Documentary
I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to
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I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to
It's the place you'll find sleeping bags, Arnold Schwarzenegger-endorsed leaf-blowers and all manner of other things we simply cannot live without
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
![Alex James and Damon Albarn in new documentary blur: To The End](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Blur-documentary-HERO.jpg?w=768)
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger – Scorsese's tribute to duo who inspired him
![Martin Scorsese and Michael Powell, 1981.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1614_Film_1981-King-of-Comedy-MS-MP-2.jpg?w=768)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger – Scorsese's tribute to duo who inspired him
Much Ado About Dying filmmaker on social care and why we should all be exposed to 'good deaths'
Much Ado About Dying filmmaker on social care and why we should all be exposed to 'good deaths'
'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot
'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot
Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
![Sisters Tayssir and Eya, two of the subjects of the new film Four Daughters](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PRIMARY-STILL_-OD_2.1.49.jpg?w=768)
Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK's privatised water companies
![Joe Lycett on a toilet](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Joe-Lycett-Poop3.jpg?w=768)
Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK's privatised water companies
Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn't just record life on the edge – he became the story
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Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn't just record life on the edge – he became the story
Wim Wenders' Anselm documentary underlines how hard it is to clear the debris of our history
![The scale of Kiefer’s artworks is emphasised in a scene in Anselm, in which the artist cycles around his studio in France.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1596_JB_003_ANSELM-1024x683-1.jpeg?w=768)
Wim Wenders' Anselm documentary underlines how hard it is to clear the debris of our history
Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
![Black and white photo of child leaning elbows on a wall](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1592_Tish_HERO_Glenn-on-the-wall-Elswick-Kids-1978-Tish-Murtha-c-Ella-Murtha-all-rights-reserved.jpg?w=768)
Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
The Mission: Inside John Chau's doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island
![animated scene of man in kayak being approached by people on a beach](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1589-film-the-mission-hero.jpg?w=768)
The Mission: Inside John Chau's doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island
Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted
![Rock Hudson and Lee Garlington](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rock-Hudson-and-Lee-Garlington-1.jpg?w=768)
Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted
The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer
![Documentary maker Oobah Butler in Channel 4's The Great Amazon Heist.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Oobah-Butler-HERO.jpg?w=768)
The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer
My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism
![Josh Appignanesi meets a furry activist](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1574_Environment_Josh-and-bunny.jpg?w=768)
My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism
Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'
![Peter Crouch](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Peter-Crouch-Hero1.jpg?w=768)
Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'
Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
![Ross Kemp - Deep Sea Treasure Hunter](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1559-RossKemp_KA_02_RossKemp_DSTH_S02.jpg?w=768)
Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music
![A crowded dancefloor in New York](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MEETMEINTHEBATHROOM_STILLS_DFARECORDSPARTY_CREDIT-RUVAN-WIJESOORIYA.jpg?w=768)
Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music
Meet Me In The Bathroom: nostalgic retelling of a New York moment
![The Strokes band](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MEETMEINTHEBATHROOM_STILLS_THESTROKES_CREDIT-COLIN-LANE_3.jpg?w=768)
Meet Me In The Bathroom: nostalgic retelling of a New York moment
Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now
![Lee Grant, at her home in New York City](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lee-Grant_eyevine03088592_HERO.jpg?w=768)
Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now
Stacey Solomon speaks up for people 'struggling to survive'
![Stacey Solomon](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1533-StaceySolomon__R7A3119b.jpg?w=768)
Stacey Solomon speaks up for people 'struggling to survive'
Tom Daley: 'For people around the Commonwealth, seeing that Pride flag is a sign of safety'
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Tom Daley: 'For people around the Commonwealth, seeing that Pride flag is a sign of safety'
'I hope young activists will take heart': Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aids-Unheard-Tapes-HERO3.jpg?w=768)
'I hope young activists will take heart': Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1506_DerryGirls_5.jpg?w=768)
This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
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