Bertha DocHouse
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The UK's only documentary cinema, based in Curzon Bloomsbury
🚨 Very few tickets remaining for our Q&A screening of Steal This Story, Please! next Wednesday. If you can't make it, we've added an extra screening at 9pm with an intro by Amy Goodman and co-director Carl Deal. Plus regular screenings from Fri 14 Aug. Full details 👇️ dochouse.org/event/steal-...
Steal This Story, Please! - Bertha DocHouse
A gripping portrait of journalist Amy Goodman, whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A tender poem' -Eye For Film After 20 years abroad, Noriko returns to Nagasaki to clear out her late mother's home. Sorting through hidden letters, she excavates a past never spoken of, unearthing a family history entwined with the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Okurimono screens from 15 Aug
In a mysterious forest, far from the borders of the China they’ve left behind, painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian talk about exile, political opposition and artistic creation as a response to oppression and lies. 19 Sep: Among Mountains and Streams + director Q&A.
Among Mountains and Streams - Bertha DocHouse
Two Chinese artists in exile walk through a forest, exchanging views on the authoritarian regime they fled.
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A Child of My Own takes an empathetic and intriguing hybrid approach to the story of a fake pregnancy in Mexico, digging into the extraordinary societal pressure on young women to become mothers. Screens this Friday + virtual Q&A with Maite Alberdi.
Flavors of Iraq is still playing at the DocHouse for another week. It shouldn’t go unnoticed, this animation *must* be seen in a theatre
Bertha DocHouse@berthadochouse.bsky.social · 3w agoFrench-born journalist Feurat Alani narrates this animated documentary about his complicated connection to Iraq. His gripping storytelling comes to life with director Léonard Cohen’s evocative animation, covering five decades of upheaval. Flavors of Iraq screens from Fri 24 Jul.
A corporate spy in the pocket of the asbestos industry, or a whistleblower uncovering corruption? When Rob Moore invites two journalists to tell his story, the lines between intentions and consequences begin to blur. Join us for The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy + Q&A on Wed 16 Sep.
How to Feed a Dictator weaves together the stories of five personal chefs to the architects of brutal regimes. Through recipes, rituals and remembrance, a portrait emerges of power, manipulation and the quiet ways ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary violence. From 7 Aug.
Three distinctive films by Indian directors contextualise the seismic events of recent weeks in India, illuminating media censorship, peaceful mass protest and the teaching of Hindu Nationalism. Focus India - featuring Farming the Revolution, While We Watched and Disciples - plays from 22 Aug.
This double bill of short films from exceptional Syrian filmmakers brings together stories of the bonds of friendship, displacement, loss and endurance during Assad's regime and in the precarious time since its sudden end. DocHouse Shorts: Maybe Tomorrow + Allies in Exile screens on 15 Sep + Q&A.
In 2023, a school commute took a terrifying turn when a cable car's wires snapped, leaving eight passengers - including six schoolboys - suspended 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills of northern Pakistan. Hanging by a Wire retraces the nail-biting story. Plays from 28 Aug.
'[Agatha] is an eclectic wonder in this artfully affectionate doc portrait... radiates with joy.' - POV Magazine Agatha Bock, a petite, fiercely independent 90-year-old, labours in her massive vegetable garden with astounding DIY resourcefulness. Agatha's Almanac screens from Saturday. 🌸
Ahead of the release of The Phantom Pain of Rojava tomorrow, our latest blog explores the autonomous region of Rojava, northern Syria, and Kurdistan more broadly through a decade of films documenting conflict, resistance and the resilience that remains in its wake. dochouse.org/kurdish-wome...
Something to read: Maite Alberdi's interview with The Guardian about her upcoming film, A Child of My Own. We're delighted to have Alberdi joining us for a live virtual Q&A after a screening of A Child of My Own next Friday. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
Netflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in ...
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In his wildly popular Broadway show American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. Spike Lee transforms the production into immersive, dynamic cinema. Experience David Byrne's American Utopia in stunning 4K from 5 Aug.
Wednesday 12th July: STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! + Q&A with Amy Goodman and co-directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin at @berthadochouse.bsky.social London Screening as part of @sheffdocfest.bsky.social Spotlight. 🎟️ TICKETS: zurl.co/op36q
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The best concert film ever made?' - Mark Kermode Musician-turned-filmmaker Questlove's highly acclaimed debut, Summer of Soul (2021), returns to our screens from Sunday as part of our #SummerSessions, a season of live performance docs playing throughout August.
Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping portrait of journalist Amy Goodman, the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans 30 years of turbulent history. Screens 12 Aug + Q&A with Goodman & directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, hosted by journalist Carole Cadwalladr (The Nerve).
After experiencing multiple miscarriages and the societal shame that comes with it, Alejandra fakes a pregnancy. In A Child of My Own, Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent, The Eternal Memory) takes a intimate look at the incident through the words of those who lived it. Screens Fri 7 Aug + Q&A.
After 20 years abroad, Noriko returns to Nagasaki to clear out her late mother's home. Sorting through long-hidden letters, she begins to excavate a past never spoken of, unearthing a family history entwined with the atomic bomb that fell on 9th August 1945. Okurimono screens from 15 Aug.
Join us this August for Summer Session, a season of transformative live performance docs playing throughout the month. Ft. Summer of Soul, David Byrne's American Utopia, Soul to Soul, Keyboard Fantasies, Buena Vista Social Club. Book here: dochouse.org/event/summer-sessions
When Rania's newborn babies are evacuated from a hospital in northern Gaza to safety in the south, her family is suddenly torn apart, separated by a travel ban, military checkpoints and war. Gaza's Twins, Come Back to Me follows their parallel lives over 16 months. Screens from 21 Aug.
The Phantom Pain of Rojava follows a group of former Kurdish guerrilla fighters living in a safe house. Once celebrated in the West for their role in fighting against ISIS, they now find themselves abandoned by their allies, living in fear and secrecy. Screening from 31 Jul. vimeo.com/1168413067
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Engrossing' - The Guardian Ask E. Jean follows the storied life of trailblazing journalist, talk show host and beloved advice columnist, E. Jean Carroll, who conquered the male-dominated publishing world of 1980s and 90s New York with a fearless voice all her own. Opens this Friday.
Introducing Summer Sessions: a season of transformative live music films, playing throughout August. Featuring Summer of Soul (2021), David Byrne's American Utopia (2020), Soul to Soul (1971), Keyboard Fantasies (2021) and Buena Vista Social Club (1999). dochouse.org/summer-sessi...
Summer Sessions - Bertha DocHouse
Summer Sessions: A season of transformative live music films, playing throughout August.
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Watch bold and boundary-breaking cinema at Bertha DocHouse for £5 before 5pm - including Life Support, Savage Mountain, The Secret Reading Club of Kabul and more. Full info on our website @ dochouse.org
French-born journalist Feurat Alani narrates this animated documentary about his complicated connection to Iraq, the country of his parents. His gripping storytelling comes to life with director Léonard Cohen’s evocative animation. Flavors of Iraq screens from Fri 24 Jul.
In the autonomous Kurdish state of Rojava, northern Syria, a group of female fighters once dreamt of changing the world. In the shadow of a failed revolution, Emmy-winning director Maryam Ebrahimi captures the hopes and dreams of these former guerrillas. The Phantom Pain of Rojava opens 31 Jul.
Roberto Rossellini, Life Without a Script is an all-archival trip through the Italian master's later career and creative rebirth. Plays from Saturday, alongside Rossellini's rarely screened 1940 short film, Undersea Fantasy.
Join us on 26 Jul for a screening of Agatha’s Almanac, co-presented with Calthorpe Community Garden, who will be selling homemade jams and seedlings before the screening. A captivating portrait of Agatha Bock, a petite, fiercely independent 90-year-old and her giant Manitoba vegetable garden.
French-born journalist Feurat Alani narrates this animated documentary about his complicated connection to Iraq. His gripping storytelling comes to life with director Léonard Cohen’s evocative animation, covering five decades of upheaval. Flavors of Iraq screens from Fri 24 Jul.