Documentaries watched in 2022
These are all of the documentaries that I have watched in 2022, in order of viewing.
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- DirectorLouise OsmondStarsKen LoachJim AllenLesley AshtonDocumentary on the life and times of Ken Loach. His politics in British TV and Cinema and the chaos he has caused the establishment for 50 years.6⭐
- DirectorHannah BerrymanStarsSusan AndersonMichael AspelSue FinchThe story of Miss World, 1970 - a revolutionary year for the show, from the point of view of the contestants who would feature, and the protestors who would disrupt the event. Contemporary insight is given from both perspectives.6⭐
- DirectorPeter SweaseyStarsIan HislopIan Hislop's sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences - from Victorians on the moon to 21st-century deepfake, and Hislop as never seen before.4⭐
- StarsDenis LawsonPeter BarberTim Bryars3⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- DirectorOlly LambertStarsShaun DooleyThe film "One Day in Gaza," about last year's Gaza border protests against the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, how mass protests on the Israel-Gaza border led to one of the deadliest days in a generation. One year later, a moment-by-moment investigation, drawing on exclusive interviews in Gaza and Israel and videos of the protests and bloodshed.5⭐
- DirectorNick MattinglyStarsJohn DarwinAnne DarwinGreg AlbrightonDocumentary about John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident off the coast of Hartlepool and then started a new life with his wife Anne in Panama.4⭐
- DirectorTim DowseStarsDawn HarperAn examination of potential ways to relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.3⭐
- DirectorIwan RobertsStarsMaxine PeakeJohn BarnesAndy BurnhamMaxine Peake looks at the remarkable battle of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Kevin at Hillsborough which is Britain's worst sporting disaster where 97 men, women, and children died.7⭐
- 2015–TV Episode5⭐ - I watched just the one episode: episode 1 of 2 of the 1st season.
- DirectorFelipe Bustos SierraStarsBob FultonStuart BarrieJohn KeenanThe incredible story of the Scots who managed to ground half of Chile's Air Force, from the other side of the world, in the longest single act of solidarity against Pinochet's brutal dictatorship.7⭐
- DirectorAnthony BaxterStarsAlec BaldwinTammy LorenKen LorenA documentary based on five years of research into a Michigan auto town where tens of thousands were drinking water into which poisonous lead had leached, and how officials failed to respond.7⭐
- DirectorFrancesco PatiernoStarsBenedict CumberbatchAdriano GianniniMarcello MastroianniA British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettable humanity.3⭐
- DirectorJames JonesStarsStafford ScottTim GodwinHavva Goldring2011 saw the largest wave of disorder in the UK since the 1980s. This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal. A decade on, we look back at the summer of 2011 through the eyes of those whose lives have never been the same since. In a series of candid interviews, we hear the story from all angles. Convicted rioters, frontline police, a judge, a government advisor and a grieving father look back at that week in August, and the years that followed, to piece together what really happened and why.1⭐
- 2020– 59m7.4 (22)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew ThompsonStarsLucy WorsleyLucy explores the myths and fibs that swirl around the dramatic events of 1917. She finds it was really a group of women workers who kick started the Russian Revolution in February 1917.1⭐ - I watched just the one episode: episode 3 of 3 of the 2nd season.
- DirectorLeon GastStarsMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanDon KingBoxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.7⭐
- DirectorAlan ElliottSydney PollackStarsAretha FranklinJames ClevelandAlexander HamiltonA documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.8⭐
- DirectorDavid UpshalStarsClarke PetersAretha FranklinBonnie GreerA BBC tribute to the undisputed Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who died this week.4⭐
- DirectorMike ConnollyStarsPeabo BrysonRoberta FlackLalah HathawayDocumentary about soul vocalist Roberta Flack and her ascent to notoriety, set against the turbulent scenery of America's Civil Rights development. Highlights interviews with Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis and Cissy Houston.5⭐
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsPaul SimonArt GarfunkelDavid BrownThe long-awaited reunion concert of the renowned pop music duo, more than a decade after their separation as musical performers.5⭐
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsMarli RenfroAlfred HitchcockTere CarrubbaAn unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the "man behind the curtain", and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.7⭐
- DirectorDan ReedA documentary detailing an indiscriminate terrorist attack that left 71 dead in Kenya.9⭐
- DirectorDan ReedStarsDan ReedMartin BoudotMathilde QueruThree Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks examines the 2015 terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" where a group of armed Islamic terrorist with rifles and other weapons attack and killed twelve people and injured eleven others in Paris, France.5⭐
- DirectorSamuel PalmerEddie StaffordStarsBobby GeorgeTom HollanderJan LeemingMiriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Jan Leeming head to the hot and vibrant city of Havana, Cuba.7⭐ - I watched just the one episode: episode 2 of 4 of the 2nd season.