🎬 Sunday Movie Night: The Iranian Revolution of 1979 – Part 2

The wait is over! Join us now for the long-awaited conclusion of the BBC's special documentary on the Iranian Revolution.
This is the second part of a crucial historical deep dive. Don't miss the finale of this special series.

🔗 Watch here: https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/05/the-levant-files-sunday-movie-nights.html

#IranianRevolution #Iran #SundayMovieNight #BBCDocumentary #History #TheLevantFiles #MiddleEastHistory #DocumentaryFilm

See Netflix’s Top Documentaries Before They’re Gone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.comingsoon.net/documentaries/features/2082302-top-documentaries-on-netflix

Some good news for #VisualAnthropology people => Free Film of the Month from the Royal Anthropological Institute’s new #RAI FILM initiative.

Current feature: Ggésék (Weiyan Low, 2024, Malaysia, 18 min), accompanied by a contextual essay by John-Paul Davidson exploring themes of labour and work.

Free streaming available for a limited time.

https://raifilm.org.uk/2026/05/ggesek/

#EthnographicFilm #DocumentaryFilm #VisualEthnography

Still feeling bit tired from the meds, so between that and weather, shorter walk today, then visit to the Filmhouse to catch the fascinating #documentary The Last Spy, interviewing 100 year old Peter Sichel about his OSS & CIA work, & fleeing Nazi Germany.

He resigned in the 60s when the Agency started overthrowing democratically elected regimes to suit government or just corporate policy.

#film #history #histoire #TheLastSpy #DocumentaryFilm

"Comedy genius. Family man. Life of the party. Meet the many sides of Martin Short in this intimate documentary directed by Oscar nominee Lawrence Kasdan."

Marty, Life is Short. Out today on Netflix from the doc team my wife is on.

#DocumentaryFilm

#uk #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #bbc / #documentaryfilm / #bbc / #allegationofcensorship

„A documentary exposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals and the killing of 1,700 Palestinian medics won Best Current Affairs at the BAFTAs. During the acceptance speech, filmmakers criticised the BBC for initially funding the film but dropping it, accusing the broadcaster of censorship.“

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/11/gaza-documentary-dropped-by-the-bbc-wins-bafta?traffic_source=rss

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#DavidAttenborough celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday, a milestone in a remarkable life that has taken him from hunting fossils as a boy to becoming perhaps the world’s most celebrated #naturalist.

#environment #science #nature #wildlife #film #documentaries #DocumentaryFilm #NaturalHistory #conservation #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/arts/television/david-attenborough-100-birthday.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.q8_f.6gG-zJJ0IW6A&smid=nytcore-ios-share