Browsing: Documentary

Facing deportation from Japan, a Ugandan filmmaker makes a samurai film inspired by his own life.For more than 15 years, Sunday, a Ugandan asylum seeker, has…

101 East meets innovators across East Asia using digital technology to transform how we grieve those we love.East Asia is facing a demographic reckoning, with societies…

An immigrant father who lost his son in the 2023 Tempe train crash leads a protest movement in his search for justice.Every night at 11:18pm, the…

Taiwan has long prepared for a Chinese military invasion, but wars in Iran and Ukraine are exposing new potential threats.Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz…

“I feel guilty that I was the one who brought them there.”During the 2006 Lebanon war, Civil Defense team leader Ali Safiuddin brought his wife and…

As the Israeli military launches attacks across Lebanon, first responders there remain vigilant, answering emergency calls, evacuating the wounded and searching for survivors, despite facing the…

A young deaf migrant in Spain prepares for an emotional reunion with his family in Morocco after years apart.Imade, a 23-year-old deaf migrant from Morocco, is…

Amid political upheaval in Bangladesh, a journalist debunks fake news in a fight for his nation’s democratic future.Bangladeshi journalist and fact-checker Qadaruddin Shishir investigates extrajudicial killings…

Aboubaker was 23 when he left Sudan in 2022, hoping for a better future.This short documentary follows his journey across five countries and the Sahara Desert…

From coup to conflict – how decades of rivalries and miscalculations have shaped one of today’s most dangerous wars.Spanning more than seven decades, Iran: The Making…