A one-hour series showcasing documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.
Showing Season 12 of 14
2022
2022
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01. The Sacred Woods
2022-01-25
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
02. Palestine 1920
2022-02-01
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
03. Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
2022-02-08
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
04. The Colours of Home
2022-02-15
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
05. Visa for a Stray Dog
2022-03-01
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
06. Turkey's Senkaya Bus
2022-04-26
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
07. Songs of the Gulf
2022-05-03
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
08. Austria: Operation Luxor
2022-05-17
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
09. An American in My Home
2022-05-24
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
10. Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
2022-05-31
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
11. Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
2022-06-07
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
12. Painting in the Dark
2022-06-14
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
13. Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups
2022-06-21
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
14. Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
2022-07-19
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
15. The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics
2022-08-02
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
16. The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture
2022-08-09
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
17. The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society
2022-08-16
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
18. Arab Love Songs
2022-09-13
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
19. Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home
2022-09-27
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
20. The Colours of Healing
2022-10-04
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
21. Tam Tam Basketball
2022-10-18
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
22. The Kabul Bank Crash
2022-10-25
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
23. Maradona in Naples
2022-11-01
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.
