David Olusoga Movies

  • 2023
    David Harewood on Blackface

    David Harewood on Blackface

    David Harewood on Blackface

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    At its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20 million people. David Harewood goes on a...

    David Harewood on Blackface
  • 2005
    Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich

    Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich

    Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich

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    Documentary on the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.

    Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
  • 2019
    The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

    The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

    The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

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    David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants...

    The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
  • 2020
    Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

    Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

    Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

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    David Olusoga explores the incredible journey of the African novel – how a fearless collection of writers created books that were to define the...

    Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
  • 2021
    Our NHS: A Hidden History

    Our NHS: A Hidden History

    Our NHS: A Hidden History

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    As we emerge from a global pandemic that has turned our world upside down, David Olusoga explores the hidden history of the nurses, doctors and...

    Our NHS: A Hidden History
  • 2021
    Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

    Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

    Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

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    Documentary following Bristol’s mayor, Marvin Rees, as he and the city respond to the extraordinary events which followed the toppling of the...

    Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
  • 2022
    The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

    The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

    The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

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    Using modern technology and esteemed historians, The People's Piazza tells the story of the iconic Covent Garden Piazza, through stories of it's...

    The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
  • 1970
    The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

    The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

    The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

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    British historian David Olusoga, along with other historians, narrates the story of millions of Indian, African and Asian troops who fought and died...

    The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
  • 2015
    Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes

    Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes

    Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes

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    During the Second World War, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to come to Britain to join the fight against Hitler....

    Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes
  • 2021
    The Felling of Colston

    The Felling of Colston

    The Felling of Colston

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    Chronicling the felling of the statue of Edward Colston-a 17th Century slave trader-during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England, and how...

    The Felling of Colston