Women Leaving Islam | Documentary

Feb 1, 2021 | In this powerful film, six ex-Muslim women activists share their moving stories of growing up in Muslim families and Muslim-majority countries and the violence, loss and shunning they faced because of their apostasy.

The women talk about everything from tearing their hijab on door handles as a child, wearing a burkini on a beach in Italy, wanting to scream their atheism in Mecca during Hajj, losing custody of a child after a husband’s accusations of blasphemy, reporting a violent fundamentalist father, forging a male guardian’s signature in order to flee their country and being shunned for defending gay rights…

Despite the risks, the women speak of hope, happiness and freedom from Islam and the hijab. The brave women: Fay Rahman, Halima Salat, Mimzy Vidz, Rana Ahmad and Zara Kay reside/have resided in Australia, Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands.

They are from backgrounds as diverse as Bangladeshi, British, Egyptian/Moroccan, Saudi, Somali/Kenyan, Pakistani and Tanzanian.

Qilaat - Greenland Documentary

Dec 8, 2025 | A short and thought provoking film about a unique dog sled expedition through the remote regions of East Greenland. Set amongst some of the most naturally diverse terrain anywhere in the world Ian’s 190km journey not only becomes one of distance and discovery, but a journey within.

An inspiring view of one man expanding his own horizon of adventure.

Executive Producer - Tom Long
Producers - Ian Finch & Ross Joseph
© Speechless Films 2017

The Exiled Windsors (2023) - Full Documentary - HD

Mar 7, 2023 | The year, 1936. Behind the doors of 10 Downing street. Controversy. Suspicion. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin has a difficult decision to make. The King of England, and of Great Britain, is infatuated with divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. The King has been showering his mistress with extravagant gifts, a warning to the security services of possible blackmail.

Fears grow, too, of his association with fascist sympathisers, and the possibility the king could attempt to overthrow the government to keep his seat of power on the throne. At the very least, would the affair trigger civil unrest and turmoil in an already unstable country.

The Prime Minister must make that difficult decision. To spy on the head of state, the monarch, is an extraordinarily controversial and intrusive act, but Baldwin finally gives the order. The British intelligence service began to spy on the King. And so began one of the greatest constitutional crises in centuries… Edward and Wallis - The Exiled Windsors.

Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

Feb 4, 2022 | Channel 4 (UK) documentary about William Tallon, nicknamed Backstairs Billy, who worked for the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother until her death in 2002. First shown Monday 2 February 2009.

The Far Right in the US and Europe | The Politics of Hate (2017) | Full Film

Jan 26, 2024 | At 16 he became the leader of the Chicago Area Skinheads, later a white supremacist punk band. But when Christian Picciolini started a family, he began questioning his far right views. This timely doc explores a changing Western political climate, chronicling the rise of the far right in the US and Europe, and giving alarming insights into the ways the alt-right movement operates.

Islamic State Recruiting through Big Tech | Undercover in ISIS (2016) | Full Film

Jan 25, 2024 | An undercover operation sets out to understand the path to joining ISIS. Two undercover European reporters are tasked with joining ISIS via Facebook, Twitter, and direct phone calls. In a world dominated by social media and the internet, illegal communications are no longer defined by clandestine whispered conversations on street corners.

Being Gay and Out in Mumbai - True Story Documentary Channel

Jan 8, 2022 | Under British colonial rule in 1860, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalized any sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex, stigmatizing them as “against the order of nature”.

On 2nd July 2009 the Delhi High Court passed a landmark judgment repealing this clause, thus fulfilling the most basic demand of the Indian LGBTQ community, which had been fighting this law for the past 10 years.

The film documents the diverse lives of three members of Mumbai’s LGBT community, Beena, Pallav and Abheena, who travel through the city heading to the celebrations for the first anniversary of the historic verdict.

Through the personal stories and struggles of the three protagonists, the film explores the reality of living a queer identity in today’s India, between tradition and change.

Out in Mumbai is the story of their journey towards freedom.

I'm Scared of Spending the Rest of My Life Alone | The Age of Loneliness | Absolute Documentaries

Mar 4, 2022 | In this absolute documentary, people from all walks of life talk honestly about their experiences with loneliness, from a 19-year-old student to a 100-year-old woman. It investigates the social isolation in modern society that many people of all age and class suffer from.

This documentary is not suitable for children, for the narrow-minded or for the easily shocked. It is particularly suitable for the benighted and for benighted politicians and leaders throughout the world who pass anti-LGBTQ+ laws without knowing anything about what causes homosexuality in the first place and without knowing the biological reasons for the phenomenon. Do enjoy this documentary! Even though the documentary is ten years old, it is still very informative and enlightening. – © Mark Alexander

Transitioning Genders: The Importance of Self-Love | Documentary | Real Pride

Aug 14, 2021 | This two-part special gives us incredible first-hand accounts from transgender people about their experience of affirming their gender – often at huge emotional and financial cost.

From rock stars to body builders and average suburban dads, this documentary shows us how far medicine has come in fulfilling the dreams of people who were born in the wrong body.

Some of the language used in this documentary may not be the correct terminology to accurately represent people currently.


BEWARE! This documentary isn't for everyone. It is very explicit and many people might take exception to some of its content. Until I watched this documentary, I knew virtually nothing about this phenomenon. Many of you might not know much about the phenomenon either. I have watched this documentary to be better informed about it. These days, there is so much in the newspapers about gender reassignment.

My posting this documentary should not be construed as an endorsement of these procedures. Frankly, I neither endorse them nor do I condemn them. I know far too little about them to do either. What perplexes me, though, is why so many people want to change their sex. Up until relatively recently, people having sex change operations were pretty rare. Not so anymore, it seems. Puzzling! – © Mark Alexander

God Bless America: How the US Is Obsessed with Religion | ENDEVR Documentary

Jan23, 2024 | Despite being an officially secular country, religion is everywhere in the United States. 70% of Americans are Christians and the majority of them voted for Trump. Evangelicals mobilized in their masses to get Donald Trump elected and they similarly geared up to do the same in the most recent election. Evangelicals have even created their own Bible-themed attractions, boldly rewriting the science books to educate their children. In Kentucky, an actual-size Noah’s ark has been built along with a museum that supports the theory that the universe was created in just six days. In this documentary, we dive into the religious world inside the United States.

The USA is falling into darkness! And whatever happens in the USA, it isn’t long before the rest of the West catches up; so, the rest of the Occident will soon be on the same trajectory.

The version of Christianity of these fundamentalists bears no resemblance to the Christianity I was raised in. I was raised in the Anglican tradition. In Anglicanism, there are plenty of myths and tall stories too; but they are generally either overlooked or considered to be symbolic. They are not taken literally. These fundamentalist Christians in the US, however, are clearly incapable of sifting fact from fiction. Sad! Little wonder the USA is in the mess it is. No wonder these people are hoodwinked by, and taken in by, Trump.

It wouldn’t be so bad if Trump’s re-election just impacted and messed up the States. Alas, it won’t end there. The re-election of Trump is highly likely to mess up the West in toto. Let us all hope that America comes to its senses before that. – © Mark Alexander

Byline TV: The Truth about Brexit: Britain Betrayed | Ultimate Documentary 2023 | Reupload

Nov 15, 2023

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There is absolutely no doubt that the few über-rich, über-powerful people at the top of British society sold the electorate a bill of goods. The British people, especially our young people, have been cheated out of their future opportunities in the largest single market in the world. They have also been cheated out of their rights as European citizens, affording them and us all, actually, the right to study, work, live and/or retire in any member country. And with full reciprocal healthcare arrangements! And this, all to give the élite the chance to avoid paying taxes and to be able to keep their money offshore. (The EU was going to close the loopholes which didn’t suit the likes of these unpatriotic people at the top.)

However, we can all take heart. Ursula von der Leyen recently indicated that our Brexit problems could be fixed by our re-entry into the Union. This MUST happen. It has to happen if the impoverishment of the nation is to be avoided. BREXIT MUST BE REVERSED ASAP. – © Mark Alexander

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture | The Bible

Nov 9, 2023 | 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture is a feature documentary that follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946. It chronicles the discovery of never-before-seen archives at Yale University which unveil astonishing new revelations, and casts significant doubt on any biblical basis for LGBTQIA+ prejudice. Featuring commentary from prominent scholars as well as opposing pastors, including the personal stories of the film’s creators, and original music by Grammy winning artist Mary Lambert, 1946 is at once challenging, enlightening, and inspiring.

While other documentaries have been successful in their attempt to treat the symptom of homophobia in the Church, 1946 is working to diagnose and treat the disease - Biblical Literalism.


Did Christian homophobia come from a mistranslation of the Bible?: A new documentary challenges an alleged 1946 mistranslation that helped lead to a justification for Christian anti-gayness … The film hinges its premise on the fact that the word “homosexual” appeared for the first time in the Bible in 1946, in an apparent mistranslation of the ancient Greek words malakoi – defined as someone effeminate who gives themselves up to a soft, decadent, lazy and indolent way of living – and arsenokoitai – a compound word that roughly translates to “male bed”. While people could take it to mean man bedding man, within the context of the time, scholars believed that arsenokoitai alluded more to abusive, predatory behavior and pederasty than it does homosexuality. …»

Rupert Everett Explores 50 Years of LGBT Progress in Great Britain | Absolute Documentaries

May 4, 2023 | Fifty years after the decriminalization of homosexuality in Great Britain, actor Rupert Everett examines the evolution of both the gay community and public opinion toward gay people.

BEWARE: This documentary is not suitable for the faint-hearted, narrow-minded, or for the overly religious. Furthermore, and more importantly, it is NOT suitable for children. I’m asking even myself if I am old enough to watch it!– Mark

The Night of Long Knives - Hitler's Rise to Power | Parts 1 & 2 | Free Documentary | History

Dec 16, 2022 | The Night of the Long Knives is considered the first act of horror committed by the Nazis. What happened in Germany, and in Hitler's rise to power, that led to this organized purge in 1934? Caught between the conservative tendency and the revolutionary aspirations dividing the country, the Chancellor had to choose a side. Hitler intended to send a clear message to calm the rumors of a military coup against him.


Es erstaunt mich immer wieder, daß das deutsche Volk, welches so hochintelligent und kultiviert war, dazumal von diesem Scheusal aufgenommen worden war. – © Mark Alexander

Iran's Last Monarch: The Events that Led to the Islamic Revolution | Last Persian Shah | Timeline

Oct 1, 2023 | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's story begins with good ideas and ideals and ends in bloody chaos. On the one hand, he helped carry Iran into modernity. His wealth was legendary, and his marriages made tabloid headlines for years. However, his name also stands for a time of human rights violations, vicious oppression and intolerance. Had Shah Reza Pahlavi not come to power, it’s unlikely that radical Islam would have the widespread political and brutal effects it has today. The film shows what has remained of the legacy of the regime after the Islamic Revolution to this day combining his biography with the social, political, economic and religious tendencies of the time.

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The Truth about How Brexit BETRAYED Britain | Ultimate Documentary 2023

Nov 15, 2023

Let's not mince words here. Brexit has been a BLOODY DISASTER! Were it to be 1789 in France, the guillotines would have been sharpened and put to use! The Tory party, once the party one could depend on for common sense and a modicum of fairness, has turned into a party of scumbags! Scumbags with posh accents, maybe, but scumbags nevertheless. Most of the élite in the Conservative Party – if that is not a tautology! – are criminal. – © mark Alexander

Napoleon | Documentary | BBC Select

Nov 6, 2023 | With access to a unique archive of personal letters, historian Andrew Roberts brings the story of Napoleon vividly to life. As he retraces the footsteps of the legendary leader, he sheds new light on Napoleon as an extraordinarily gifted military commander and mesmeric leader, whose private life was, contrary to popular belief, littered with disappointments and betrayals.

Watch the 3-part Napoleon documentary on BBC Select in the US here and Canada here.

The Queer Revolution in the Middle East: 'One Good Song Can Do More than 5,000 Protests' | Reupload

Jun 22, 2022 | Mashrou’ Leila were one of the biggest bands in the Middle East, with a lead singer, Hamed, who is the most prominent openly gay rock star in the Arab world.

Known globally, their gigs were regular sell-out successes until an event at their 2017 Cairo concert changed everything. Playing to 35,000 people, the band looked out at a sea of swaying flickering lights, including an Egyptian fan flying a rainbow flag. This simple act would later be described by authorities as ‘inciting debauchery’, and ultimately catapulted the band, the fan and others into a tragic series of events. While this violent repression against the LGBTQ+ community in the Middle East mirrors a global trend, creatives on the frontline are unified in their resistance

The Rise of Poverty in Europe | Documentary

Oct 18, 2023 | The Rise of Poverty in Europe | ENDEVR Documentary from 2017

119 million people in Europe live under the breadline today. How could this happen? The reality of deprived children, unemployed young adults, and indigent workers spreads all around the Union. What does Europe do for them? Visiting young unemployed people in Ireland, Italy and Portugal, this film investigates beyond the social and economic aspects and outlines how this situation impacts the politics.

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