Documentary Movies on Zee5 (64 results)
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Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the treasures of the medieval world. Across 70 metres of exquisitely embroidered scenes, it tells the story of one of the most seismic events in British history – the Norman Invasion of 1066. For the last 950 years, this crucial part of Britain's national story has remained on the other side of the English Channel, in Bayeux, Normandy, but now it’s coming back to the UK. A stellar cast of historians and experts follow the painstaking efforts to bring this priceless work of art back to the UK, where experts believe it was made, for a once-in-a-millennium exhibition at the British Museum.
The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift
Between 2001 and 2010, separated by thousands of miles, the victims shared one connection: they were all associated with Hooters. The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift is a two-hour documentary that unravels these tragic murders, exposing how young women who were linked to the iconic restaurant chain were preyed upon.
Boorman and the Devil
Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this documentary chronicles the career of director John Boorman and the tumultuous production of his film Exorcist II: The Heretic, exploring its critical and commercial failure, how it changed the industry, and the importance of risk-taking in art.
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Celebrating Dolly Parton's life, music and legacy -- featuring never-before-seen interviews with Dolly herself, unforgettable interviews with Robin Roberts and Barbara Walters, and reflections from those who knew her best.
Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young
After delivering one of the greatest performances in Rose Bowl history, Texas Longhorns legend Vince Young was the NFL's next big thing, and for a while, he was. But a career riddled by injuries, conflict and sudden loss tells a far more complicated story than the highlight reels ever showed.
Flowers of the Earth
"Water lives in our bodies," a Kaiowá poet once said. "It evaporates into the air, becomes a cloud of love, falls as rain, sprouts the buds, blooms the flowers. We are Nature." For the Guarani-Kaiowá of Mato Grosso do Sul, there is no line where the body ends and the land begins. The earth is their skin, the tree their umbilicus, the mountains the bones of a living mother. But for over a century, that mother has been fenced, burned, mined, and poisoned, her children pushed onto slivers of the territory that once held them all. The film listens to the elders who remember the forest before the farmers came, before the native were clear-cut and the living land was carved into square plots of a single endless crop.
The Clinic
The Clinic is a documentary exploring the emotional realities of veterinary work through the perspectives of vets, vet nurses and vet techs. Following the care of Katy, a cat brought to the clinic by a rescue agency, the film looks at the compassion, connection and emotional strain that comes with caring for animals, while highlighting the often-overlooked impact of compassion fatigue on veterinary professionals.
Lúnasa le Gaeilgeoirí
Integrating the work of local designers with the agricultural landscape of Ireland - contrasting aesthetics merging inwards. Trilingual signage displayed throughout, operating through Gaeilge, Ulster-Scots, and English, generating a myriad of cultural influence through written linguistics. Gaelic greatness offering the richness and wealth that is possessed by the land and the inhabitants.
Wham! 10 Days in China
In 1985, WHAM! made history as the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou were a cultural milestone – East meets West, music meets politics. Now, newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.
Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Often described as ‘avant-garde punk’, Dublin musician Meryl Streek is dark and dangerous – a cocktail of rage and despair. Onstage he’s a prowler – menacing, apoplectic, and snarling like a young Joe Strummer. Rage Against the Dying of the Light is not only a portrait of an artist, but a snapshot of a challenging time in Irish culture amid a massive housing crisis and a fear of artistic homogenisation – highlighting the importance of dissenting, unique and rousing voices.
