fo ma rd going to have to come forward with really solid and progressive proposals. it can'tjust talk really solid and progressive proposals. it can't just talk about the cost of care and obviously we at age uk want more money in the care system, but care homes are being left to deal with people with lots of medical problems without the proper back—up from the nhs and all sorts of problems to do with quality will have to be addressed at the same time. i think that is all to the good and at the reason i think it will be different this time is because seeing all these horrible stories play out on your channel and other channels has made a public awareness about how important care is and how much it needs to change, so is and how much it needs to change, soi is and how much it needs to change, so i think that is going to put government under pressure and all politicians on all sides to come together and agree a sensible solution. caroline of age uk, thank you very much. a look at the weather now. it is going to stay windy through the afternoon and with gusts around

30-40 the afternoon and with gusts around 30—a0 mph we have rain and showers in the forecast so there will be dark shower clouds looming on the horizon. low pressure in charge day, the centre of the low is right here and moving southwards, the main band of rain moving south across england, wales and northern ireland followed by those shower clouds. those showers could be heavy with some thunder sweeping across the midlands into east anglia for a time overnight, with rain returning to eastern scotland, sinking southwards during the second part of the night backin during the second part of the night back in across eastern england, so turning wet from northumberland down to about lincolnshire. overnight lows around eight celsius give or take. tomorrow we have got more rain in the forecast, starting off across these eastern areas of england pushing southwards through the day, the rain is likely to turn more showery in nature come across the north west, for northern ireland, scotland, north—west england and wales the weather becomes largely dry and a bit brighter as well.

you're watching bbc news with me shown low. the headlines. thousands of protestors are assembled in london and in other cities in the uk to protest against racism. this is the scene right now in south london. so many people turned up that police had to close the roads. 15,000 people are reported to have gathered at piccadilly gardens in manchester. across the country people have ignored government warnings to stay away because of coronavirus.

we are in a health pandemic across the united kingdom and coronavirus isa the united kingdom and coronavirus is a deadly virus, and of course, i would say to those that want to protest, please don't. in the uk, 20a more people have died in the past 2a hours from coronavirus, taking the total to 40,165. nhs trusts in england say they were not consulted — or given any notice — of a government announcement friday that all hospital staff will have to wear surgical masks from a week on monday. thousands demonstrated in sydney saturday against racism. some treated themselves after having pepper sprayed on them by police. now in bbc news, they are still making them even if they are not showing them, it is talking movies.

hello from new york, i'm tom brook sitting on a park bench in central park not far from my home. welcome to our talking movies documentary special. the other day i was here in central park riding my bike, as i often do, when i began to hear the sounds of protest. on central park westjust across the way from where i'm sitting over there were a group of maybe 200 or 300 demonstrators. i then went to the east side of the park to 5th ave and there was another large contingent of protesters. heading north to the end of the park i found there were police vehicles with their lights flashing and police officers prepared for some kind of action. it was just one manifestation of the civil unrest that engulfed this country in the wake of the may 25th killing of an african—american man george floyd in minneapolis who was being restrained by a white police officer.

today in talking movies we're going to focus on those documentaries which have attempted to look at the issue of police violence when it's targeted against unarmed black individuals. one of the most egregious instances of police brutality to be documented on video has to be the 1991 beating by los angeles police officers of rodney king. footage of the event provoked an outcry. several documentaries have covered the incident of the riots the following year when three of the officers involved in the beating were acquitted. one of america's leading film—makers to focus on civil rights struggles stanley nelson is developing a documentary series on the relationship between the police and african—americans. i went to visit him. he told me that after the fact documentary films can provide background on how black people like george floyd come to die. i think documentary films' main role is to kind of look back and give context to what's happening.

in many ways, the police in this country are an outgrowth of slave catchers, you know, and the relationship between african americans and the police force has never been a good one. it's always been, you know, an occupying army in our communities and that's where we are largely today. anybody growing up here, you tangibly know when you are crossing county lines you have to drive a little differently. documentaries focusing on acts of police brutality against black people have utilised different techniques. many are of the talking head variety. but the 2017 film whose streets relied on user—generated content to look at the ferguson, missouri misery uprising that erupted in the wake of the 2014 police killing of michael brown. it's been 52 days and i've spent more time injail than darren wilson.

the film whose streets uses citizen generated footage to capture the ferguson protests. there was so much that was documented by people on the scene, even if they weren't professional documentarians. the film does a really good job of providing context to the footage they were able to capture. it's the hype. the newest, latest. let me tell you the story of right hand, left hand. sometimes, narrative films can do an effective job to bring home the horror of police violence. spike lee's 1989 comedy drama do the right thing depicted the character radio raheem killed in a chokehold by a new york police officer. many times over my film career, when i go to film festivals or whatnot, and i get interviewed by journalists, one of the first questions is always about whatever racial incidentjust happened in the united states of america. and the united states of america, racism, they do it better than anybody else. but it's not just. .. racism is all over the world.

and so this is a global pandemic before corona. the 2017 documentary the blood is at the doorstep looked into the case of dontre hamilton killed by a milwaukee police officer. it was made by a white film—maker, raising the question, who is best equipped to tell stories dealing with lethal police violence targeting african—americans? should it be white people or black people, or does it not matter? i think it's always much more valid to have storytellers come from the community that the story's being told by. i think that if i'm telling a story of the black community, i have the ability to dive deep into that story. it's hard for a white film—maker to go deep. this is the culture i come from. i know that culture very well. that only exists for white film—makers. you don't find black film—makers making films about white folks. itjust doesn't happen.

but white people tend to think that they are kind of a blank slate and they can make a film about whatever they want, and you know, that's ok, and they don't think about the fact that's a form of cultural racism. there is a sense that hollywood and the film industry in general tends to support white storytellers, even subconsciously. and there is a real desire to see more black storytellers step up and lead the charge to wrestle with what's going on here. so, to a large degree, what's going to be fascinating in the next few months and over the next year is to see and what perspective are they taking and how are they representing that perspective. because so much of what we see in the news is very insular. the george floyd case certainly shows the potency of the captured image. the video of him being restrained by the police officer provoked massive civil unrest,

notjust in america, but also in distant foreign capitals continents away. but the image has limitations. even documentary film—makers have to acknowledge. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. institutional racism in the us is so entrenched, that the savage beating by police officers of rodney king in 1991 captured so powerfully, failed initially to bring convictions. and astonishing as it may seem, convictions may not come automatically for those eventually found culpable for george floyd's death, despite an image that strongly suggests to many of those who have been protesting that a murder charge was totally warranted. now let's continue with our special programme focusing on documentaries. you might imagine that with millions of people confined to their homes during the pandemic that fantasy would be the preferred form of entertainment. well, that hasn't exactly been the case because documentaries peddling real—life

stories have been very, very popular. my colleague emma jones reports. it's not every day that a zookeeper went to prison for murder for hire. in a pandemic, facts are king. in this case, tiger king. during a near global lockdown, the documentary series about former zoo operatorjoe exotic, the only kind of exotic most audiences can get near, was watched more than 60 million times. we can't afford to wait for the world to be equal to start feeling seen. meanwhile, becoming, netflix's document a film about michelle obama's book tour, outperformed all expectations making it into the top ten most watched films on the streaming platform. was it a huge fan base or a thirst for inspiration in lockdown? we never imagined that when we released this film that the world would be

on a shelter in place order. but i do think this has been a time of reflection for a lot of us, of having an opportunity to relate to stories in a way that may have changed a bit. do you think it's a little dangerous hanging our guns in a bank? there has always been one voluble exception for the comparatively puny profits documentaries make in cinemas compared to features. some of michael moore's films have made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. moore has also gone online. a new film he produced planet of the humans was released on youtube and watched 8 million times before it was withdrawn for copyright reasons. some climate scientists have disagreed with the ideas in the film. documentaries can be powerful objects. a film can be called the truth by one viewer, propaganda by another. since the sheffield documentary festival

is taking place this month and a lot of the content will be available online, what responsibility do you think curators have towards their audiences in terms of what they get to watch? it is not our role to establish truth, not at all, but it is our role to say, well, here are some facts about this, here isa personal position about this, here is some knowledge about that. and to actually be able to build a programme, a panorama in the discourse that can give people honestly the difference between what is knowledge, what is an opinion about our reality. take one. a direct relationship between director and audience may not be a bad thing. in a galaxy far, far away from political documentaries, british director debs paterson made the skywalker legacy, a doc about the making of the latest star wars episode, the rise of skywalker. it was due to premiere in cinemas the week much of the world locked down and was released on disney+ instead with twitter as an audience gauge. that was kind of special, actually, in the sort of weird lockdown of it all,

to have this experience and feeling we were connecting and thankfully enjoying it. the creation of content doesn't happen in the way that it used to and that feels incredibly exciting. you know, you can discover stuff because other people are excited about it. considering the oscar for best documentary feature this year went to american factory, netflix, which competed against the edge of democracy, netflix, the new think film—makers should just flock to deep—pocketed streaming services. hello. thanks forjoining me from macedonia. thank you. but there is also honeyland, a macedonian story about a beekeeper which cost 200,000 euros to make and travelled its way from festivals to the 2020 oscars, some would say the old—fashioned route. we had a screening in salt lake city. every single person from the cinema came to congratulate us and to try the honey. we had just a smalljar and they were waiting in line to try the honey, the whole cinema. 500 people.

the watching of a film is just not the same when you are lying at home and pushing buttons and when you actually make it an experience and share it with other people. it can never be the same. el cap is the most impressive wall on earth. impressive wall on earth. some documentaries are inherently cinematic. oscar winner free solo, for example, which detailed a climber without ropes conquering a yosemite peak. how much documentaries continue to enjoy cinema releases will depend upon public appetite to go back post pandemic, and that's a climb that's just beginning. right now documentary film—makers around the world are struggling in the midst of the pandemic to get their films made. in india, tariq vasudeva, a film maker himself, has been hearing from an independent director

in new delhi about his documentary in the making and the challenges that he's faced in getting it completed during the coronavirus outbreak. documentaries in india have long been identified by many as staid and boring cinema. only a few stalwarts have led the way by making films that tackle social, political and human rights issues. many of which have challenged the political establishment. inspired by the guerrilla style of taking a camera to the streets, tushar prakash decided to crowdfund his independent documentary film to pakistan with love. it's about a muslim man from north india who was jailed for 11 and a half years because he fell in love with a girl from pakistan. before he got jailed, he basically promised her that he would come back, they will get married. but she could never tell that for 11 and half years he was injail. the film is basically his love letter to her. you explore an issue that grew out of the political dispute between india and pakistan. do you think films such as yours can

help bridge the gap between the two countries? there isjust such a lack of information flow between the two countries. it is so bizarre because we speak the same language, it is essentially the same culture. perhaps films can show a sense of cultural unification, that can make us realise how similar they are, you can make them realise how similar we are to them. and that can, perhaps, lead to something positive. prakash's first film, the karma killings, which he co—directed, was one of the first indian documentaries to be acquired by netflix in 2017. but now pra kash and other independent documentary film—makers like him are concerned about their ability to shoot in real locations during the pandemic. travel restrictions have also made it much more difficult to complete films and start new projects, especially when there is little official information available about coronavirus infection rates. i have to go to pakistan

to do the final scene of the movie. i have no idea when i can go to pakistan because no information is coming out of pakistan. so i really don't know when i can film the final act of my film. the pandemic has caused a multitude of problems for documentary film—makers in india. getting money to support their projects has become a major challenge. the national funding has now stopped all documentart films in the country and, therefore, where do they get the funding from? and what is really scary is that with the current situation the way it is, the risk factor that is being faced by all of us and the pandemic we are in, we really don't know how funders are going to be funding documentaries internationally. tough times call for creative solutions and many documentary film—makers all over the world have begun looking at new ways of shooting their films.

a community driven approach seems to be the way forward. i think it should be collaborative in the process. you know, you need to look at remote film—making. so if you are supposed to be doing a film in calcutta and you are based in bombay, you need to find another film—maker there who is based in calcutta that you can collaborate with that can be able to shoot that particular process, or that key event for you to put in your film. prakash may not be able to complete his film at the moment, but he says it is the role of the artist to propel the world during a crisis. he believes that films will always have the ability to create everlasting change in our hearts and minds. and now to a new york—based documentary called through the night which is an intimate portrait of the owner of a 24—hour day care centre and two of the mothers who are her clients, women who are essential workers. the kind of people who have toiled

during the pandemic. during the height of the coronavirus pandemic new york is joined in a ritual started in europe and now practised by countries around the world. every evening they clapped for essential workers like medical personnel and those in the service industry who kept working while everyone else stayed home. come on, mama, time to get up. as the child of a home health aide who worked the overnight shift, film—maker loira limbal understands the sacrifices caregivers make to do theirjobs. in her film, through the night, she wanted to tell their stories ina way that fully showed their humanity. i wanted to create a portrait of this universe that i know very intimately, this universe of mothers holding each other down. this is how we survive, we have been doing this under really harsh conditions in this country because, you know, this country is what it is and it does what it does to us. and so i wanted to

shine a light on the structural problems that exist in this country and how there is not a safety net. even though the story is based in the us, one of the world's richest countries, it is documenting a reality shared by millions of women across the globe. working full—time, sometimes with multiple jobs, and still struggling to make ends meet. if i am not working one job, i am working anotherjob. marisol, one of two mothers featured in the documentary, like women in many countries, works three jobs, while this other woman is a paediatric nurse, who works overnight. my children, ever since they were at the age of two years old, they had to share me with other children. nunu is the owner of a 24—hour day care centre in new york, who has dedicated her life to raising children. without nunu, neither of these women would have anyone to care for their children and they wouldn't be able to work at the jobs that society depends on them to do. for nunu, the caregiving

work never ends. during the day, she cleans, hugs, feeds and comforts the children and at night she puts them to bed, while she and her husband take turns sleeping. it is rewarding, but exhausting work. the tendency is to see a woman like that and think, she is an angel! oh, my god, she is a hero! we need to celebrate her! and we do need to celebrate her and we do need to celebrate all of the women who do this work, but at the same time it's like, don't get comfortable in celebrating nunu and leaving it there because this is taking a toll on her and it is unfair that we are asking individual people to carry the weight that a society should carry. do we love each other? yeah. ididn't hearyou! yeah! do we love each other? through the night is a love letter to black and latinx women. in loira's words, the girls in the hoop earrings and the women on the stoop. it comes out of her lived experience

growing up working class and now raising two children on her own, but the film wouldn't be possible without support and a lot of black and latinx film—makers don't have it. fortunately limbal, as vice president of harlem—based firelight media, develops programmes to help emerging filmmakers of colour. one of those people is ashley o'shay, a documentarian working on herfirst film, unapologetic. the grant that we received as part of the fellowship, it was like the biggest grant that we received for unapologetic, it really shaped and helped and pushed this narrative along in a way that... you know, without organisations like firelight, i don't know if i would have been able to complete this film. just finally feeling like i was in a space where i belonged and feeling like i didn't have to pare down my voice... i didn't know you had kids! you know i have a house full of kids! limbal is keenly aware of the inequalities in film—making industry and in society at large.

when it comes to caregivers, she hopes herfilm opens people's eyes to those inequities and pushes them to do something about it. i think that the film is a bit of a wake—up call to see realities that many people that are not impacted by it are simply not aware of, and i hope that they become outraged and i hope that they use their privilege in whatever ways they can to be good allies. i don't want to stop doing what i'm doing because i feel like if i lay down i'm so tired i might not get back up. and now, onto an historic event, the bbc‘s first online film festival, called long shots. it is highlighting documentaries made by new and emerging directors from around the world. it has been put together by its curator, anna bresslin, my colleague here in new york. i spoke to her by way of skype.

long shot is the bbc‘s first online film festival. it showcases emerging filmmakers from around the world. we are trying to show hidden gems, films that you wouldn't otherwise watch. what they all have in common, these films, is that they are powerfully human, they are often very personal stories. they all deal with one big question that is what it means to be human today. we decided to give the audience the vote. everybody can go on our website, bbc.com/longshot. you can watch the seven films until 22nd june and you can vote for your favourite. we will give an award, an audience award to the film that receives most votes from the audience. well, that brings this special documentary edition of talking movies to a close.

we hope you have enjoyed the show. please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talking movies and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so, for me, tom brook and the rest of the talking movies production team here in new york and london, it is goodbye, as we leave you with a clip from honeyland, one of the documentaries mentioned by emma jones in her report. bees buzz hello, there. our weather is going to stay unsettled through the rest of today. that means we will see a continuation of the windy conditions with rain, followed by showers. some of those shower clouds will be moving through the cleethorpes area. so, low pressure is in charge.

the centre of the low is right there in the north sea, slowly drifting south—eastwards with extensive cloud across the country. there will only be glimmers of bright or sunny spells between these downpours and you can see the main band of rain clears southwards and we are seeing some of the heavy showers again across the north of england into the likes of lincolnshire, the east midlands and east anglia as well. so, hefty downpours for these areas to take us through. some rain at times for northern ireland and scotland as well. through the rest of the night, we will see more rain moving in from the north sea, affecting the eastern side of scotland and again turning wet for a time across into eastern areas of england, all the way from northumberland down to lincolnshire. of course, the rain continues to be welcome rain given how dry the weather has been over recent weeks. on into sunday's forecast — low pressure is still there, but it is weakening and it is tending to swing out into the north sea over towards the near continent, so, although we start off with outbreaks of rain across eastern england, in particular. the rain will tend to ease as the day goes by, probably turning

more showery in nature as it drifts down towards the south—east and at the same time the weather will tend to brighten up across many north—western areas. so, of the two days of the weekend, sunday, there will be more dry weather around and a little bit more sunshine coming through. most of the high temperatures around glasgow, 18 degrees, but many of us will see cooler weather than that. monday, a ridge of high pressure with us. tuesday, we start to see the next weather system spill in off the atlantic, so there will be further changes with our weather. monday probably one of the drier days of the week ahead. most areas will see spells of sunshine slowly developing, maybe an odd isolated shower towards the south—west. temperatures coming up a little bit for many of us around 16 or 17 celsius in the warmest spots. as we head into tuesday, we are going to see another weather front approach the north—west of the country, bringing outbreaks of rain ultimately back into scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, still quite a bit of cloud but some bright and sunny spells and again the day's highest temperatures around about 17 to perhaps 19 in the warmest areas, and then it turns increasingly unsettled later in the week ahead.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of protestors have been marching in london and other uk cities to protest against racism. this is the scene right now in central london — where people are walking in the direction of the us embassy. everything that is going on in terms of what is going on in the world, not just of what is going on in the world, notjust in america but globally, it is our duty to actually do something. it is but a grandfathers fight, our fathers fight and we don't not wanted to be our children's fight. around 15—thousand demonstrated in manchester.