The Guardian documentary
The Guardian's award-winning strand for new documentaries, from some of the best filmmakers around the world
My Blonde GF: a disturbing story of deepfake pornography
Helen’s world is turned upside down when she discovers that her face has been digitally edited on to images of women in sexually explicit and often violent images. In this documentary, she shares the impact that deepfake pornography has had on her life, while raising awareness of this increasingly common form of image-based sexual abuse.
The Great Abandonment: the extraordinary exodus of India’s migrant labourers
In 2020, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced one of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world, causing nearly 200 million migrant labourers to be stranded without wages, food and housing. Many undertook long journeys to return to their home villages, while others, caught in limbo with their families, were forced to wait, living on the street or under flyovers they had once laboured to build. And as workers’ rights eroded, the push for unionisation gathered momentum in the country. Filmed in Mumbai, this documentary reveals the deep divide between those who have and those who do not, while questioning the actions of India’s leader
Dear Bradford: a love letter to a misunderstood city – documentary
From Muslim ‘no-go areas’ to Brexit-voting white nationalists, stereotypes continue to be perpetuated about Bradford 21 years after the 'race riots'. Farhaan was born in the city in the 1980s to a family of south Asian Muslim heritage. From a young age he feared being ‘found out’ and lived a dual existence, moving away from Bradford as soon as he could. He spent years travelling the world and teaching English. But, when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Farhaan was reluctantly forced to return to his hometown. Through his beloved grandma, or 'Amma', and the poetry of his late grandfather, Farhaan learned how to love Bradford – and himself. This is an intergenerational account of one family that tells the story of a place, but also of many other diaspora families across the UK and the world