Peter Watkins

1970 yılında Vietnam İşgali sürerken Başkan Nixon bir de Kamboçya’ya yönelik gizli bir bombardıman planını onaylar. Ülkedeki savaş karşıtı gösteriler iyice yoğunlaşmıştır. Bir gösteride 4 öğrencinin öldürülmesi ile protestolar ülke genelindeki bütün üniversitelere yayılır. Olağanüstü hal ilan edilerek McCarran Ulusal Güvenlik Yasası yürürlüğe sokulur ve eyalet yönetimlerine “iç güvenliği tehdit eden” kişileri tutuklama yetkisi verilir. Aralarında savaş karşıtlarının, vicdani retçilerin, sivil haklar savunucularının, Komünist Parti üyelerinin de bulunduğu bir grup muhalif olağanüstü bir mahkeme tarafından yargılanarak hapis cezasına mahkum edilir. “Suçlu”lara bir de alternatif sunulur: Ceza Parkı adı verilen, çölün ortasındaki bir arazide 85 km’lik bir yolu aç ve susuz kat ederek, kendilerine önden 2 saat avans veren polislere yakalanmadan ABD bayrağına ulaşırlarsa serbest bırakılacaklardır.

Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost dying. At university, Munch discovers his talent as a painter. As he immerses himself in the art world, he becomes part of a cultural revolution led by the likes of nihilist Hans Jæger.

İngiltere'ye yönelik varsayımsal bir nükleer saldırıyı konu alan bir belgesel drama. Filmin geliştirilmesini destekledikten sonra BBC, filmi yayınlamayı reddederek, "filmin etkisinin yayın ortamı için çok korkunç olduğuna karar verildi" şeklinde kamuoyuna açıklama yaptı. 1966'da sinemalarda gösterime giren film büyük beğeni topladı, ancak 1985 yılına kadar İngiliz televizyonunda yayınlanmadı.

The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.

Peter Watkins recounts the short-lived, happy period making his classic documentary Culloden and discusses, as he sees it, the tragic decline television has taken since it was made.

Culloden, Scottish Highlands, April 16th, 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was tragic. The men responsible for such a disaster must be exposed. The men, women and children who suffered because of it must be remembered.

This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be made without compromise. With the proliferation of TV channels, documentaries are enjoying an unprecedented boom fuelled by audiences seeking an alternative to infotainment. But now documentary filmmaking, too, finds itself constrained by the imperatives of television. However, there is a rebel resisting this uniformity of the spirit. Pre-eminent among today's documentary filmmakers concerned about this mind-numbing standardization, Peter Watkins has never strayed from either his principles or the cause.

Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.

A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.