
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band’s reign while shedding light on the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Questlove
Actors: André 3000, Chaka Khan, D'Angelo, Freddie Stone, George Clinton, Jerry Martini, Nile Rodgers, Rose Stone, Sly Stone, Vernon Reid
Country: United States of America
Hellstorm (2015)
A documentary that tells the tale that the victors still do not want you to know. Learn the terrible truth about the rape, torture, slavery, and mass murder inflicted upon…
I Am Weekender (2023)
Wiz’s Weekender (1992) was a film ahead of its time, both in form and content. It engaged with contemporary issues that mainstream media were eager to sensationalise. Consequently, it was…
Queen: Rock the World (2017)
In 1977, BBC music presenter Bob Harris was given exclusive and extensive access to the Queen. Conducting insightful interviews with all four band members as well as filming them at…
Children of the Mist (2022)
Di is a 12-year-old girl from the mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong, an ethnic minority in which girls get married at a very young age….
Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour (2011)
This film traces the path Floyd took after the recording of the Animals album – an era when cracks in the band first started to show – and brings the…
Blue Pullman (1960)
Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman…
Fittest on Earth: Final Showdown in Madtown (2024)
Athletes compete for the title Fittest on Earth experiencing exhilarating highs and devastating lows. This film amplifies the connection between each competitor’s intense, personal journey, and their breathtaking feats of…
Penelope My Love (2022)
The story of a young woman who will never fit in but whom the cinema, because it is able to appreciate her extraordinary existence, helps her to find her own…
Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies (2016)
Films documenting African-American life in Oklahoma during the mid-1920s.
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped (2024)
The story of how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s Wham! turned one song into a cultural phenomenon. As well as new interviews with Wham! fans and friends, figures such as…
Playboy Video Centerfold: Anna Marie Goddard – 40th Anniversary Playmate (1994)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
This was of course a fitting look into the world of Julia Donaldson, whose books have kept the BBC in Christmas animations for the last few years, and will probably…