Health Documentary Movies

Scientists are coming to understand fat as a dynamic organ—one whose size may have more to do with biological processes than personal choices....

A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: olive oil.

Second Chance Champions delves into the world of organ and tissue donation through an international event for transplant athletes. Emotions run high...

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their...

What if science could reverse the aging process? Follow the researchers as they decipher these mechanisms, with the promise of finding the elixir of...

Sales of organic products have increased tenfold in 20 years. In 2020, the market will have exceeded 13 billion euros in sales. The heavyweights of...

Smartphones, computers, gaming consoles or digital tablets are now givens in our daily lives. The electronic intrusion is causing controversy and...

In Iraq 2003 Corporal Martin Webster filmed fellow soldiers beating Iraqi youths during rioting in Al Amara. Two years later, a British newspaper...

Aging parents of disabled adults, they worry about their child's life after their disappearance. A moving insight into the daily life of a family...

PlantWise follows the inspiring stories of six people, each struggling with debilitating health conditions. They learn that the standard American...

Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, documentarian Matt Embry takes viewers on a transnational journey — from Italy to Canada, and from the lab...

Through an intimate conversation, Steph Jane, age 28, shares the struggles and lessons her second diagnosis of stage-4 cancer has taught her. From...

When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ...

A look behind the scenes revealing the courage and resilience of caregivers, patients, and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is...

An audiovisual representation of the degenerative dementia process based on real reports from people affected with this condition.

Hiding in the Walls unwinds the fraught history of lead poisoning in Baltimore and follows the adult survivors who are on a mission to reclaim the...