Books, Theatre & Photography Documentaries

Writers and poets, the stage and the dance floor, and the photographers who caught the world.

• Writers & Poets
• Theatre, Dance & Opera
• Photography

Topics

• Writers & Literature documentaries
• Poets & Poetry documentaries
• Shakespeare & the Classics documentaries
• Opera & Theatre documentaries
• Dance, Ballet & Circus documentaries
• Photography & Photographers documentaries

• Your Favorite Skater’s Favorite Photographer: Atiba Jefferson | Epicly Later'd (32 min, VICE)
• I am become Fancy: Theatre (30 min, Internet Historian)
• The Darkest Story I've Ever Read (73 min, Wendigoon)
• You've Never Seen a Real Photo (18 min, Steve Mould)
• Lovecraft's Cosmic Horror - The Story of Call of Cthulhu (55 min, Wendigoon)
• The Strange, Cosmic Horror of Junji Ito's Uzumaki (143 min, Wendigoon)
• The Devil's Story of Eden - Paradise Lost Explained (114 min, Wendigoon)
• Dante's Inferno & The 9 Levels of Hell Explained (99 min, Wendigoon)
• The Harder You Try, The Worse It Gets - The Philosophy of Fyodor Dostoevsky (18 min, Pursuit of Wonder)
• How Does Film ACTUALLY Work? (It's MAGIC) [Photos and Development] - Smarter Every Day 258 (37 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Frankenstein - The Original Horror Story (91 min, Wendigoon)
• Dante's Purgatorio & The 9 Levels of Purgatory Explained (80 min, Wendigoon)
• Why Does Everyone Think "1984" Agrees With Them? (45 min, Jacob Geller)
• Halloween Special: The Count of Monte Cristo (49 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Dante's Paradiso & The 9 Levels of Heaven Explained (85 min, Wendigoon)
• Modern Classics Summarized: Stranger In A Strange Land (18 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• The Tragic Life Of C.S Lewis | Narnia's Lost Poet (58 min, Absolute History)
• H.P. Lovecraft: A Titan of Terror (22 min, Biographics)
• Modern Classics Summarized: All Quiet On The Western Front (18 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Modern Classics Summarized: 1984 (22 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Books You Can (Never) Read (41 min, TREY the Explainer)
• Heart of Darkness - A Story So BRUTAL it Changed History (158 min, Wendigoon)
• H.G. Wells: Time Traveler (44 min, Biography)
• Photographer Gioncarlo Valentine on Documenting Tender Moments in Black Life | In The Making (19 min, PBS)
• How Jane Eyre Scandalised Victorian High Society | Literary Classics (31 min, Absolute History)
• Brontë Sisters: The Tragic Lives Of The Literary Icons | Walking Through History (47 min, Absolute History)
• Oscar Wilde Biography: His "Wild" Life (20 min, Biographics)
• Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe (44 min, Biography)
• Peter Lindbergh — the supermodel photographer (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Complete Philosophy of The Lord of the Rings (40 min, Like Stories of Old)
• Beowulf: The Pagan Hero Of The Anglo-Saxons | Literary Classics (31 min, Absolute History)
• The Canterbury Tales: The English Language's First Masterpiece | Literary Classic (33 min, Absolute History)
• Franz Kafka: Chronicler of Darkness (23 min, Biographics)
• The Origins Of Tintin: Hergé’s Masterpiece (44 min, Perspective)
• How Dickens Explained Everything Wrong With Victorian Britain | Literary Classics (32 min, Absolute History)
• Iraq through the eyes of its most iconic photographer (47 min, Al Jazeera English)
• J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of Worlds (21 min, Biographics)
• The Paradox of Being a Good Person - George Orwell's Warning to the World (18 min, Pursuit of Wonder)
• How To Take Stunning Wildlife Photographs (47 min, BBC Earth)
• Classics Summarized: The Odyssey (14 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Time to Say Goodbye: The Story Of Andrea Bocelli (45 min, Perspective)
• What Dickens' Most Famous Book Says About His Troubled Psyche | Literary Classics (30 min, Absolute History)
• Lord Byron: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (25 min, Biographics)
• Who is The Odyssey FOR? – Detail Diatribe (136 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Macbeth Being A Comedy For 26 Minutes (26 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• The Divine Comedy: How Dante Provided A New World Theory | Literary Classics (51 min, Perspective)
• Jessye Norman: The Seamless Soprano Who Could Do It All (44 min, Perspective)
• Uncovering Shakespeare’s Mysterious Life (43 min, Perspective)
• Mei Lanfang: How Peking Opera Shook The World | Century Masters (50 min, Perspective)
• What This Photo Doesn't Show (10 min, The Art Assignment)
• The Metaphysicals: The Punk Poets Of 17th-Century Literature | Literary Classic (30 min, Absolute History)
• The Real Story Of The Brontës | The Brontë Sisters (52 min, Absolute History)
• The World's First Sex Symbol | The Scandalous Adventures Of Lord Byron (47 min, Absolute History)
• Florence Foster Jenkins: The Extraordinary Story Of The Worst Opera Singer (88 min, Absolute History)
• Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Wisdom of a Genius (20 min, Academy of Ideas)
• We Are 11-Year-Old Latin Dance Partners, Not Boyfriend-Girlfriend! Tiny & Talented | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Classics Summarized: Dante's Inferno (13 min, Overly Sarcastic Productions)
• Why Is John Milton's Poem "Paradise Lost" So Famous? | Literary Classics (28 min, Perspective)
• What Is The Real Meaning Behind The Odyssey By Homer? | Literary Classics (30 min, Perspective)
• How 5 English Poets Became Revered Across Europe | Literary Classics: The Romantics (51 min, Perspective)