Alex King
Gaza Sunbirds: The Palestinian para-cycling team racing against the odds to compete internationally
From genocide in Gaza to the World Championships: What next for Palestine’s first para-cycling team?
Written by: Alex King
The disabled Flâneur forcing us to rethink our cities
This perspective-shifting short film follows Phil Waterworth, the wheelchair-bound urban explorer confronting a lack of accessibility in cities like Sheffield.
Written by: Alex King
In Photos: London’s young riders take over the city for Bikestormz
Thousands of London’s most talented riders stormed the capital this weekend calling for bikes up, knives down.
Written by: Alex King
India’s bodybuilding boom reflects a nation flexing its muscles
Huck’s debut feature documentary reveals how young Indian men are willing to turn their backs on tradition and compete for a better life – even if it means sacrificing their health.
Written by: Alex King
Finding redemption at the bars
Directed by Spencer Murphy, The Bars celebrates a community that has grown up around bar parks made from knives recovered from the streets of London by charity Steel Warriors.
Written by: Alex King
Saddling up with Texas’ Creole trail riders
The Texas Regulators are a women-led trail riding group who celebrate zydeco music, Creole heritage and African-American cowboy culture in America’s Deep South.
Written by: Alex King
In Photos: Finland’s folk ice swimming fanatics
To survive their savage winter, many Finns swear by the miraculous benefits of Avanto: cutting an ice hole on a frozen lake and taking a dip.
Written by: Alex King
Inside Ukraine’s queer resistance
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s queer community has been fighting back on many fronts, from art to activism and rave culture.
Written by: Alex King
The trans boxer fighting to open up combat sports for queer people
Trans boxers are banned from licensed fights in England, so Jill Leflour is going blow-for-blow to end trans exclusion in sport.
Written by: Alex King
The Brussels festival dismantling the stigma around sex work
Belgium became the first European country to decriminalise sex work, thanks in part to SNAP! – a sex worker-run festival fighting for visibility, rights and sexual freedom.
Written by: Alex King
The female skateboarder who became an Alpine shepherdess
Lois Pendlebury was one of the best skaters in the UK. But after injury, she began a new life, high up in the French Alps.
Written by: Alex King
An intimate portrait of East London’s underground music scene
Short film The Rest Is Noise explores how to stand out and be heard in the capital’s ever-changing musical landscape.
Written by: Alex King