Film Archives - Bangladesh Circle

Documentary Films on Bangladesh – Part 9

August 24, 2024October 2, 2016

Non-fiction, special interest, or documentary films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi filmmakers covered issues like microfinance, climate change, poverty, population, prostitution, child labor, ready-made garments, women, intermarriage, shipbreaking, travel, etc. Still, hundreds of real stories on various subjects are waiting to be told. Some independent Bangladeshi filmmakers started making documentary films very slowly, although the numbers … Read more…

Documentary Films on Bangladesh – Part 8

August 23, 2017June 27, 2016

Since its birth, Bangladesh has produced more than 2100 films until 2015 but film genre wise they are exceptionally limited. Most of the movies in Bangladesh are some variations of drama. Therefore, other categories of filmmaking are almost absence or neglected. The documentary is one such genre. It is not appreciated, not popular, not promoted, … Read more…

Documentary Films on Bangladesh – Part 7

June 17, 2015

Fictional film industry in Bangladesh is dominant, dramatic, distorted and surreal but still profitable. Therefore, non-fiction films or documentaries are neglected. Also the genre is not popular. Documentaries made by Bangladeshi filmmakers are rare, however, some new generation of independent filmmakers are trying to change the scenario. We will cover that story in another post. … Read more…

Documentary Films on Bangladesh – Part 6

August 25, 2024March 28, 2015

Forty-five documentary films on Bangladesh were previously listed in five parts – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, and Part 5. Here are a few more. They are in random order. Bangladesh was part of a documentary or an episode in a document series.

Documentary Films on Bangladesh – Part 4

October 16, 2016August 4, 2014

Documentary Films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi Film Makers A list of documentary films on Bangladesh previously published here in three parts. They can be found here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. This is the fourth installment. The list focuses on Non-Bangladeshi or Non-resident Bangladeshi film makers. The principal focus is to compile a … Read more…

The Bangladesh Story

September 26, 2015February 11, 2014

The Bangladesh Story is an interview based documentary directed by Faris Kermani which tells the story of how Bangladesh was created. It was broadcasted on Channel 4 of UK in January, 1989. The doc is divided in 3 episodes. The total runtime is just over an hour. Here is the short description of the documentary … Read more…