Adam Curtis

Short film examining the global events of 2014 to reveal a chaotic morass, the reporting of which is increasingly difficult to comprehend in the...

Short film about how mainstream media simplify complex events and present them as "scattered terrible things happening everywhere, Oh Dear", leaving...

Short film using the paranoia of Richard Nixon to explore how a similar outlook on life has been propagated on a larger social scale in the new media...

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News International, Every Day is Like Sunday tells the forgotten...

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, U.S.A. She was called Henrietta Lacks. These are cells from her body. They were taken from her just before she...

The Rosie Kay Dance Company present a piece about the strange history and pop-cultural aftermath of CIA mind control experiments during the Cold War,...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots...

An anthology series about people who are suddenly confronted with uncertain situations.

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in the summer of 1999. The programme looked at how...

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

When the 20th century opened, Britain dominated world affairs, and America stood on the sidelines. Now their positions are reversed. This is the...

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots...

When the 20th century opened, Britain dominated world affairs, and America stood on the sidelines. Now their positions are reversed. This is the...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

Adam Curtis' short films from Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe programmes.

The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in the summer of 1999. The programme looked at how...

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?

A BBC documentary film strand, with the focus on investigative journalism.

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

A BBC documentary film strand, with the focus on investigative journalism.

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots...

Adam Curtis' short films from Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe programmes.

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

When the 20th century opened, Britain dominated world affairs, and America stood on the sidelines. Now their positions are reversed. This is the...

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which...

This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.