amazon Prime and Instant Video. Many famous Full Length Documentary Films and Documentary Film Trailers and Synopsis and Cast and Crew are available in this site. Don't forget to retweet our tweets! Happy watching! Amazing Documentaries

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Film: Congo: A journey to the heart of Africa (2019) Series: BBC Documentary

Director: Alastair Leithead Producer: Becky Lipscombe Cinematography: Phillipe Herge/Michael Onyeigo Editor: Stephen Beard Production: BBC Africa Distributor: BBC International Description: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.

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Film: Iron Ladies of Liberia (2006) Series: Why Women

Director: Daniel Junge Producer: Henry Ansbacher, Jonathan Stack Cinematography: Daniel Junge Editor: Davis Coombe Production: Just Media, Gabriel Films, Steps International Distributor: Just Media, Steps International

Description: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 (January). Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. This documentary film follows Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her team during her first year in office as President of Liberia.

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Film: Bangladesh - Dawn of Islamism (2018)

Director: Sandra Petersmann, Hans Christian Ostermann Producer: Jorg Seibold Cinematography: Florian Mettke Editor: Andreas Hyronimus Production: DW TV Distributor: DW TV

Description: In Bangladesh headlines are dominated by violence: Secular bloggers murdered by islamic extremists, government opponents disappear, the Hindu minority is under attack. The country that wants to reconcile democracy and Islam appears to be finding it harder and harder to strike a balance between the two. Bangladesh was born in blood. The Bangladeshi government claims some three million people were killed during the 1971 war of liberation, though independent figures vary greatly. While Pakistan has remained an Islamic republic, Bangladesh made secularism a founding principle in the republic’s constitution. But conflict between Islamist and secular forces has plagued the country since its formation - and has a major impact on how it is perceived abroad.

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Film: India's Hindu Fundamentalists (2015) Series: People and Power

Director: Mandakini Gahlot Production: Aljazeera Distributor: Aljazeera

Description: Since Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist and leader of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), became prime minister of India in May 2014, groups of radical Hindu nationalists have been terrorising religious minorities across the country. According to a leading Christian rights group, at least 600 such attacks took place between Modi's election and August of 2015. One-hundred-and forty-nine of these assaults were against Christians; the rest were targeted at the country's Muslim community. The attacks, say critics, are being orchestrated by radical groups affiliated to Hindu nationalist and political pressure group: the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Prime Minister Modi is a lifelong member of the RSS and the backing of its members was crucial in helping his BJP party win the 2014 election. Since then, emboldened by the result, Modi's most extreme nationalist supporters have routinely taken to the streets, using violence and intimidation to press their claim for a purely Hindu India. Muslims have been forced to convert to Hinduism, homes burnt down and people even murdered for allegedly consuming beef; cows having special status in the Hindu faith. Aljazeerah's People & Power investigates.

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Film: Dalit Muslims of India (2015) Series: Aljazeera World

Director: Mostafa Bouazzaoui Production: Aljazeera Distributor: Aljazeera

Description: For centuries India's social structure was built around a rigid Hindu caste system. While the caste system was constitutionally abolished in 1950, its legacy still deeply affects contemporary Indian society. The Hindu population, around 84 percent of the 1.2 billion people that live in the country, is still influenced by the four main traditional castes, which also have their own sub-sects: Brahmins, the priestly and academic class; Kshatriya, the warrior caste; Vaishya, which comprises the business community; and Shudra, the working class. Outside these four groups are others, including the Dalits, who are at the bottom of the hierarchy. Dalits have traditionally done jobs considered ritually impure, like garbage collection, street sweeping, the cremation of dead bodies and the disposal of human waste. With Dalits continuing to face prejudice and discrimination within their own communities, some try to find social acceptance by converting to Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism or Islam. This is a story of the Dalits who have converted to Islam in India to escape the caste system. But, has anything really changed for them?

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Film: Rafea: Solar Mama (2012) Series: Why Women

Director: Mona Eldaief, Ehane Noujaim  Producer: Mette Heide Cast: Rafea Al Raja, Um Bader, Bunker Roy, Raouf Dabbas Music: Jonas Colstrup, Sune Martin Cinematography: Mona Eldaief Editor: Jenny Golden, Jean Tsien, Esteban Uyarra Production: Noujaim Films, Plus Pictures Distributor: NHK BS1, Yleisradio (YLE), PBS

Description: Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College run by Bunker Roy, where illiterate women from around the world are trained for 6 months to be solar engineers. Once there, she will join women like her from around the developing world to learn concrete solar engineering skills to change their communities. If she passes out of the Barefoot College she will be able to set up a solar energy generation business in her village and provide for her family. This film documents her journey and struggles from that of a poor illiterate village woman to that of an accredited solar panel installation engineer and a business woman.

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Film: India's Wushu Warrior Girl (2016) Series: Witness

Director: Jayisha Patel Writer: Jayisha Patel Researcher: Jayisha Patel Cast: Fareeha Tafim Cinematography: Jayisha Patel Production: Aljazeera Distributor: Aljazeera

Description: A Muslim schoolgirl from Hyderabad, India fights prejudice and patriarchy with every punch. Muslim schoolgirl Fareeha dreams of becoming a martial arts champion. Now after qualifying for an Indian national tournament her goal is firmly in sight. But her mother decides she can't go. While okay with Fareeha learning combat for self-defence, she's strongly against her 14-year-old daughter showing off her moves in public. Witness follows Fareeha as she challenges her family's traditional values to fight not only for the title, but for her independence.

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Film: Animals And Their Humans (2012) Series: Animal Odd Couples

Director: Barny Revill Producer: Peter Collins Researcher: Kate Lawrie Presentor: Liz Bonnin Narrator: Liz Bonnin Music: Michael Kruk Cinematography: Simon Reay Editor: Rama Bowly Colourist: Tony Osborne Production: Oxford Scientific Films Production Distributor: DRG, BBC

Description: Biologist Liz Bonnin explores why some of the most bizarre and surprising animals pair up with each other and with us. She scours the globe in search of the most extraordinary and cute animal relationships, investigating why such odd couples sometimes form. From dogs mothering baby tigers and polar bears befriending huskies, to buffaloes bonding with grown men and lions behaving like our brothers.

In this episode, Liz will look at the most incredible friendships between humans and some of the most dangerous creatures from around the world, including a polar bear, lions and a pack of hyenas. (Wild Things)

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Film: America's Poor Kids Series: Real Stories

Director: Jezza Neumann Producer: Lauren Mucciolo Writer: Jezza Neumann Narrator: Sophie Okonedo Music: Jamie Perera Cinematography: Jezza Neumann Editor: Jezza Neumann Colourist: Paddy Garric Production: True Vision Productions Distributor: BBC

Description: America's Poor Kids follows three children whose families are struggling to get by and shows what life in modern America looks like through their eyes. In the United States, child poverty has reached record levels, with over 16 million children now affected. Food banks are facing unprecedented demand, and homeless shelters now have long waiting lists, as families who have known a much better life have to leave their homes, sometimes with just a few days notice. Told from the point of view of the children themselves, this one-hour documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy and the impact of unemployment, homelessness and poverty as seen through the eyes of the children affected.

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Film: Kidnapped in Kabul  (2018) Series: Unreported World

Director: Karim Shah Writer: Rania Abouzeid Cast: Rania Abouzeid, Krishnan Guru-Murthy Narrator: Rania Abouzeid Cinematography: Karim Shah Editor: Whetham Allpress, Marta Shaw Production: Quicksilver Media Distributor: Channel 4

Description:  The people of Kabul have become used to living with bombs and gunfights as the Taliban continue to try to overthrow the Afghan government. But now there's a new danger, criminal gangs who kidnap for ransom. Often their victims are children. Unreported World reporter Rania Abouzeid filmed the documentary in the Afghan capital where she's been filming with the police anti kidnap squad and the detective who leads them.

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Film: The Fall of Berlin  (1945)

Director: Yuli Raizman Writer: Yuli Raizman, Nikolai Shpikovsky Cast: Rudolf Boettger, V.I. Chulkov, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Keitel, Benito Mussolini, Carl Spaatz, Joseph Stalin, Hans-Erich Voss, Helmuth Weidling, Georgi Zhukov Narrator: Leonid Khmara Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Editor: Tatyana Likhachyova, Irina Setkina, Elizaveta Svilova Production: TsSDF Distributor: Artkino Pictures

Description: The Fall of Berlin, or just Berlin is a Soviet documentary film about the Battle of Berlin. The film was directed by Yuli Raizman and Yelizaveta Svilova. The film begins with an animated map of Eastern Europe with Soviet soldier double exposed on the bottom. The narrator lists the names of the rivers that the Red Army crosses as they march west: Volga, Don, Desna, Dnieper, Bug, Dvina, Neman, Vistula, and finally, Oder. The Soviet arrival at the Oder river is shown, along with the broken bridges across it. The undeterred men of the Red Army are shown as they cross the river while under German fire. The use of missile artillery by the Soviet forces is showcased. This film is a summary of hundreds of yards of original footage taken during the war, specially of the last weeks of battle against Nazi Germany. The film shows very accurately the seriousness and desperateness of the last battles for the freedom of Europe. The Germans fought to the last minute, trying to avoid surrender at any cost, making the liberation of Europe a difficult task even in these last months and days. The movie explains the strategy of the Red Army in taking Berlin, and shows this actually being done. The film is exceptional, for it shows on the one hand the absolute necessity to win the war against the Nazis.

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Film: The House I Live In  (2012)

Director: Eugene Jarecki Producer: Eugene Jarecki, Melinda Shopsin Writer: Eugene Jarecki Cast: Nannie Jeter, David Simon Narrator: Eugene Jarecki Music: Robert Miller Cinematography: Sam Cullman, Derek Hallquist Editor: Paul Frost Production: Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, BBC Distributor: Abramorama, BOND360, I Wonder Pictures

Description: The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a 2012 documentary film about the War on Drugs in the United States. From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy. The documentary has been well received. Among the review aggregators, Rotten Tomatoes gave it 95% based on 55 reviews and Metacritic gave it 77/100 based on 24 reviews. Roger Ebert says The House I Live In "makes a shattering case against the War on Drugs." Peter Bradshaw reviewed the film for The Guardian and summed it up as an "angry and personal attack on America's war on drugs [that] contends it is a grotesquely wasteful public-works scheme". The film won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It also won a Peabody Award (2014).

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Film: Room 237  (2012)

Director: Rodney Ascher Producer: Tim Kirk Writer: Rodney Ascher Based On: The Shining Cast: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner Music: Jonathan Snipes, William Hutson Film music: Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind Cinematography: Mark Boswell, Brian Kallies Editor: Rodney Ascher Production: Highland Park Classics Distributor: IFC Films, IFC Midnight

Description: Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations and perceived meanings of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film includes footage from The Shining and other Kubrick films, along with discussions by a number of Kubrick enthusiasts. The film has nine segments, each segment focusing on different elements within the film which "may reveal hidden clues and hint at a bigger thematic oeuvre." The title refers to a room in the haunted hotel featured in The Shining, which a character is warned to never enter. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

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Film: Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children (2010) Series: Real Stories

Director: Jezza Neumann Producer: Xoliswa Sithole Writer: Xoliswa Sithole Narrator: Xoliswa Sithole Music: SCRT Cinematography: Jezza Neumann Editor: Reg Clarke, Jezza Neumann Colourist: Andrew Daniel Production: True Vision Production Distributor: BBC, Real Stories

Description: Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children tells the story of three children trying to survive in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, a country which was once the jewel of Africa but where the infrastructure is now in terminal collapse. Grace, Esther and Obert show us how they not only struggle to put food in their mouths but also desperately seek the money they need to pay next term's school fees.

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Film: Four Horsemen (2012)

Director: Ross Ashcroft Producer: Megan Ashcroft, Ross Ashcroft, Jason Whitmore Writer: Ross Ashcroft, Dominic Frisby Narrator: Dominic Frisby Music: Andrew Hewitt Cinematography: Aladin Hasic, Claudio Napoli Editor: Simon Modery Production: Motherlode Distributor: Guerilla Films, Janson Media, Spectra Filmworks, Yleisradio

Description: The modern day Four Horsemen continue to ride roughshod over the people who can least afford it. Crises are converging when governments, religion and mainstream economists have stalled. 23 international thinkers come together and break their silence about how the world really works and why there is still hope in re-establishing a moral and just society. Four Horsemen is free from mainstream media propaganda, doesn't bash bankers, criticize politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. The film ignites the debate about how we usher a new economic paradigm into the world which, globally, would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.

Note: "The Four Horsemen" of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ to John of Patmos, at 6:1-8. The chapter tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Though theologians and popular culture differ on the first Horseman, the four riders are often seen as symbolizing Conquest or Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. The Christian apocalyptic vision is that the Four Horsemen are to set a divine apocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment. One reading ties the Four Horsemen to the history of the Roman Empire subsequent to the era in which the Book of Revelation was written. That is, they are a symbolic prophecy of the subsequent history of the Empire.

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Film: Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Series: Why Democracy?

Director: Alex Gibney Producer: Alex Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman Writer: Alex Gibney Cast: Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring Narrator: Alex Gibney Music: Ivor Guest, Robert Logan Cinematography: Maryse Alberti, Greg Andracke Editor: Sloane Klevin Production: Discovery Channel Distributor: THINKFilm

Description: Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. It won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It focuses on the December 2002 killing of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention and interrogated at the Parwan Detention Facility at Bagram air base. It was part of the "Why Democracy?" series, which consisted of ten documentary films from around the world questioning and examining contemporary democracy. As part of this series, the documentary was broadcast in over 30 countries from October 8–18, 2007.

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Film: Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years Series: Far Out

Producer: John Martin Narrator: Gleb Lisichkin Music: Justin Staple, Andrew Weathers Cinematography: Igor Kropotov Editor: Irina Khokhlova Production: Vice Distributor: Vice

Description: In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia's vast taiga to escape persecution and protect their way of life. The Lykovs eventually settled in the Sayan Mountains, 160 miles from any other sign of civilization. In 1944, Agafia Lykov was born into this wilderness. Today, she is the last surviving Lykov, remaining steadfast in her seclusion. In this episode of Far Out, the VICE crew travels to Agafia to learn about her taiga lifestyle and the encroaching influence of the outside world.