Backstory
Films tracing back through history. The present explained through the past.
Hiding Saddam Hussein
The Iraqi farmer who kept Saddam Hussin hidden from 150,000 American soldiers in a hole in his garden tells his incredible story in his own words over the nine months he involuntarily hosted the dethroned dictator.
Homecoming
The museum world is at a turning point. Artefacts from indigenous peoples and other cultures are being encouraged to be returned to their place of origin. A Sami filmmaker traces the heritage of her own people in a personal film.
The Kyiv Files
The secret KGB archives in Ukraine have been opened to the public for the first time, testifying to a surveillance culture of distrust that remains a weapon in Russian politics. Three people open their own files for the first time.
Invisible Nation
With unrestricted access to Taiwan's current president, we follow the tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the country's first female head of state, during a time of great political tension between East and West. A competent and charismatic defender of democracy.
And So It Begins
Democracy is crumbling in the Philippines, where presidential candidate Leni Robredo is running for power in a toxic and brutal battle against one of the most extreme figures of the populist right, by celebrating freedom and solidarity.
God is a Woman
The Search for a lost film from the 70s takes a young man from one of South America's largest indigenous communities on an existential journey in a post-colonial film about the right to one's own image.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
The incredible story of how jazz music and soft power were used on both fronts of America's ideological battles during the Cold War - including in the Congo. An epic, original and supremely stylish trip through the 20th century from an original angle.