Brave storytelling when truth is under siege
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The Road to Hope (2026)
The BBC’s Fergal Keane has spent forty years witnessing the worst that humanity can do - genocide, war, and famine. So why is he full of hope?
The answer lies in the extraordinary bravery he’s encountered in the worst places. This powerful and humane film by Oscar winner Alice Doyard, argues that despite the anxiety of the present we have real cause for hope.
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The King of Jordan and the Children of Gaza (2025)
After two devastating years of war, there's a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Alice Doyard and Fergal Keane follow two children of that war on an extraordinary journey of rescue from the war zone to Jordan.
From the terror and desolation of Gaza to the Royal Palace in Jordan, through the corridors of the UN in New York, the film follows the struggle of small, broken lives as world leaders try find an enduring peace in the region.
With a rare journey into the Gaza Strip and exclusive access to King Abdullah and Queen Rania, the BBC Panorama film weaves the stories of suffering children with the historic struggle to bring an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Brave Britain (2023)
Brave Britain with Fergal Keane is a captivating documentary film that offers a poignant exploration of resilience and hope within economically challenged communities.
Through a blend of archival footage and present-day reunions, director Alice Doyard provides a thought-provoking narrative, shedding light on the changes and enduring spirit of Britain over the course of two decades.
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I Call Him by His Name (2022)
The sole survivor of a terrible Russian massacre in Ukraine joins the wives and mothers of his dead comrades to tell an extraordinary story. The film investigates Russian actions in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
This film won the Foreign Press Association Award for Best Documentary of the Year. The judges said :
“Beautiful storytelling with a specific and strong angle letting the bereaved women do their talking”. The judges praised Director/Producer Alice Doyard, for her great film making and incredible interviews on the ground in Ukraine and Fergal Keane for a brilliant script, superbly delivered. Most of the judges said they have been in tears. In a crowded field of stories about Ukraine, this one was felt to be extraordinary.
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Colette (2021)
90-year-old Colette Marin-Catherine confronts her past by visiting the German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where her brother was killed.
As a young girl, she fought Hitler's Nazis as a member of the French Resistance.
For 74 years, she has refused to step foot in Germany, but that changes when a young history student named Lucie enters her life.
Prepared to re-open old wounds and revisit the terrors of that time, Marin-Catherine offers important lessons for us all.
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The First World War from Above (2010)
While making this film Alice Doyard uncovered rare archival footage. She found film taken from a French airship in summer 1919, showing the battlefields in a way never seen before.
Alice and Fergal Keane met the daughter of the airship pilot and showed her film of her father - her first time seeing a living image of him. He was killed by the Gestapo when she was a baby.
Like much of their work, the film warns about the forces that can overwhelm humanity when fear is allowed to triumph.
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Journey into Darkness (1994)
Fergal Keane witnessed the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
His films ‘Journey into Darkness’ and ‘The Killers’ are regarded as foundational visual accounts of the killing.
He later appeared as a witness at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. His book ‘Season of Blood - a Rwandan Journey' won the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and was a ‘New York Times Notable Book.’
