New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update May 11, 2016 @ 09:29 PM
Drugs Map of Britain - 2. Manchester: Heroin Haters
Drugs Map of Britain episode two - Manchester: Heroin Haters. In this documentary we meet a group of men who see that violence is the solution to the growing number of people who are using Heroin in Manchester, England. In the documentary we see how they feel that the people who leave[...]
Attenboroughs Life That Glows
Attenborough's Life That Glows documentary. There are many amazing creatures out there which dazzle and enchant our minds. To anyone who has seen a fire-fly you would know that it is hard not fall under it’s spell. From fascinating creatures in the ocean to magical light sho[...]
Who Needs Sleep?
Who Needs Sleep? A documentary directed by Oscar award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler (1922–2015) who is famous for movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and is considered to be one of the ten most influential cinematographers of all time accordi[...]
Zeljko Obradovic: More than a coach
A documentary portrait of Serbian professional basketball coach Zeljko Obradovic, coach of Turkish team Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball and considered to be one of the most sucessfull Euroleague coaches of all time. The film shows how he creates a special bond with hi[...]
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing, a two part documentary series presented by professor Jim Al-Khalili. In the first episode we explore the question what is everything? Many people understand the universe as being “everything” but what actually is it and how have how we have come to our understandi[...]
Deep Web
The 2015 Deep Web documentary tells the story of how the internet in the hands of the wrong people has formed into a dangerous beast that is almost completely invisible. The internet as we know it to day was in fact conceived way back in the mid 20th century by pioneers who[...]
Five Steps to Tyranny
Five Steps to Tyranny documentary from 2001. The film explores the ideas behind tyranny and genocide, something that seems to have plagued the human race since the beginning. What causes people to change from civic folk to turning on their own neighbors?; how the unthinkable somehow becomes psy[...]
Millionaire Basement Wars
Millionaire Basement Wars documentary. The basement building boom is in full swing as multinational millionaires are snapping up property within London’s most affluent districts such as Kensington and Mayfair to turn them into mega homes. For the property owners it is seen as a worth-while inv[...]
Through The Wormhole: What is Nothing?
Through the Worm Hole Season 3 episode 5 what is nothing? In this documentary Morgan Freeman explores the concept of nothing. We all have some picture of what nothing is but are these ideas really true? To find out we have to look into the newly discovered science of quantum mechanics, a strang[...]
The Conspiracy Files: Who Shot Down MH17
The Conspiracy Files: Who Shot Down MH17? This was one of the worst blunders in aviation history, a civilian Jet (Malaysian Airlines flight MH17) with 298 passengers being shot over the war torn Ukraine killing all those on-board. This MH17 documentary aims to sift through what is fact and what is f[...]
The Sun
The power of the sun is tangible yet mystic, so much as we humans have longed to harness this beautiful giver of life. The Sun is really, really powerful, so powerful in-fact its almost scary to think about; consistently the sun produces the energy of a billion nuclear bombs every second. Since[...]
Treasures of The Indus - Of Gods and Men
In the final episode of this BBC mini series, Sona Datta ends her tour of India by looking at the birth of Hinduism, from a highly intimate and personal relationship between people sharing common ideolgies to its modern day perception. She looks at the story through its acrhitecture and some of its[...]
Through The Wormhole: Are We Alone?
We know with almost certainty that aliens are out there in the universe, but why have we not found them yet? Scientist are hoping to change this equilibrium and make contact, a mission that will change our view on the universe like never before. In the documentary Through The Wormhole: Are We Alone?[...]
Treasures Of The Indus - The Other Side of the Taj Mahal
In this episode Sona Datta continues her journey through the Indian subcontinent to rediscover its rich and illustrious past. She looks closely at the Mughals who created the largest and most iconic Indian civilization to of existed, who created some of the most awe inspiring monuments we see i[...]
A Jumbo Jet Engine
In this BBC documentary we look at how to build a A Jumbo Jet Engine. As the Boeing 787 Dreamliner made it’s first flight back in 2013 using the revolutionary Trent 1000 jet engine made by Rolls Royce we follow the story of how this amazing piece of technology and engineering took shape.[...]
Treasures of the Indus - Pakistan Unveiled
In the first episode of the 3 part series, Sona Datta travels to Pakistan to trace the ancient origins that have shaped the modern India we see today. India is a subcontinent steeped in culture and huge religious significance. We at one of the very first great human civilizations that spaw[...]
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman 3: Who is God?
In The Story of God With Morgan Freeman episode three, we explore the idea of who god might be. Cultures around the world worship their religion in many different ways however they all agree that there is one overall force that created the universe. To investigate Morgan travels around the wor[...]
A World Unseen: The Revenant
A documentary about the making of “The Revenant”. The 2015 Adventure drama film The Revenant follows the story of legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) on a fur trading mission in the early 1820’s. A bear attack leaves him almost dead but Glass uses h[...]