The World’s Biggest Family
Synopsis A man with 600 half-siblings looks at the odd world of anonymous sperm donation and how that standard practice of anonymity is starting to crack open at last. Viewers will meet his new-found family – people whose whole life story has been turned upside down in middle age by a DNA result – and […]
Rigged
Synopsis RIGGED tracks a decades-long malicious effort to suppress non-white American voters access to the polls. It shows how counter to President Trump’s ongoing assertion that the 2020 election was rigged against him that in fact a variety of Republican Party voter suppression tactics, including purging voting rolls; passing new, restrictive voter ID laws and […]
Holy Silence
Synopsis As World War II looms on the horizon, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and antisemitism. But death intervenes, and a new pope, Pius XII, carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust. HOLY SILENCE tells the dramatic story of […]
A Cure For Fear
Synopsis Dr. Merel Kindt is a clinical psychologist with a new way to treat, or even eliminate, phobias and the effects of emotional trauma: first you confront the thing you’re scared of — then you take a pill, a beta-blocker. Amazingly, it seems to work. In this documentary we follow the doctor as she cares […]
Football Fans: Under Their Skin
Synopsis Robbie Lyle is lifelong Arsenal fan. Football is his passion, and his job. As founder of AFTV, Robbie is a YouTube star with millions of followers worldwide. But as a black supporter Robbie has sadly experienced racism in the game. Something he thought was in the past. In this heartfelt documentary, Robbie reveals how […]
Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation
Synopsis At a time when the 24-hour news cycle reaches far beyond print and an endless amount of information is accessible with the click of a mouse, how can the average person learn to separate fact from fiction? And what does this mean for our democracy if we cannot grasp this important skill?
Fishing Expedition Amazonia
Synopsis Close encounters with caiman alligators, piranha, vampire bats, tapir and a ton of biting insects – all this and more, as extreme adventure angler Steve Townson takes on some of the Amazon’s most ferocious predatory freshwater fish. Episodic Synopses Episode 1 synopsis here Episode 2 synopsis here
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth
Synopsis Freddy is a gay transgender man who wants to start a family. He is unprepared for the physical and emotional realities of pregnancy. To him what feels pragmatic, to others feels confrontational; this was not part of his plan. Against a backdrop of hostility towards trans people, he is forced to confront his naivety. […]
The Point of No Return
Synopsis Soaring at 28,000 feet without a drop of fuel, nothing is predictable. Not the weather, not the technology. And certainly not the fate of a man, alone for five days in a fragile, first-of-its-kind aircraft with nothing but ocean below. Point of No Return takes you behind the headlines of the first solar-powered flight […]