Following a clampdown on people smuggling, many residents of Agadez in Niger have turned to gold mining. Director Karim Sayad observes the hard life of the desert inhabitants, as well as their resilience.

In 1968, Brazil’s military government passed a law that ushered in the most violent period of the dictatorship. Recordings of this meeting were kept secret for decades. The documentary combines these audio tracks with propaganda films of the time.

The Gunadule, the original inhabitants of northern Panama, reenact their successful uprising in 1925 against the repressive Panamanian government every year. Keeping this past alive is crucial for the preservation of collective identity.

In the border town of La Joya, Texas, even the municipal police must assist in border enforcement. The cracks in the system slowly become apparent as three police officers deal with the implications of having to enforce the border at all costs.

Why was the hugely popular 1971 Women’s World Cup written out of sporting history? Half a century later, the players of that time, who were welcomed as heroes in Mexico, still find their experiences unbelievable.

As a youth, Donga filmed the Libyan uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, as well as later scenes of war in Libya. Through excerpts from his videos, he looks back on how the events have changed him.

The fantastical tale of the otherwise unexceptional Iraqi farmer who, for eight months in 2003, hid dictator Saddam Hussein in a hole beneath a flowerbed, while 150,000 US soldiers searched for him.

Squatters move into a vacant hotel in Amsterdam, and make the building habitable. But after six weeks, the riot police arrive to throw them out. Nonetheless, the fight for the right to housing continues, because ideals can never be evicted.

Wolves are back in Germany. With public opinion rooted in fact-free fearmongering and fairy tales, it’s up to scientists, conservationists and shepherds to present a more objective image of this social creature.

An incisive analysis of the situation in Taiwan: progressive President Tsai Ing-wen has to balance between geopolitical forces to preserve her hard-won liberal democracy, as the country feels the growing threat from China.

What was the impact of KGB espionage practices on the everyday lives of Ukrainians during the Soviet era? Walter Stokman delved into three dossiers that illustrate the paranoia and methodology of the Russian secret service.

A confrontational but lighthearted essay looking at makeovers in Hollywood. Filmmaker Sue Ding and her childhood girlfriends analyze countless clips from the films they grew up with. Was the ugly duckling that became a swan as innocent as she seemed?

The pain of postcolonial rootlessness is palpable in the story of Loey Tamaëla, a Moluccan whose father was a Sergeant Major in the Dutch colonial army. He hopes one day to leave the Netherlands and return to a free homeland.

Legendary Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi was executed by the British colonial regime in 1957. When his daughter starts searching for his remains, she herself becomes a political factor in postcolonial Kenya, with swelling ranks of followers.

The German race car driver Sophia Flörsch wants to make it into Formula 1. She’s determined that no accident or other setback will stop her from following her dream and excelling in a male-dominated world.

The Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam exposes his country’s corruption and hypocrisy. Living in France, he is forced to lead the life of a spy, as this tense and tragic documentary shows.

If we are going to seriously confront still-rampant racism, we need to know its history. A dynamic, illustrated examination of intractable myths, oppression and white power.

The gender clinic in the Dutch city of Zaandam benefits from staff members who are also transgender themselves. The work is hard, money is a problem, but above all there is the desire to equip young people for the complex process ahead of them.