Docubeat
Curated by Giles Tremlett and Justin Webster, Docubeat brings unique journalism from documentary film-makers to online news audiences via specially edited excerpts of their work
One secret policeman each: life in Fortress Transnistria – video
Excerpts from Lukas Kokes and Klara Tasovska's documentary on everyday life in the contested territory that calls itself the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Mali land grabs: 'You can take everything from a farmer but not his land' – video
The development of land in Mali and other African states poses unique opportunities for business, but can often spell catastrophe for the families who have lived and farmed in these areas for generations
Bolivia's child miners: 'There is no god in the mine, it is a demon. Our breath is what keeps it from collapsing' – video
In the Cerro Rico mines of Potosí, Bolivia, children risk their lives plundering the depths for silver and other precious metals
Dangerous Acts: Belarus Free Theatre battles the KGB, dictatorship and exile - video
Dangerous Acts follows a group of actors from Belarus who defied dictator Alexander Lukashenko by setting up their own underground company tackling taboo subjects such as sexual orientation, alcoholism, suicide and politics. Their small theatre space in Minsk is in constant danger of being raided by police and many actors are now in exile, where they tour to great acclaim. Film-maker Madeleine Sackler used secret film smuggled out of Belarus to make her film. Belarus Free Theatre's later work, Red Forest, opens at the Young Vic in London on 12 June
Scottish independence: Homage to Scotland - video extract
Extract from a documentary film on the countdown to the referendum on Scottish independence
The great North Korean picture show – video
Behind the scenes of the North Korean propaganda movie industry: documentary film-makers Lynn Lee and James Leong followed the making of an anti-Japanese movie
You can't cure a rabid dog: teaching Russian children to hate the 'terrorists' - video
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Russian children learn to hate 'terrorists' and love their country at the Kaskad military summer camp, run by army veterans of the Afghanistan invasion
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children: Rwanda's horrific legacy of genocide – video
Extracts from Patrick Reed's documentary Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
How US evangelical missionaries wage war on gay people in Uganda – video
Undercover filming shows the influence of anti-gay evangelical campaigners from the US in Uganda
Afghanistan: where a woman has more freedom in jail – video
Afghan women accused of "moral crimes" such as running away from their husbands are sent to jail for several years. For some of these women, however, life is better behind bars than it is outside with their husbands and family
Money for Nothing: Can the dollar survive as the world's top currency? – video
Janet Yellen and other economists discuss Bernanke's tenure as Federal Reserve chairman and look ahead to America's economic future
Dear Mandela - documentary preview video
Scenes from the feature-length documentary film Dear Mandela, directed by Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza and adapted by Docbeat
Meet Felix, the Mexican people-smuggler - video
Mexican film-maker Adriana Trujillo tells the story of Felix, a part-time actor who earns his money smuggling people across the walled and fenced frontier between Mexico and the United States
The Invisible War: the rape epidemic in the US military - video extracts
Kirby Dick's Oscar-nominated documentary exposes an epidemic of rape within the US military, with some 22,800 violent sex crimes alleged in 2011 alone
The World Before Her: women learning to kill or wear a bikini in India - video extracts
Nisha Pahuja's documentary contrasts a Hindu nationalist training camp where girls are trained to kill in self-defence and the bikini-clad women of the Miss India pageant
Another Night on Earth - video extracts
Extracts from a documentary film Another Night on Earth, directed by David Muñoz. These conversations, recorded in Cairo taxi cabs, capture the state of mind of ordinary Egyptians as they look back over their revolution and what it has acheived, or failed to achieve in the months since Tahrir Square was first occupied
Ekumenopolis: the roots of Istanbul's protests - video
A short version of a prescient 2011 documentary that sheds light on current events as police clash with protesters outraged by plans to build in a city centre park
I Need a Dodge! Joe Strummer on the Run – video preview
A taster of Nick Hall's documentary, which chronicles the Clash frontman's time in Spain in the 80s
Baltasar Garzón: judge on trial - video profile
This film follows Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who had Chile's General Pinochet arrested, during his suspension from his job charged with an abuse of power