Sky Documentaries Thursday

A look at the growth of the environmental justice movement between 1982 and 2011 as local activists fought threats to their communities' health and survival

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

The life and work of screenwriter, producer and film-maker Barry Levinson, who directed The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Bugsy, and won an Oscar for Rain Man

A look back at the music of the decade and the shift to digital distribution, highlighting just how rapidly technology changed over those 10 years

As their fame grows exponentially and the explosion of Walk This Way alienates their fanbase, the group struggle to find a consistent voice within hip-hop

The label expands to Los Angeles and puts on the benefit concert Wattstax, but when their bank goes under, Stax prepares to shutter its doors

The career of the singer, musician and producer, charting his journey from his first hit Please, Please, Please in 1956 through his pioneering funk phase to later chart success

Featuring newly uncovered interviews spanning the 1980s to now, Richard Williams - the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena - retraces his family's journey

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

The life and work of screenwriter, producer and film-maker Barry Levinson, who directed The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Bugsy, and won an Oscar for Rain Man

A look back at the music of the decade and the shift to digital distribution, highlighting just how rapidly technology changed over those 10 years

As their fame grows exponentially and the explosion of Walk This Way alienates their fanbase, the group struggle to find a consistent voice within hip-hop

The police finally execute a warrant for Dena Thompson's arrest and as detectives begin to connect the dots, the true extent of her cruel game is revealed

The documentary charts the band's split which came to an end when Mikey proposed a reunion. The comeback proved a huge hit - but then tragedy struck

Rare performances, interviews and rarely seen footage come together to paint a picture of the history and origins of the Motown record label

The career of the singer, musician and producer, charting his journey from his first hit Please, Please, Please in 1956 through his pioneering funk phase to later chart success

Documentary about the actor, writer and producer, featuring some of his greatest comedic contributions

The life and work of screenwriter, producer and film-maker Barry Levinson, who directed The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Bugsy, and won an Oscar for Rain Man

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

Exploring the complexities of affirmative action policies and how a changing demographic landscape affected school desegregation