Theatrical Docs

MARATHON BOY

BBC4 Storyville
1 x 90mins

Documentary telling the story of the youngest marathon runner ever. At the age of four, he is plucked from the poverty of an Indian slum by his coach. Extraordinary drama and tragedy ensue. What starts as a simple inspirational story - the hope of a small boy and his trainer who unite to pursue a dream in a ruthless world - goes on to reveal the darker side of humanity and the complexities of Indian society as it struggles to come to grips with the realities of the slums, crippling poverty, organised crime and state-sanctioned corruption.Over a period of five years a compelling human story emerges, full of moral dilemma, dramatic twists and ethical and legal debate.
DISTRIBUTED BY - C4I
AFRICAN RAILWAYS

BBC4
1 x 60mins

In this film, award winning journalist and film maker, SEAN LANGAN takes a ride on one of Africa’s famous railroads – the 1000 mile The Tazara Railway. Sean's epic train ride will take him from Dar Es Salaam to the copper mines of Zambia, travelling through quintessential African landscapes ranging from safari parks to the concrete jungles of the continent’s modern cities. Keeping the railroad running is a constant crisis - with daily derailments, breakdowns, fuel shortages and encounters with elephants - and Sean meets the people who keep the railroad running against all the odds. The problems facing this railroad are a perfect metaphor for the problems facing Africa itself and packed with Sean Langan's trademark humour and character portraits, that's what makes this film so much more than a treat for trainspotters.
DISTRIBUTED BY - C4I
MY KIDNAPPER AND ME

More4
1 x 60mins

Six years ago Mark Henderson was kidnapped with seven tourists in Colombia and held by Marxist rebels for three months. Nine months after his release he received an email from one of these kidnappers, Antonio; he was on the run, had fled Colombia and was looking for Mark’s help. Antonio’s guerrilla girlfriend - another of Mark’s kidnappers - contacted fellow hostage, Reini, a German woman and asked to become her “Facebook friend”. Mark and Reini both responded and, in doing so, set the wheels in motion for a journey that would lead them back to the mountains to confront the demons of the past and come face to face with a man and woman who once held the key to their freedom. My Kidnapper is an emotional and cathartic journey into the past to close this chapter of his life. This film is an exploration of kidnapping, human perseverance in extreme circumstances, the inexplicable bond we have with our kidnapper and eventually of forgiveness.
DISTRIBUTED BY - C4I
SNOWBLIND

DISCOVERY FILMS
1 x 90mins

The Iditarod is the most gruelling sled dog race in the world - a thousand mile race from the south to the north of Alaska in the coldest month, March. Snowblind follows 23 year old Rachel Scdoris who is legally blind as she trains herself and her team of dogs for the epic ordeal. 15 days of ice and exhaustion, danger and exhilaration. Everything comes together in an action packed drama, a truly American epic as this amazing, heroic young woman experiences the agony and ecstasy of competing in one of the greatest races on earth. Directed by Vikram Jayanti.
THE SHOCK DOCTRINE

MORE 4, SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
1 x 90mins

Directed by Award Winning filmmakers, Michael Winterbottom and Matt Whitecross, this is a feature documentary based on Naomi Klein's bestselling new book, The Shock Doctrine which explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world - through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.
DISTRIBUTED BY - Entertainment 1
THE YES MEN: FIX THE WORLD

ARTE, HBO, CHANNEL 4 BRITDOC FOUNDATION
1 x 90mins

Directed by 'The Yes Men' (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) together with Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 producer/editor Kurt Engfehr, The Yes Men Fix The World is an hilarious and shocking documentary. It leads us through the unbelievably daring political pranks of the Yes Men - two gonzo activists - as they fool the world's media by pretending to be senior executives of corporations ranging from Dow Chemicals to Halliburton and Exxon. Their aim - to highlight the greed and brutal selfishness of some of the world¹s biggest and most powerful multi-national corporations. The film won the audience award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and was selected by the Guardian newspaper one of the top twenty films of the summer.
DISTRIBUTED BY - REZO
SINS OF MY FATHER

MORE4, ARTE, DISCOVERY LATIN AMERICA
two versions -
1 x 80mins and 1 x 60mins

This is the incredible story of Pablo Escobar, the infamous boss of Colombia’s Medellin drug cartel, told for the very first time by his son, Sebastian and his widow Maria Isabel Santos. In Nicolas Entel’s film Sebastian tells of his extraordinary childhood, growing up with a father he loved but whom he knew to be Colombia’s enemy number one. He tells of times of extraordinary luxury and extravagance, and other times on the run. And Sebastian and his widow open the family vaults to share their private and long hidden archives. But this is also the story of two of Escobar’s most prominent victims, the Minister of Justice and a politician about to be elected President of Colombia, as told by their sons. They were among hundreds that Escobar had killed in the 1980’s. The film follows Sebastian as he tries to break the cycle of revenge and assassination by seeking reconciliation with the sons of his father’s victims.