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Five people navigate the dangerous landscape of war-torn Sudan, their stories intertwine as they pursue dreams, face political turmoil, and overcome obstacles. They struggle for freedom and survival in a chaotic country.

Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She "was the first..." as former husband Miles Davis said. "Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince". An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the 70's scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles - startlingly turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named "Bitches Brew". She then, despite being banned and boycotted, went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before. Then suddenly - she just vanished. Betty Mabry Davis is a global icon whose mysterious life story has until now, never been told. Creatively blending documentary, animation and nonfiction techniques, this movie traces the path of Betty's life, how she grew from humble upbringings to become a fully self-realized black female pioneer the world failed to understand or appreciate, revealing the mystery of her 35-year disappearance and her battle with mental illness and poverty. After years of trying, the elusive Betty, forever the free-spirited Black Power Goddess, finally allowed the filmmakers to creatively tell her story based on their conversations.

Pensioners, lawyers, married couples, and teenagers are all customers at the Angel Love Hotel in Osaka Japan. With unprecedented access into one of the most private and anonymous spaces in Japanese society, this film follows the love hotel's struggling manager and staff as the try to keep their hotel running, as well as revealing the intimate and private lives of the customers who visit.

Chubby, dance-obsessed private-detective Rajesh Ji and his motley band of helpers tackle poisonings, adultery and the occasional murder on the frenzied streets of Kolkata.

Since the 19th Century, the creation of an International Criminal Court to prosecute human rights violators has been a fleeting goal of international civil society. The precedent was established with the Nuremberg Trials, but never before has such an institution been created on a permanent, global basis. "Prosecutor" explores the behind- the-scenes drama of the tumultuous year-in-the-life of the court's first Chief Prosecutor, the controversial Argentinian jurist, Luis Moreno Ocampo. Ocampo's actions - including laying charges against the elected President of Sudan - are widely praised and criticized. From the learned judges, to the young Canadian lawyers, to the international legal experts addressing war crimes, the ICC is in the eye of a political and legal hurricane. Based in part on award-winning author Erna Paris's bestselling book, "The Sun Climbs Slow" and incorporating interviews, archival footage, private correspondence and documents, "Prosecutor" is an intense journey through the backroom politics and tough decisions that are at the heart of international peace and justice.

Two brothers are trying to save their family business - the oldest auction house in India. Having lived on different continents their entire adult lives, now they must come to terms not just with the economic realities of modern Calcutta but also each other. Their entertaining, antagonistic and poignant relationship gives an intimate insight into family, migration and belonging in contemporary India.

In 2004 Phil Cox and Daoud Hari were the first video journalists to cover the bitter Darfur conflict that drew the attention of the worlds media and was labelled a genocide. But more than a decade later, Darfur had become a media 'black hole', with years having passed without any independent journalist being granted access. So in 2016 Phil decided to track down his old desert friend Daoud to New York City where Daoud had found asylum and was driving a Yellow Cab. With international sanctions against Sudan about to be lifted and recent allegations of chemical weapons attacks against civilians by the government, both Phil and Daoud decided to go back into Darfur to investigate human rights abuses. After crossing covertly from Chad and moving with small rebel groups, the team discovered that the Sudanese government was offering a bounty of $250,000USD for their capture. They evaded pursuing forces for weeks,but Daoud and Phil were eventually kidnapped and held by militias. Despite being held in captive and in chains, the team managed to surreptitiously film their kidnap ordeal and hide the footage on them before being sold onto the Sudanese Government. Daoud and Phil then endured 40 days brutal imprisonment and torture in cage cells in Khartoum. Both filmmakers devised ways to survive captivity and the interrogations and after concerted efforts by the UK and US governments, they were released in early 2017. The resulting story tells of an attempt by two driven journalists, one English and one Sudanese, to report in today's Darfur. Their journey reveals their friendship and commitment to continue filming in the face of great adversity and risk. Through innovative animations and testimonies, this documentary offers an insight into a hidden Sudan where the government hunts independent voices and uses systematic torture and imprisonment of journalists as well as many of its own citizens. It is the first independent report out of Darfur for many years. A film by: Phil Cox, Daoud Hari, Giovanna Stopponi

Set in Sudan's capital Khartoum as a military coup unfolds, an anonymous protester dressed as Spider-Man joins the hundreds of thousands of protesters desperate to protect their fragile civilian government during the military coup in October 2021. 'Spidey' has become well known on social media for leaping from billboards and scaling the tops of buildings while dodging teargas. However, it's his work with some of the poorest children in Khartoum that has shown him to be a positive focus for the resistance, helping a new generation to know their worth and take pride in their country's rich heritage. Made in collaboration with The Guardian and supported by The Pulitzer Center and ARTE FRANCE.

Marcelo loves the blockbuster film The Mission as his uncle, known as 'Burnt Arse' appears in it. When he watches it with his children, he points out that this is how his ancestors used to live - "this is their past". The irony is typical for life amongst Argentina's Guarani Indians who are struggling to hold onto their traditions whilst being pulled into the 'White World'. Yet the issues faced by the Guarani in the film - such as identity, friendship, adultery and death to trying to understand 9/11, are the same issues people face all over the world. It is how the Guarani deal with these universal questions and overcome them that makes for a unique film.

Frontline outlines the crisis and genocide in the Darfur region. More importantly, it is explained how, even after their failure in Rwanda to stop genocide, the UN is again slow to act because of greedy political alliances and beaurocracy. On our watch, we have let hundreds of thousands perish from the most volatile acts of slaughter.

A young Muslim man and an elderly Christian paths cross in a crowded British institution. Do their respective faiths make them friends or enemies? A short film about extremism, torture, courage and redemption.