Reunion

Cracks in the Mask

June 1997 •English

A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. In a quest to reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani, a wise and knowledgeable Torres Strait Islander, travels with his wife to the great museums of Europe where his heritage lies. The film, an SBS Independent production, shows that the thickest of masks cracks when a descendant of the original owners enters a museum.

Les rafles d'août 1942 en zone libre, un crime de l'État Français

September 2009 •French

Les juifs d'Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

May 2014 •French

Le Miracle du silence

January 2010 •French

Drancy 1941–1944, the Internment Camp Next Door

October 2012 •French

The untold story of a world-renowned place of remembrance of the Holocaust in France, the internment camp of Drancy, which was the central transit for the near totality of the 76 000 deported Jews of France during World War II.

Ils ne savaient pas ? Les Français et la Shoah sous l'occupation

March 2012 •French

Le sauvetage des enfants juifs, 1938-1945

February 2012 •French

Ils étaient juifs et résistants

March 2015 •French

David – Stories of Honour and Shame

November 1997 •Finnish

Documentary about Finnish Jews during WWII and their unique position as German allies.

Wartime Housing

January 1943 •English

During WWII, there was a need for affordable housing of decent quality. In response, small pre-fabricated homes were built quickly and efficiently to accommodate the influx of workers to urban areas.

The Fleet That Came to Stay

July 1945 •English

A propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of the invasion of Okinawa.

Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin

January 1995 •French

From the beginning, Hergé's work, Tintin's creator, was conditioned by the ideology of his publisher, the weekly child supplement of a Belgian Catholic newspaper. An exciting analysis of the political meaning of the adventures of Tintin.

Spell Your Name

September 2006 •English

Survivors tell the story of the Babyn Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.

Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

December 2021 •English

Guy Martin honours the Lancaster bomber crews of World War II, as he tries out several onboard roles including pilot, gunner and bomb aimer. Has he got what it takes to join Bomber Command?

Infiltré à Auschwitz

November 2021 •French

Shooting War

December 2000 •English

A remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the combat photographer. Through the unflinching eye of their camera's lenses, these courageous soldiers continually risked their lives in their brave attempts to capture history.

Escala de grisos

October 2021 •Catalan

Auschwitz Projekt

January 2018 •French

The Unknown Woman

February 2011 •Finnish

The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during the war years, when the home front relied entirely upon the work and endurance of the women. All farm work, caring for the children, woodcutting and other forestry operations were undertaken by the civilians, as the men in their prime were on the front.

Goering: Nazi Number One

April 2020 •French

This is the story of an incredible rise to power, the most comprehensive documentary on Hermann Goering ever made. He was a man of many faces: vain, ambitious, more brutal than any other of Hitler's minions, yet the most popular Nazi official of all, at times even more popular than Hitler himself. He embodied the jovial side of the Third Reich. Yet the same man who organised dissolute bacchanals also founded the Gestapo, set up the first concentration camps, and had his own comrades murdered in the purge of 1934. These unique personal records form the largest and most important single film find from the Nazi era in past years.