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BSkyB – I Am Johnny Cash (2015)

26/06/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – I Am Johnny Cash (2015)
English | Documentary | Size: 751 MB

A celebration of the country singer-songwriter built around 12 of his classic tracks spanning four decades, and featuring interviews with his family and friends. Featuring contributions from Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Kid Rock. [Read more…]

BSkyB – Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction (2023)

24/06/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 335 MB

David Harewood explores Charles Dickens’ supernatural tales, delving into his eerie and atmospheric worlds through actor readings and archive footage, and looking at the popularity of ghost stories during the Victorian era. [Read more…]

BSkyB – Dying to Divorce (2021)

12/06/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – Dying to Divorce (2021)
English | Documentary | Size: 1021 MB

Filmed over five years, delving into the heart of Turkey’s gender-based violence crisis and the recent political events that have eroded democratic freedoms. [Read more…]

BSkyB Exhibition on Screen – Pissarro: The Father of Impressionism (2022)

16/05/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB Exhibition on Screen – Pissarro: The Father of Impressionism (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 267 MB

Without Camille Pissarro, there is no Impressionist movement. He is rightfully known as the father of Impressionism. This film explores and highlights the enthralling and hugely important biography and output of an incredible artist. [Read more…]

BSkyB – David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue (2023)

02/05/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 964 MB

The case of David Fuller, a murderer who also sexually abused the bodies of more than 100 women and girls in a hospital mortuary. [Read more…]

BSkyB – M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (2021)

30/04/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (2021)
English | Documentary | Size: 678 MB

The life and work of M.C. Escher is presented primarily through his own words in the form of his writings being read against a backdrop of images associated to him, including archival footage of himself and images of his drawings. [Read more…]

BSkyB – Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream (2017)

30/04/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream (2017)
English | Documentary | Size: 858 MB

Edgar Froese, band leader of Tangerine Dream and pioneer of electronic music, is on a lifelong mission to find the ultimate sound. His constant quest takes him and his fellow band members to worldwide success, all the way to the Hollywood studios in Los Angeles. [Read more…]

BSkyB – The Black Italian Renaissance (2022)

29/04/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – The Black Italian Renaissance (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 553 MB

In the halls of the Uffizi Gallery, the great Venetian Palaces, or among the naves of the most important churches in Rome, Renaissance artworks conceal countless faces, hidden in plain sight: those of African and Afro-descendant characters. [Read more…]

BSkyB – Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)

24/04/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)
English | Documentary | Size: 2.31 GB

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice tells the story of the painter Jacopo Robusti (1519-1594), the only great Renaissance artist to never leave Venice (even during the plague years) who earned the moniker of Tintoretto, or the Little Dyer, thanks to his father’s profession. [Read more…]

BSkyB – The Essex Murders (2023)

17/04/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BSkyB – The Essex Murders (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.48 GB

Explores one of the most notorious multiple murders in British history, the assassination of the so-called Essex Boys in an isolated country lane in 1995. [Read more…]