Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines’s classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book’s enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach’s famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.
You May Also Like
“Gotaways: The Hidden Border Crisis” takes you to a small border county in Texas to show you the impact of the gotaways on local ranchers, law enforcement, and life in a small county.
The U.S. has long offered a promise of opportunity to immigrants, but currently immigration has become a divisive issue. This documentary illustrates how an understanding of our history and democracy is essential to constructive debate, informed civic participation and shaping a new class of citizens.
Known as a “kindly killer”, this documentary details Nilsen’s moves between 1978 and 1983, after which he admitted to killing as many as 15 young men.
Flying dogs, tigers, monkeys, and more. Discover the incredible war stories and barnstorming adventures of aviation’s animal pioneers.
The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story charts the life and crimes of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman. The film tracks his life from discovering NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, to his perpetration of one of the largest ponzi schemes in US history.
Julien Temple’s 2006 documentary film about the famous music festival from 1970 to 2005, featuring performances from artists such as David Bowie, Bjork, Blur, Oasis and Coldplay. The film is made up of footage shot by Temple at the festival in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, as well as footage sent in by festival goers after a request on websites and newspapers for footage. Temple had initially only agreed to make a film of the 2002 festival after organiser Michael Eavis expressed concern that that would be the last year of the festival. Temple then realised that he wanted to make a film detailing the full history of the festival. The film also includes footage shot by Channel 4 and the BBC during their coverage of the festival since 1994. Text from Wikipedia.
Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook’s original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive’s Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival.
On the 50th anniversary of Liam Brady signing schoolboy forms at Arsenal, covering the highs and lows of a life spent in the beautiful game.
The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father’s relentless pursuit of his son — interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.
Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
Humane recruitment film made for the prison services, following three new recruits on a tour of a facility.
