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....

Still considered a taboo topic, mental health is usually associated with craziness, mental derangement, or lack of faith. In the Philippines, there...

A journey through six different countries and characters into a world where chemistry is the ultimate response to human pursuits of well-being.

An immersive documentary about four nurses working in retirement houses in Alzheimer units. Near to Claire, Luca, Antoinette and Lika, we discover...

The extraordinary moving story of Toni Crews, a young mum with a rare terminal cancer who charted her illness online before donating her body for...

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of this planetary plague and reveal the fight waged in...

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

Journalist and presenter Kate Garraway allowed cameras to document her story as her husband battles Covid and her family adjust to a new way of life.

An interesting talk with Dr. Eusebio Rubio-Aurioles, about the current state of psychotherapy.

What's the point of music? You might be tempted to answer that it's an enjoyable pastime or an art form, but nothing really essential. For the first...

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...

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

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

Concentrates upon basic first aid steps. Simulated situations provide an opportunity to discuss and demonstrate mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, shock,...

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...

On Easter Sunday 2012 the UK's Channel 4 showed a programme entitled Crucifixion in which Gunther von Hagens created his interpretation of the...