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A documentary that tells the stories of Turkish workers who went from Turkey to Germany since 1950. It generally tells the stories of musicians of Turkish origin in Germany.

In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German and Dutch police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends badly.

Don't Forget Me is a dark comedy about the need to be out of your mind in order to fall madly in love.

Plans to build the largest power plant on the Congo plunge 17 million people into darkness and insecurity.

A female lawyer fights for the rule of law and becomes a threat to the Turkish state.

"Family of Choice" is a LGBT-documentary series on RTL Deutschland.

Sarah, an Afro-German, travels to Southern Africa with her daughter to give her the relationships she herself lacked. The story of a torn family between Germany, Mozambique and South Africa.

Hungary during the 2022 election campaign: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán relies on a level of media control unprecedented in the EU. A group of young journalists takes on the state propaganda.

A tale about my mother and brothers from other mothers.

1960 marked the end of the colonial empires across the African continent. France disappeared from the map, leaving behind the CFA Franc, a colonial creation, which is the name of the currency that still circulates in almost all of its former territories south of the Sahara. How does it come, those countries, once they regained their freedom, never denounced this strange legacy? The film delves into a little-known story that started in the 19th century and continues to the present time.

A young pigeon fighter in Cairo leads his area into the final battle. While pigeons may symbolize peace, here they reflect martial spirit and pride. For the first time the legendary pigeon races of Cairo are captured on camera.

Susan Kigula is a self-confident, strong woman. She is always well dressed and, like any businesswoman, she navigates through her challenging everyday life with power and determination. But Susan spent 16 years in prison, charged with murdering her husband and sentenced to death in 2002. Giving up was never an option for her and it never will be. While in prison, Susan studied law and in an historic Supreme Court verdict on January 21, 2009, her case changed the laws of her country: no more mandatory death sentence on charges of murder. Today, Susan helms her own organisation, helping orphaned children of prisoners and empowering former female inmates in their reintegration, a challenge no one else is tackling in Uganda. Her turbulent life story continues to shape her everyday life.

Ziad, a Palestinian day laborer, is denied entry into Israel for work that day. Not wanting to return home empty handed after promising his daughter meat for dinner, he needs to get creative. A tragic reflection of the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners after the failure of the Oslo Accords.

Benjamin and Awad run Sudan's national film archive. The two men, who have worked together for more than 40 years, are devoted to protecting their country's visual memories. Home to some 13,000 films, the archive preserves pivotal moments of Sudan's turbulent history and is one of the largest in Africa. But the archive is in a fragile state. Following years of neglect and poor storage, many film reels are turning to dust in Sudan's unforgiving tropical climate. The two friends are determined to turn it around and embark on a mission to save the old films. Will they succeed in preserving Sudan's visual history for future generations before it's too late?

PAARTHERAPIE - NOW OR NEVER accompanies four couples who want to actively address the challenges of their relationships by seeking support by a couple therapist.

BEAUTIFUL takes a look at the steadily increasing numbers of aesthetic cosmetic surgeries. More and more people want to meet the current ideal of beauty with the help of specialists. The series takes a closer look at the at the boom of cosmetic operations and observes how doctors accompany our protagonists in their individual transformation. But what defines "beauty" in this day and age? And how is the trend related to the ever-increasing consumption of social media?

Schwesta Ewa's life is shaped by extremes: emigration, violence, prostitution, the rise to a german rap superstar and finally the hard fall - arrest, conviction and jail - but also the birth of her daughter. For the 6-part documentary series we follow her starting with her release from prison in February 2021. We tell the story of a woman who has been struggling for personal freedom all her life. What are her plans and desires for the future? Will she be able to leave her past behind?

A Berlin big band sets out on a road trip to explore the infamous brass sections of the seventies together with legendary musicians from Mali.

DORPIE follows community worker Lana O'Neill as she fights to protect the women in a small South African town from gender-based violence and murder.

Twelve therapy sessions, no taboo subjects and the camera is right there. For the twelve-part documentary series "Eric vs Stehfest: In Therapy", TVNOW accompanies actor and bestselling author Eric Stehfest during his psychotherapy, where he wants to find out who he is and where he wants to go. Look forward to a new episode four times a week with unfiltered insights into the life of the 31-year-old.

Since the dawn of times, the inhabitants of a small village in Burkina Faso had been living with gold. But today, there is no longer any, a multinational company exploiting all natural resources. The film follows the struggle of the local population to denounce this injustice and claim their dignity.

"HipHop - The Future is Female" is a documentary series on RTL Deutschland.

Eritrea, a small country in the Horn of Africa. The former Italian colony has been through a thirty-year war of liberation that has left its marks - on the people and their landscape. In 1993 Eritrea finally gained independence from Ethiopia. A celebrated new beginning, even if the reconstruction of the country has come to a standstill. However, the most important achievement of the colonial period was immediately put back into operation: the steam railway, which already a hundred years ago connected the capital Asmara in the highlands with the port city Massawa on the Red Sea. The notion of national unity is the long-awaited pride of a free Eritrea. Meanwhile it is quiet in the railway depot of Asmara. The wind sweeps through the cracks of the ailing outer walls and makes cobwebs float back and forth in the same spot. From time to time a railway worker walks over the rails. In this lethargic, semi-darkness we explore the microcosms of the railway company. We get to know Hinza, the young train driver, and Fezahatsion, the old chief mechanic who experienced the glorious times of the railway. Little by little, the poetic images intensify and draw a picture of today's Eritrea: a picture of standstill, a picture of passion for the ancient steam railway, a picture of rebellion against its decay, but above all a picture of deep friendship.