Documentary
The best documentaries about saving the planet
Happy Earth Day — Today marks the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, a celebration of environmental protection and sustainability.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
Russell Brand's new film is a hilariously powerful call for change
Things can change, things do change — Director Michael Winterbottom explains The Emperor's New Clothes is a fun and empowering wake up call to fight back against growing inequality.
Written by: Alex King
Is this photographer exploiting the mentally ill?
In search of the Outlands — Photographer Roger Ballen shoots vulnerable people on South Africa’s fringes to challenge our ideas of normality and force us to look inside ourselves.
Written by: Alex King
The people whose lives revolve around vinyl
Happy Record Store Day! — Photographer Jordan Stephens’ discovers the people at the centre of record culture around the world.
Written by: Alex King
Are New York’s eccentric street characters being pushed out?
Save NYC street culture — Filmmaker Nicolas Heller’s No Your City web series celebrates the city’s larger than life characters, who are being threatened by ongoing gentrification of the Big Apple.
Written by: Alex King
Cobain: Montage of Heck digs deep into Kurt's inner conflicts
Director Q&A — Brett Morgen explains how unprecedented access to the Cobain family archives took him on a powerful journey in search of the real Kurt Cobain.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
How did 22 innocent Chinese Uyghurs get sucked into America’s War on Terror?
Lives destroyed by a decade in the black hole of Guantánamo — Director Patricio Henriquez shares the remarkable story behind his documentary Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd.
Written by: Alex King
Socially-conscious filmmaking you need to see this year
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London — Wim Wenders on Sebastião Salgado, Jon Stewart’s directorial debut and the animated adventures of the 18 cows Israel declared a threat to national security.
Written by: Alex King
The breathtaking inside story of Kiev’s Maidan uprising
Powerful new documentary — Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa captures the sacrifice and heroism of Kiev's Maidan uprising against corrupt president Victor Yanukovych.
Written by: Alex King
What kind of American Dream awaits immigrants in the US?
Another Home: Life Beyond The Border — Huck enters the lives of young people from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to find out what kind of American Dream they found once they crossed the border into the States.
Written by: HUCK HQ