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DW Documentaries

Season 2023

Exciting stories on a wide variety of topics from around the globe: DW brings viewers background reports from the worlds of politics, business, science, culture, nature, history, lifestyle and sport.
Where to Watch Season 2023
50 Episodes
  • Toppling Soviet statues - How should history be remembered?
    E1
    Toppling Soviet statues - How should history be remembered?Episode 1
  • Bangladesh: Between monsoon and dry season
    E2
    Bangladesh: Between monsoon and dry seasonEpisode 2
  • The Beautiful Nefertiti - Who Owns Her?
    E3
    The Beautiful Nefertiti - Who Owns Her?Episode 3
  • The climate crisis: Can smart ideas save the planet?
    E4
    The climate crisis: Can smart ideas save the planet?Episode 4
  • From Nigeria to Morocco - In search of a better life in Europe
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    From Nigeria to Morocco - In search of a better life in EuropeEpisode 5
  • India’s prostitution villages
    E6
    India’s prostitution villagesEpisode 6
  • Recycling e-waste - Good for business and the environment
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    Recycling e-waste - Good for business and the environmentEpisode 7
  • How private companies are aiming for the stars
    E8
    How private companies are aiming for the starsEpisode 8
  • Death and grief - The stories of a companion for the dying
    E9
    Death and grief - The stories of a companion for the dyingEpisode 9
  • Rohingya women fight to be heard
    E10
    Rohingya women fight to be heardEpisode 10
  • Mozambique’s gas wealth - Insurgents shut down huge energy project
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    Mozambique’s gas wealth - Insurgents shut down huge energy projectEpisode 11
  • The world’s most dangerous arms dealer
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    The world’s most dangerous arms dealerEpisode 12
  • Junk food, sugar and additives - The dark side of the food industry
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    Junk food, sugar and additives - The dark side of the food industryEpisode 13
  • The Wagner Group in Libya - Who’s pulling the strings?
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    The Wagner Group in Libya - Who’s pulling the strings?Episode 14
  • Wildfires - How can forests be saved in the climate crisis?
    E15
    Wildfires - How can forests be saved in the climate crisis?Episode 15
  • How EU sanctions against Russia are failing
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    How EU sanctions against Russia are failingEpisode 16
  • Rich and poor - Inequality in Namibia
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    Rich and poor - Inequality in NamibiaEpisode 17
  • Climate change and water scarcity in Benin
    E18
    Climate change and water scarcity in BeninEpisode 18
  • Catalan independence
    E19
    Catalan independenceEpisode 19
  • Pakistan’s female comedians challenge the male-dominated world of comedy
    E20
    Pakistan’s female comedians challenge the male-dominated world of comedyEpisode 20
  • Climate change - Averting catastrophe
    E21
    Climate change - Averting catastropheEpisode 21
  • Peru's fight for its isolated communities
    E22
    Peru's fight for its isolated communitiesEpisode 22
  • Agender: Not a man, not a woman
    E23
    Agender: Not a man, not a womanEpisode 23
  • Joseph Alexander: A Holocaust survivor's story of resilience
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    Joseph Alexander: A Holocaust survivor's story of resilienceEpisode 24
  • Returning colonial looted art to its countries of origin
    E25
    Returning colonial looted art to its countries of originEpisode 25
  • Poverty in Britain - Why are millions of Brits so broke?
    E26
    Poverty in Britain - Why are millions of Brits so broke?Episode 26
  • The volcano eruption on La Palma
    E27
    The volcano eruption on La PalmaEpisode 27
  • Money isn’t everything - A new definition of wealth
    E28
    Money isn’t everything - A new definition of wealthEpisode 28
  • A growing concern: Teenage pregnancy in Brazil
    E29
    A growing concern: Teenage pregnancy in BrazilEpisode 29
  • Israel at 75 - A nation in domestic crisis
    E30
    Israel at 75 - A nation in domestic crisisEpisode 30
  • How Heidelberg University became entangled in China's quantum strategy
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    How Heidelberg University became entangled in China's quantum strategyEpisode 31
  • Nasrin Sotoudeh - Protecting human rights in Iran
    E32
    Nasrin Sotoudeh - Protecting human rights in IranEpisode 32
  • Latvia’s forbidden songs
    E33
    Latvia’s forbidden songsEpisode 33
  • Water shortage in Germany - New ideas for long-term security
    E34
    Water shortage in Germany - New ideas for long-term securityEpisode 34
  • Investigating trash mismanagement: Are EU funds wasted in Romania?
    E35
    Investigating trash mismanagement: Are EU funds wasted in Romania?Episode 35
  • Migrants in Niger
    E36
    Migrants in NigerEpisode 36
  • Myanmar - How the Chin are fighting the Junta
    E37
    Myanmar - How the Chin are fighting the JuntaEpisode 37
  • Will humans love AI robots?
    E38
    Will humans love AI robots?Episode 38
  • What do you know about Taiwan?
    E39
    What do you know about Taiwan?Episode 39
  • An expensive global climate experiment
    E40
    An expensive global climate experiment Episode 40
  • Ukraine: Wounded soldier returns to war
    E41
    Ukraine: Wounded soldier returns to warEpisode 41
  • Empowerment through football - The transformative impact of sport
    E42
    Empowerment through football - The transformative impact of sportEpisode 42
  • Mothers in the boardroom - Combining children and career
    E43
    Mothers in the boardroom - Combining children and careerEpisode 43
  • Moldova: In the shadow of Putin’s war
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    Moldova: In the shadow of Putin’s warEpisode 44
  • The race for artificial intelligence - Can Europe compete?
    E45
    The race for artificial intelligence - Can Europe compete?Episode 45
  • On the trail of a gigantic Nazi raid
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    On the trail of a gigantic Nazi raidEpisode 46
  • Scholars claim Alexander bronze in Greece restitution deal to be a fake
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    Scholars claim Alexander bronze in Greece restitution deal to be a fakeEpisode 47
  • Ukraine: Occupied and recaptured
    E48
    Ukraine: Occupied and recapturedEpisode 48
  • Mediterranean mission - Civil sea rescue of refugees
    E49
    Mediterranean mission - Civil sea rescue of refugeesEpisode 49
  • Bullying in Spain's schools
    E50
    Bullying in Spain's schoolsEpisode 50
 
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