Movies: Blast Films

  • 2008
    Hunger

    Hunger (2008)

    Hunger

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    The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status....

    Hunger
  • 2007
    A Very British Sex Scandal

    A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)

    A Very British Sex Scandal

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    A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he meet...

    A Very British Sex Scandal
  • 2007
    The Last Days of the Raj

    The Last Days of the Raj (2007)

    The Last Days of the Raj

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    Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also bee...

    The Last Days of the Raj
  • 2019
    Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain

    Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain (2019)

    Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain

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    Exploring the roller coaster life of Jade Goody, Britain's most loved - and hated - reality TV star. Her life illustrates a wider story of class, politics and cultural change in Britain....

    Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain
  • 2023
    Hijacked: Flight 73

    Hijacked: Flight 73 (2023)

    Hijacked: Flight 73

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    On 5 September 1986, Palestinian terrorists stormed Pan Am Flight 73 as it stalled on the Karachi Airport tarmac. Exploring what happened over the next 16 hours, including the death of 21 passengers, in a day that would change terrorist operations f...

    Hijacked: Flight 73
  • 2005
    The Year London Blew Up

    The Year London Blew Up (2005)

    The Year London Blew Up

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    Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit mainland Britain....

    The Year London Blew Up
  • 2024
    Save My XL Bully: Death Row Dogs

    Save My XL Bully: Death Row Dogs (2024)

    Save My XL Bully: Death Row Dogs

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    After maulings and killings across the UK, a colourful bunch of owners battle to save the lives of their beloved XL bully dogs in the run-up to a government ban....

    Save My XL Bully: Death Row Dogs
  • 2009
    1 Day

    1 Day (2009)

    1 Day

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    This searing British thriller follows Flash (Dylan Duffus), who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's (Yohance Watson) cash until his release from prison. Now Angel is out -- and Flash is 100 pounds short. He turns to a lowlife named Evil (Tobias Duncan) ...

    1 Day
  • 2007
    Beautiful Young Minds

    Beautiful Young Minds (2007)

    Beautiful Young Minds

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    This BAFTA nominated documentary tells the story of some of the brightest mathematical brains of a generation. Each year, exceptionally gifted teenagers from over 90 countries compete for medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad. The film fo...

    Beautiful Young Minds
  • 2001
    Tina Takes a Break

    Tina Takes a Break (2001)

    Tina Takes a Break

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    Second in the Tina trilogy of films (Tina Goes Shopping, Mischief Night) set on a tough Leeds housing estate and starring the residents who actually live there in real life. This time Tina is in prison and life on the estate is viewed through her chi...

    Tina Takes a Break
  • 2003
    The Death of Klinghoffer

    The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)

    The Death of Klinghoffer

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    An adaptation from the controversial John Adams opera about the true life incident that took place in the mid 80s. The liner "Achille Lauro" is on a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean. While the ship is docked in Alexandria, a maid discovers that fou...

    The Death of Klinghoffer
  • 1999
    Tina Goes Shopping

    Tina Goes Shopping (1999)

    Tina Goes Shopping

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    The first film in the Tina trilogy, using the actual inhabitants of a tough Leeds council estate in the leading roles. Tina is a single mum who steals to order for her own `shopping' business, her drug-addict boyfriend Aaron is planning the theft of ...

    Tina Goes Shopping
  • 2021
    Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disability in Britain

    Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disability in Britain (2021)

    Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disability in Britain

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    Cerrie Burnell presents a history of disabled people's struggle for human rights in Britain. She also shares inspiring stories of pioneering campaigners for social change, and looks at the challenges still to be faced in the future....

    Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disability in Britain
  • 2012
    Six Million Dollar Conman

    Six Million Dollar Conman (2012)

    Six Million Dollar Conman

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    The story of Christian Gerhartsreiter, an habitual conman, Rockefeller impostor, and convicted murderer. After four decades, America's most notorious con man has been caught - unravelling a shocking and extraordinary story of multiple identities and...

    Six Million Dollar Conman
  • 2013
    The Tube: An Underground History

    The Tube: An Underground History (2013)

    The Tube: An Underground History

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    This programme looks at the origins, development and running of the London Underground "Tube" system. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of The Tube, London Underground are organising for an old Metropolitan steam loco to haul trains along the first ...

    The Tube: An Underground History
  • 2009
    Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry

    Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry (2009)

    Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry

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    On 14 November 1940 the German Luftwaffe dropped so many bombs on Coventry that three guarters of the city was destroyed. Such was the devastation, the Germans coined a term to describe it - "to coventrate". This documentary explores the immediate af...

    Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry
  • 2011
    McQueen and I

    McQueen and I (2011)

    McQueen and I

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    Profile of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen....

    McQueen and I
  • 1996
    I'll Be Your Mirror

    I'll Be Your Mirror (1996)

    I'll Be Your Mirror

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    Considered the most intimate portrait of life & work of American photographer Nan Goldin. Collaborating with British documentary director Edmund Coulthard, the film also paints a sharp portrait of a generation, reconstructing disquiet from the extrao...

    I'll Be Your Mirror
  • 2018
    Before Grenfell: A Hidden History

    Before Grenfell: A Hidden History (2018)

    Before Grenfell: A Hidden History

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    Residents of the community around Grenfell Tower tell an extraordinary story, 150 years in the making, of how their borough became the most unequal place in Britain....

    Before Grenfell: A Hidden History
  • 2016
    Kipling's Indian Adventure

    Kipling's Indian Adventure (2016)

    Kipling's Indian Adventure

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    This documentary film follows the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling, 19th-century English writer and a Noble Prize-winner. Patrick Hennessey travels to Lahore to reassess Kipling's adventures and their impact on his literature....

    Kipling's Indian Adventure