4 best freediving documentaries about the world’s most beautiful risk-taking

RTD’s freediving documentaries uncover the magic that compels freedivers to risk their lives without equipment underwater. An RTD crew follow one of Russia’s top freedivers, Andrey Matveenko, as he attempts to set a record under the ice of the White Sea, and tell the bittersweet story of freediving legend Natalia Molchanova. RTD free diving documentaries also take you to Egypt, to meet the next generation of freedivers, born... in a birthing pool.

Freediver Andrey Matvenko surrounded by support team emerges from the ice-covered White Sea, Russia. Still taken from RTD documentary Freeze Divers.

Russia’s Andrey Matvenko attempts to break the world’s freediving under ice record.

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13 August 2021 17:00

Health

Afghan Kidney Sales. Selling vital organs to survive
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05 February 2018 00:00

Lifestyle

Art at the Stake. Afghan artists risk lives to return style, music, and culture to their country
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07 September 2015 00:00

Traditions

The Invisible Women. Shunned from their families, widows in India driven to the streets to die
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663

21 December 2020 20:00

Human Rights

Lady Cops of Afghanistan. Afghan policewomen risk being terrorised, rejected by family, killed but still struggle for an independent career
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16 March 2020 02:26

Professions

Grave Games. Hungarian gravediggers’ ‘best grave’ contest defies death taboo
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13 March 2019 00:21

Society

Dying Alone . Kodokushi, Japan's epidemic of isolation through the eyes of a 'lonely death' cleaner
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3986

30 March 2016 00:00

Professions

Angels Of Death. They bear the worst news a family can hear
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01 April 2022 12:00

Crime and Terrorism

Honduran Femicide. Honduras, the deadliest place to be a woman
27:16

337

21 September 2022 12:00

Environment

The Seal Empire under Threat. Northern sea lions choke on plastic garbage
26:08

2488

28 October 2015 00:00

Personalities

The Afghan Lady Cab. What it takes to be the only female taxi driver in Afghanistan
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23 September 2016 00:00

Traditions

She is My Son. Afghanistan’s Bacha Posh, when girls become boys
24:28

619

16 June 2021 17:00

Human Rights

The Afghan Woman King. How a devout Muslim woman found a way to express herself
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1024

31 January 2022 12:00

Human Rights

Don't Sell Me, Mama! Selling children to buy food
27:30

345

02 February 2022 12:00

Crime and Terrorism

Afghan Déjà Vu. Afghan creative class under the Taliban
27:33

10500

08 February 2019 00:30

Crime and Terrorism

Where Childhood Died. Former Syrian child soldiers and their emotional scars
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26 May 2021 17:00

Crime and Terrorism

Syria. The Story of One Tragedy . Leith - a boy whose entire family was killed before his eyes
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01 September 2014 00:00

Crime and Terrorism

Letters to a terrorist. Ten years after the Beslan school siege, some of the victims' families write to one of the terrorists
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808

22 October 2012 00:00

Crime and Terrorism

Surviving Terrorism: 10 Years On. Moscow theatre terrorist attack survivors share why they choose life
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10 June 2022 12:00

Politics

CSTO Allies: 30 years protecting collective security. Post-Soviet alliance fighting terrorism and protecting common interests
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11 October 2022 12:00

Politics

Nuclear Blackmail. The shelling of the Zaporozhye power plant puts international safety at risk

4 best freediving documentaries about the world’s most beautiful risk-taking

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