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We are proud to have licensed Kinolibrary footage for use in many acclaimed documentaries, feature films, music videos and adverts. Here's a small selection of projects which have used archive footage from the Kinolibrary collections.

2024

The Outrun

An adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir about addiction and recovery starring Saoirse Ronan.
2024

Celebrating Black Cinema with Naomie Harris

Academy Award nominee Naomi Harris shares her special watchlist showcasing her favourite movies, characters and directors from Black cinema.
2024

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Explores the life of Christopher Reeve following a horse riding accident that left him paralysed and then subsequently becoming an activist for disability rights.
2024

ABBA: Against the Odds

The story of ABBA’s iconic Eurovision victory, produced by multi-award winning Rogan Productions.
2024

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper - Drag War

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, a CNN Original, returns with a colorful examination of how the art of drag performance has become a major target for the political right through the lens of local drag queens based in Florida.
2024

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown tells the story of an idealistic religious organization led by the infamous Jim Jones, who set out to establish a utopian community in Guyana. What began as a peaceful movement seeking social justice ultimately spiraled into a mass casualty that left 918 dead.
2024

Defiance: Fighting the Far Right

A powerful exploration of the activists who fought against the British far right in the 1970s and 1980s produced by Rogan Productions.
2023

Winning Time Season 2

A dramatisation of the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers basketball teams.
2023

The Enfield Poltergeist

The chilling true story of the world’s most famous poltergeist case through original audio recordings made inside the house as the events unfolded. Apple TV+
2023

The Playboy Bunny Murder

Marcel Theroux investigates the murder of Eve Stratford a Bunny Girl at London's Playboy nightclub - a Future Studios Production for ITV.
2023

Robbie Williams

After 25 years of his record-breaking solo career, Robbie looks back on his younger self and reflects on a lifetime spent in the spotlight.
2023

Boris Becker The Rise & Fall

A two part documentary series for ITVX which tells the sensational inside story of how Wimbledon champion Boris Becker ended up bankrupt in a British jail.
2023

Wham!

This Netflix Feature doc provides an energetic and fun portrait of 80s pop legends Wham featuring Kinolibrary location footage.
2023

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

Footage from our hip hop collections was used in director Hannah Beachler's celebration of women in hip hop.
2023

The Rolling Stones Chronicles

Kinolibrary were delighted to supply some fantastic 60s archive, including of the band itself, to ‘The Rolling Stones Chronicles’, a new series picking apart and bringing to life 6 of the Stones’ hit songs from their 1960s era.

2023

Pamela: A Love Story

Using archive footage, videos and diaries, Pamela: A Love Story tells the story of Pamela Anderson in her own words, in a confessional, moving and enlightening tribute to a pop culture icon.
2023

Funny Woman

This charming new drama series makes fantastic use of archive, dropping star Gemma Arterton into 1960s swinging London with our immersive street scenes.
2022

Little Simz - X

We provided footage for the video for Little Simz’s track ‘X’. A collage of black history featuring the New Cross Fire protests, the assassination of Martin Luther King and gospel choirs, the video makes beautiful use of our archive.
2022

The Souvenir Part II

Joanna Hogg’s enrapturing follow up to ‘The Souvenir’ uses Kinolibrary’s footage to conjure up 1980s Soho in all its grime and glamour, conjuring a nostalgic but bitter-sweet memory of her early days in the film industry.
2022

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

The story of how the LA Lakers became the most successful professional basketball team in history, this drama series features Kinolibrary footage throughout, adding colour and context to 1980s LA.
2021

It's a Sin

Russell T Davies new mini-series focuses on gay characters at throughout the AIDS epidemic. To great acclaim, the drama offers a joyful but devastating picture of the era, using Kinolibrary’s footage to set the scene.
2021

Attica

A harrowing reflection on the 1971 Attica prison uprising, Attica captures the current moment by examining the past, highlighting the abuses of power of racist systems.
2021

Judas and the Black Messiah

Featuring an electrifying and Oscar-winning performance from Daniel Kaluuya, this film tells the story of black panther Fred Hampton, and his betrayal by William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield). We were honoured to contribute footage to this important and thrilling drama.

2021

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

Telling the definitive story of the Bush administration’s handling of the events of September 11th 2001, this documentary exposes the political and personal dynamics behind a momentous moment in world history. We were proud to contribute a wealth of startling footage from the event itself.

2021

The Chemical Brothers - The Darkness That You Fear

We loved providing footage for this arresting video for The Chemical Brothers, which uses our vast rave archive to weave together striking visuals to match the soundscape.

2020

Small Axe

Steve McQueen’s momentous drama series examines racism in Britain, the final episode 'Education' features footage from our collections.