New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update February 12, 2018 @ 06:48 PM
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Ecstasy Wars
British documentary filmmaker and popular BBC3 journalist Stacey Dooley returns for another hard-hitting film going behind the scenes of the war on drugs. In "Ecstasy Wars", part of a long-standing series "Stacey Dooley Investigates", Stacy heads to the hea[...]
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers, a 2008 art and music documentary co-directed by Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard which follows a group of "do it yourself" street artists who affected the entire world of art. The film documents a group of creative people who in the 1990's took ideas from the G[...]
Vegucated
Vegucated is a 2011 food and drinks documentary film which follows a group of three New Yorkers who take up the challenge of adopting a Vegan diet. For six weeks they will give up their love for steak, cheese and burgers to find out what the vegan craze is all about. This won't be a[...]
The Business of Being Born
The 2008 Business of Being Born documentary explores the contemporary experience of childbirth while criticizing the American healthcare system which has an emphasis on medicine. Abby Epstein, the film's director is known for a number of documentaries related to this subject. The ma[...]
Barely Dead: The Saga of Modern Rollerblading
Barely Dead: The Saga of Modern Rollerblading explores the history of blading from it's Victorian roots right to the present day. Cinematographer Doug Urquhart spent years putting this documentary together and raising funds to make it happen. The film chronicles how the no[...]
Bangkok Girl
Bangkok Girl takes a look at the sex industry in Bangkok which predominantly comprises of "sex tourism". Jordan Clark, the documentaries director and production is taken around the city of Bangkok by Pla, a 19-year-old bar girl who started working at the age of 13 in[...]
Just for Kicks
Just for Kicks, a 2005 documentary by Thibaut de Longeville about the sub-culture of sneakers. Yes, if one were to tell you their passion was collecting popular and rare training shoes, you would probably give them a funny look. However, a huge number of people across the Unit[...]
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Canada’s Lost Girls
In "Canada’s Lost Girls" British journalist Stacey Dooley investigates the disappearance and murder of thousands of girls and women of Canada's indigenous community. To investigate, Stacey travels to British Columbia and Alberta to find out what on Earth is going on[...]
Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando
In the "Hate and Pride in Orlando" documentary Stacey Dooley investigates the aftermath of the infamous Pulse Bar shooting in Orlando, Florida. On June 12, 2016, security guard, turned terrorist Omar Mateen went into the Pulse Bar gay night-club and opened fire with[...]
Hungry for Change (preview)
Hungry for Change is made by James Colquhoun, the maker of the 2008 documentary "Food Matters" which covers shocking truths in diets which are made out to be healthy. You only have to search on Google or read a magazine to find that there are a huge number of people advocating[...]
First Position
The 2011 documentary First Position by American director Bess Kargman follows six budding dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world. The title 'First Position' is ta[...]
Sharkwater
Sharkwater "The Truth Will Surface" is a 2006 documentary created to help save sharks by advocating a ban on Canadian shark fin imports, written and directed by Rob Stewart. The documentary shows sharks in their natural habits using underwater photography, shedding a different[...]
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, a sobering yet inspirational documentary about Canadian internet personality and glamour model Gigi Gorgeous and her family. Giselle Loren Lazzarato is transsexual and was born Gregory Allan. She gained a huge following on social media as she documente[...]
Michael Moore in TrumpLand
Michael Moore in TrumpLand: In the weeks leading up to the decisive 2016 US presidential election between Republican candidate Donald John Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore (Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11) travels to the heart of "TrumpLand" to perform a darin[...]
Bag It
Bag It is a 2010 comedy documentary following American actor Jeb Berrier (I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore) after he made a pledge to stop using plastic bags. While he doesn't see himself as a "tree hugger", he and his wife came to the realisa[...]
How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague is a moving documentary about the global AIDS/HIV pandemic and work by organisations such as Treatment Action Group (TAG) and ACT UP. The film was created by David France who made it in dedication to his partner Doug Gold who died from pneumonia related to AIDS&n[...]
Miss Representation
The 2011 Miss Representation activism documentary explores how the mainstream media contributes to women being under-represented in platforms of authority. Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom (who had recently retired from her role as First Lady of San Francisco) catalogues the li[...]
Microcosmos
Microcosmos (Le Peuple de L'herbe) is a 1996 French nature documentary co-directed by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou which takes us into the world of insects. To capture these aliens worlds in meadows and ponds Microcosmos uses special macro lenses to provide amazing close[...]