New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update May 21, 2018 @ 07:42 PM
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, a 17-and-a-quarter-hour long documentary series which explores in great detail many of the most significant events that happened during The Vietnam War. The series was written by Geoffrey C. Ward and directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. It includes more than 79 witnes[...]
Dark States Trafficking Sex
In Dark States Trafficking Sex, British broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux travels to Huston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States and a place where a huge number of people trafficked through for the sex trade. It has been estimated that around one in fiv[...]
H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters
H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters, a 2016 documentary by Austrian author and filmmaker Nina Messinger which investigates possible solutions to the world hunger problem. The main point the film makes is to highlight how ruinously inefficient eating meat has been and is. For while 65 billion[...]
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, a 2012 skateboarding documentary by the director of Dogtown and Z-boys Stacy Peralta. The film follows the story of the Bones Brigade, a skateboarding team set-up in the early 1980's by George Powell and Stacy Peralta. By 1984 the team consisted of s[...]
The Last Patrol (preview)
The Last Patrol, a 2014 war documentary by Sebastian Junger within which two journalists and two veterans examine war. The film is the last in a trio by Junger about the War in Afghanistan. The previous two were "Restrepo" (2010) and "Korengal" (2014). While the firs[...]
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year, a 2015 documentary about the Afghanistan war by Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy. It is a story told through the eyes of the Afghan people. Many documentaries about the war in Afghanistan are shown from the point of view of the American and[...]
McCullin
McCullin, a 2013 biographical documentary directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris about Don McCullin who is considered to be the greatest war photographer alive. More than just a film about Don, this doc is a journey into the history of photojournalism through the eyes of McCullin. T[...]
The Sky at Night, Guides, Planets
Planets have fascinated humans since the dawn of humanity, and have been named after gods. Our understanding of these objects has changed drastically over the last century and in hommage The Sky at Night, Guides, Planets takes us on a journey through our exploration of them.
Point and Shoot
Point and Shoot, a 2014 biographical war documentary about Matthew Vandyke, a 26-year-old man who decided to set out on an extraordinary 35,000-mile motorbike journey across South Africa and the Middle East. The plan was to develop his sense of manhood and enjoy an adventure but hi[...]
The Kill Team
The Kill Team is a 2013 documentary by American director Dan Krauss about the Maywand District murders during the war in Afghanistan. THE KILL TEAM goes behind closed doors to tell the riveting story of Specialist Adam Winfield, a 21-year-old infantryman in Afghanistan who attempted w[...]
Inside Combat Rescue
Inside Combat Rescue, a 2013 military documentary series which follows an elite combat rescue team of the US Air Force as they save Allied and American forces who are in danger. Some of the action on the documentary is from the front lines in Afghanistan and in Eastern Europe for Operat[...]
Only the Dead
Only the Dead, a 2015 biographical war documentary following the experiences of Australian journalist Michael Ware beginning from his time as a rookie correspondent in the early days of the Iraq war. The film captures the horrific violence Michael witnessed while reporting from the epic[...]
World War II In Colour
World War II In Colour is an epic thirteen-part war documentary series covering the 20th centuries second greatest war in high quality remastered footage. All of the episodes in this series are narrated by English actor Robert Powell (The Italian Job - 1969), who opens with an explanati[...]
Manchester Bomb: Our Story (preview)
It has been almost a year since the horrific Islamic terrorist attack on an Ariana Grande concert at The Manchester Arena in the North West of England. On 22 May 2017, a homemade bomb packed with nuts and bolts to act as shrapnel was detonated inside the venue which was being attended b[...]
Nova Wonders
Nova Wonders, a new six-part documentary series hosted by scientists Talithia Williams, Rana El Kaliouby and André Fenton which looks into some of the most intriguing and yet to be answered questions in science. The episodes cover many different disciplines in science including b[...]
Reggie Yates' Extreme, South Africa
In this documentary series British actor and TV presenter, Reggie Yates shows us a side of South Africa we do not usually see as he gets up close and personal with three communities who have an "extreme" way of living in South Africa. 1: Since the end of Apartheid in 1991 unde[...]
Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan
The Orangutan is one of the most endangered species in the world thanks to the destruction of their natural habitat because of deforestation and through illegal hunting. For ten years a team of medics has been working in the jungles of Borneo to help save this critically endangered anim[...]
Mexico's Streets of Blood
Mexico's Streets of Blood: In 2017 Mexico's drug-related murders reached a record high with nearly 30,000 people killed that year. To investigate the seriousness of the situation British journalist Clive Myrie travels to the coastal city of Acapulco, a notorious city known for b[...]