Maradona ’94: The Fall
November 21st, 2022 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Maradona ’94: The FallDirector: Angus Macqueen Producers: Roxana Portase and Robert Macqueen Executive Producer: Grant Best Editor: Matt Lowe Music Javier Weyler
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Peter Taylor: Ireland After Partition
September 6th, 2021 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Peter Taylor: Ireland After PartitionIn a uniquely personal journey to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland in 1921 award winning reporter Peter Taylor revisits the films he has made over the past 50 years, to reflect on the controversial issue of a united Ireland which runs through them like the lettering in a stick of rock. With…
MARADONA IN MEXICO
January 21st, 2020 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on MARADONA IN MEXICOIn September 2018 the legendary Diego Maradona became Manager of the 2nd division Mexican football team, Los Dorados de Sinaloa, who were at the bottom of the table. Last seen misbehaving at the World Cup in Russia, dire predictions were made when Diego, famous for his addictions as well as his football, descended on Culiacan, home…
THE DAY MOUNTBATTEN DIED
August 23rd, 2019 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on THE DAY MOUNTBATTEN DIEDOn 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, great uncle to Prince Charles, was blown up at sea by the IRA off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. Three others were killed on the boat that day, including two teenage boys. Later that afternoon, in a second strike, the IRA killed 18 British soldiers, across…
OINK – LIFE IN EIGHT CHAPTERS
July 3rd, 2017 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on OINK – LIFE IN EIGHT CHAPTERS“thoughtful, beautiful, poetic, genuinely original film” The Guardian OINK looks at man’s relationship to pigs, exploring the confused mix of violence and sentimentality, from factory farming to pigs as pets. Veering wildly from a talking baby pig to live zeno-transplantation, Ralph Steadman’s cartoons for George Orwell’s Animal Farm to wild hogs being machine-gunned from a helicopter,…
First Contact/End of Eden
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | 1 Comment »“A remarkable tale, sensitively handled” Daily Telegraph “Haunting and moving in equal measure…almost hypnotic” Guardian In June 2014, the world was transfixed by images of men emerging from the deepest Amazonian rainforest for the first time. This tribe were among the last people living on our planet who have had no contact with the…
The Legend of Shorty
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on The Legend of Shorty“startling access… potent counterbalance to the sensationalism of Breaking Bad” New York Times “Extraordinary access… surreal meetings” **** Guardian “This compelling documentary blends urban myth and hard evidence to stylish effect” Daily Telegraph “perilous, quixotic quest” Daily Mail (Film of the Day) Angus Macqueen and Guillermo Galdos attempt what the combined forces of the…
The Kids who can’t stay awake
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on The Kids who can’t stay awakeThe Kids Who Can’t Stay Awake tells the extraordinary story of a medical mystery which started when increasing numbers of British children and teenagers began developing the mysterious and incurable sleeping disorder, narcolepsy. CHANNEL 4 (2015) Director: Nicola Comber Executive Producer: Helen Littleboy Camera: Brendan Easton, Tom Sidell, Nele Hecht, Jasleen Sethi Editor: Jake…
Aung San Suu Kyi – The Choice
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Aung San Suu Kyi – The Choice“a film about one of the towering leaders of the age made by one of our foremost film-makers” Times (Pick of the Day) The Choice tells Suu Kyi’s extraordinary personal and political story, how she turned from Oxford housewife into national leader and then an international icon of resistence. Filmed over a year of tumultuous…
Chilean Miners – 17 Days Buried Alive
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Chilean Miners – 17 Days Buried Alive“Angus Macqueen’s riveting film” Telegraph “atmospheric documentary” Sunday Telegraph “the week’s most powerful documentary” Daily Express When 33 Chilean miners emerged from underground before a worldwide audience of over a billion, they made a pact not to speak about what happened underground. Now six of them remember the untold story of the first seventeen…
2320 Days in the Jungle
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on 2320 Days in the Jungle“the programme of the week by light years” Times “a raw, absorbing account” Telegraph “compelling, extraordinary” Daily Mail Director: Angus Macqueen Producer: Kate Horne Executive Producers: Christoph Jorg (for Pumpernickel Films), Angus Macqueen Camera: Roger Chapman, Mike Eley Editor: Brand Thumim A Co-production with Pumpernickel Films Ingrid Betancourt was the world’s most…
Our Drugs war
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Our Drugs war“the war on drugs…now does more harm than the drugs themselves… after watching this grimly fascinating film… it’s hard to disagree” Telegraph “extraordinary series… eye-opening” Daily Mail This major three-part series examines the global story of our drugs policies from the streets of Edinburgh to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, from consumption to demand…
Chilean Miners – What Happened Next
September 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Documentaries | Comments Off on Chilean Miners – What Happened NextAfter confronting death deep below the Chilean desert, the 33 trapped miners were then thrust into the glare of the international media’s spotlight. Invitations flooded in from around the world for guest appearances on TV shows and charity events, even from Sir Bobby Charlton. This film is a vivid and moving account of how three…
