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Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

Movements need culture. They need songs, symbols and stories that can travel further than speeches or leaflets

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’

New documentary, The Balloonists, tells the story of the first pair to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a hot-air balloon

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

Filmmaker Raoul Peck’s new documentary depicts an almost overwhelming cavalcade of horror

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

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10 years on, David Bowie shows us how to move forward – even when confronting the end
Music

10 years on, David Bowie shows us how to move forward – even when confronting the end

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope

What it’s like to sing Agadoo for 40 years
Music

What it’s like to sing Agadoo for 40 years

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’
Solar power

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’

The Grenfell story is far from over
Olaide Sadiq

The Grenfell story is far from over

From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now
Music

From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner’s Rutger Hauer as we’ve never seen him
Documentary

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner’s Rutger Hauer as we’ve never seen him

No room for ‘bullshit’ in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary
Prince William

No room for ‘bullshit’ in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
Film

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’
Letter To My Younger Self

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper
Film

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she’s creating ‘science you can dance to’
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she’s creating ‘science you can dance to’

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don’t have to
Lucy Sweet

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don’t have to

Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
Film

Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger – Scorsese’s tribute to duo who inspired him
Film

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger – Scorsese’s tribute to duo who inspired him

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‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot
Sport

‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
Film

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss

Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK’s privatised water companies
TV

Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK’s privatised water companies

Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn’t just record life on the edge – he became the story
Film

Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn’t just record life on the edge – he became the story