19/05/2020 19/05/2020

The Life of Modern-Day American Cowboys

What is life like for the modern-day American cowboy? ‘Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait’ provides insights into these American icons.

12/05/2020 12/05/2020

I Am Not Your Negro: Racism in the US

Narrated by Samuel L Jackson, 'I Am Not Your Negro' (2016) uses James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript to tell the horrific history of racism in America.

05/05/2020 05/05/2020

Opioid Addiction: This Drug May Kill You

Award-winning director Norman Stone discusses the film ‘Warning: This Drug May Kill You’ (2017) and opioid addiction in America.

07/04/2020 07/04/2020

Eating Animals, Factory Farming and the Pandemic

Eating Animals (2017), produced and narrated by Natalie Portman, makes us think about where the meat on our tables comes from.

24/03/2020 24/03/2020

Capital Punishment: Life and Death Row

BBC’s Life and Death Row – The Mass Execution is a documentary that we use to explore the history of capital punishment in America.

10/03/2020 10/03/2020

Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore and Climate Change

The Oscar winning An Inconvenient Truth (2006) about Al Gore and climate change shows how performance is used to animate risk in documentary films.

25/02/2020 25/02/2020

2020 American Election: Super Tuesday

Factual America caught up with Adithya Sambamurthy, who is heading to the US to cover the 2020 American election for The Guardian.

11/02/2020 11/02/2020

Globalisation of Factory Farming

Soyalism is a gripping documentary about factory farming and corporations taking over meat production at any cost necessary.

28/01/2020 28/01/2020

Gun Violence and Mass Shootings in America

We're discussing Marc Silver’s documentary "3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets," and America's pressing problem of gun violence.

14/01/2020 14/01/2020

DA Pennebaker's Dont Look Back

The groundbreaking Dont Look Back (1967) by DA Pennebaker is considered one of the best documentaries of all time. Today we pay homage to the late artist.