About this season
A one-hour series showcasing documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.
Episodes (23)
1. The Sacred Woods
Aired 25 January 2022 • 47 min
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
2. Palestine 1920
Aired 1 February 2022 • 48 min
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
3. Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
Aired 8 February 2022 • 47 min
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
4. The Colours of Home
Aired 15 February 2022 • 47 min
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
5. Visa for a Stray Dog
Aired 1 March 2022 • 47 min
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
6. Turkey's Senkaya Bus
Aired 26 April 2022 • 46 min
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
7. Songs of the Gulf
Aired 3 May 2022 • 47 min
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
8. Austria: Operation Luxor
Aired 17 May 2022 • 46 min
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
9. An American in My Home
Aired 24 May 2022 • 46 min
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
10. Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
Aired 31 May 2022 • 47 min
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
11. Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
Aired 7 June 2022 • 43 min
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
12. Painting in the Dark
Aired 14 June 2022 • 46 min
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
13. Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups
Aired 21 June 2022 • 46 min
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
14. Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
Aired 19 July 2022 • 47 min
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
15. The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics
Aired 2 August 2022 • 47 min
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
16. The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture
Aired 9 August 2022 • 47 min
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
17. The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society
Aired 16 August 2022 • 48 min
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
18. Arab Love Songs
Aired 13 September 2022 • 47 min
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
19. Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home
Aired 27 September 2022 • 48 min
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
20. The Colours of Healing
Aired 4 October 2022 • 45 min
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
21. Tam Tam Basketball
Aired 18 October 2022 • 47 min
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
22. The Kabul Bank Crash
Aired 25 October 2022 • 47 min
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
23. Maradona in Naples
Aired 1 November 2022 • 48 min
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.