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Bringing together compelling stories from across the globe, More4's True Stories strand showcases documentaries from acclaimed international filmmakers
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A hard-hitting documentary following an extraordinary six months in the life of Darcus Howe as he attempts to raise awareness of prostate cancer, a disease which affects one in four black men.
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Darcus Howe reports on a netherworld of unreported violence and prejudice between Britain¿s ethnic minority groups.
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Son of Mine charts Darcus Howe's attempts to understand and 'save' his son Amiri following clashes with the law.
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As the USA maintains a strict policy on immigration from Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of migration through the eyes of children who face harrowing dangers trying to cross the border
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A shockingly intimate and visually stunning portrait of the drug-related gang war that dominates the slums of Rio de Janeiro, following three very different men through the perilous backstreets
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Born and raised in Iran, film-maker Nahid Persson returns there to meet a 50-year-old man with four wives, twenty children - and an irascible, foul-mouthed mother.
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Rupert Murray's acclaimed film examines the consequences of unchecked, unregulated sea fishing across the globe.
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This moving, compassionate film takes us behind prison walls to follow convict cowgirls on their journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo.
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Jeremy Simmons' moving film about the plight of honeybees throughout the world focuses on three American beekeepers whose colonies are being destroyed by an unknown force
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Hamid Rahmanian's moving True Stories film is a unique insight into Iran through the prism of a day centre for troubled women
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George Carey's investigation into the mystery behind a massive explosion that shook a remote area of Siberia in 1908.
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Gini Reticker's powerful film about a group of 'ordinary' Liberian women who succeeded in doing the unthinkable, ending the vicious civil war and bringing about peaceful regime change.
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Harris Fishman's fascinating documentary is a heady mix of dangerously exotic animals, complex personal relationships and a double tragedy.
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This is a story of tears, breakdowns and hysterics - and that's just the parents. Nursery University follows five New York families as they battle to get their toddlers into the top preschools in the city.
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Based on Naomi Klein's book, The Shock Doctrine argues that America's 'free market' policies now dominate the world through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.
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The True Stories strand travels to the glittering world of Las Vegas with this intriguing documentary, which takes a no-holds-barred look at the first ever 'World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant'
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Amy Berg's exposé of the Catholic church's failure to deal with paedophile priests
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Havana Marking's riveting True Stories documentary follows four of the finalists on Afghan Star, Afghanistan's equivalent of Pop Idol, which is watched by a third of the country's population.
2009 Grierson Award Winner - Best Contemporary Issue
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Tim Treadwell lived among the Alaskan grizzlies - only to suffer a fatal bear attack. A failed actor, he often filmed himself, and Werner Herzog used the footage to make this extraordinary film.
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The True Stories documentary presents Doug Pray's fascinating, disturbing portrait of Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz, a surfing guru who introduced the sport to Israel
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True Stories presents Kasim Abid's award winning portrait of everyday life in war-ravaged Baghdad. Focusing on one family's fight to survive, Abid's film mirrors Iraqi hopes and fears.
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True Stories offers a revealing and entertaining look at the shocking number of government attacks on civil liberties since New Labour took power in 1997
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Jonathan Stack's True Stories follow-up to his award-winning documentary The Farm, explores the lives of six men likely to spend their whole lives in Louisiana's Angola prison
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Eco-campaigner Tracy Worcester investigates the intensive pig farming industry, arguing that it harms both human and environmental health
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Jorien van Nes and Femke Wolting's fascinating insight into online virtual worlds where the user can create their own paradise, far removed from real life.
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Jennifer Baichwal's intriguing film looks at the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.
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Dragan Nikolic's film is an artistic view of two seasons in the lives of caviar fishermen Ivan and Dragan Rat, brothers who live in a Serbian village on the river Danube.
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Enter the surreal world of graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who is battling against multiple sclerosis and who escapes the confines of his illness through his artwork.
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When builder Tommy McHugh and chiropractor Jon Sarkin suffered massive brain traumas, they suddenly revealed a previously hidden talent: to create art that amazed critics and collectors.
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This documentary gains unprecedented access to the family of Tom Cholmondeley as he faces the death penalty for allegedly killing a poacher on his 56,000 acre Rift Valley estate.
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A documentary following a ballroom dance programme for 10 to 11 year olds in the New York City public school system.
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Commemorating the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, this documentary based on Mario Pertucci's poem tells the story of the people who dealt with the catastrophe at ground level.
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Robinson Devor's astonishing story of a seemingly average businessman whose secret sexual life led to his shocking death.
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Chris Paine's investigation into the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles in the obscurity of the Arizona desert.
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Paul Taylor and his wife Sally were born deaf. Now, at the age of 65, they intend to undergo life-changing surgery that will enable them to hear for the first time.
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Parvez Sharma's compassionate and moving exploration of Islam and homosexuality talks to men and women of the Muslim faith who are courageous and defiant about their sexuality and choice of lifestyle
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Kimberly Rivers Roberts' chilling, Oscar-nominated home video captures the ferocious force of Hurricane Katrina as it lays waste to the city of New Orleans
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Lucinda Broadbent unravels the tangled tale of Venezuela's oil industry, which was taken into state control by President Hugo Chavez in 2002.
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As westerners sip designer lattes and cappuccinos, Ethiopian coffee growers live in hardship. Black Gold travels from Ethiopia to Seattle to reveal the grinding poverty behind our daily cup of luxury.
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Set in the near future, this drama imagines the assassination of George W Bush and examines America's reaction to it, using archive footage and documentary techniques to devastating effect.
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Documentary exploring how Chinese art has caught the world's attention, creating an international art market that is developing as fast as the country's economy.
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2009 Grierson Award Winner - Best Historical Documentary. Joe Frazier takes British filmmaker, John Dower, back to 1975 and the most hyped boxing match in history - Fraser vs Ali.
