SBS’s documentary strand Australia Uncovered, a series of eight stand-alone projects that tackle some of the biggest issues in Australia today
Strong Female Lead examines Australia's struggle with women and power when a strong female takes the lead. Using archival footage, we see the attacks that characterised Gillard’s time in office – ever increasing in their vitriol, and…
Australia is often thought of as 'the lucky country'. So why is it that eight people a day die from suicide? The situation is nothing short of a national crisis. Yet the experts agree that there are ways we can be better dealing with the…
The Bowraville Murders investigates one of Australia’s most prominent unsolved serial murder cases – the murder of three Aboriginal children between September 1990 and February 1991 – and the thirty-year battle for justice by the victim’s…
Celia Pacquola is an award-winning actor and comedian. She also suffers from anxiety. She wants to help millions of Australians through their battle with anxiety by telling her story, challenging stigma and showing a way through it. She…
The Department takes us inside the never-before-seen child protection system at work in NSW. With unprecedented access across the department, this observational documentary follows caseworkers as they navigate the complexities of keeping…
Author and journalist Santilla Chingaipe unearths Australia’s forgotten black African history and reveals the role people of African descent played in events that shaped the nation – from the First Fleet to the Eureka Rebellion, and beyond.
For the first time, The Children in the Pictures goes inside Queensland Police’s Task Force Argos, the world leading investigative team dedicated to rescuing children from online sexual exploitation.
An examination of the connection between relentless government intervention since colonisation to the trauma and disadvantage experiences by Indigenous Australians - the two key drivers of incarceration.
The second collection of Australia Uncovered, a strand of stand-alone documentaries that explore and celebrate contemporary Australia in revealing, surprising, and compelling ways.
Around one in every hundred Australians are diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (TS), a condition that has no cure and is so little understood, even by medical science. With repetitive, sudden movements and vocal tics, the involuntary…
This one-hour documentary is based on a journalist’s discovery at the age of 27 that the man who brought her up and loved her dearly was not her biological father. Her mother was impregnated with anonymous donor sperm. The intensely…
The Cleaning Company (also known as 'Clean')is a fly-on-the-wall insight into the world of trauma cleaning through the journey of charming transgender business owner Sandra Pankhurst and the lives of a motley crew of workers at…
School is a challenge for many teenagers, but for some, the stakes are even higher. Kids Raising Kids gives audiences exclusive insight inside a one-of-a kind high school for teen parents in Canberra. - but our characters’ lessons are not…
Australia’s most compelling documentary collection, Australia Uncovered, returns with a curated strand of four captivating stand-alone documentaries that explore incredible untold Australian stories and reveal new insights into some of the biggest issues facing Australian today.
A Jewish boy witnesses the murder of his family and survives the Holocaust by becoming Hitler's youngest soldier. He has had four false names, and is now on the cusp of discovering his true identity after 30 years of searching.
Follows patients, doctors and scientists in nail-biting real time to discover the power and challenges of `phage therapy', a strange and elusive 100-year-old treatment that promises to not only save patients' lives but give hope to the…
The Bells have been hauling their convoy of carnival rides and workers across Australia for six generations. Now, facing shutdowns and bushfires, and a dwindling economy, the family battle to keep their show, and their legacy alive.
Dr Paul Liknaitzky, head of Australia's first clinical psychedelic laboratory, investigates if psychedelic-assisted therapy can effectively treat General Anxiety Disorder in a two-year-long clinical trial.