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Ethiopian village Bekoji has produced more Olympic medallists than most countries. Jerry Rothwell’s sunny if slight doc tracks Bekoji’s latest hopefuls, teenage girls Alemi and Hawii, to learn why. Dispelling the usual clichés about Africa, Rothwell reveals instead an entrepreneurial community where “running is work” and villagers chip in two …

The Kids Are Alright gets a real-life spin in this documentary following a beach-bum sperm donor and his many, many children as they prepare to meet for the first time. If your tolerance for that weird American language of self-actualisation is at even average levels, chunks of this will drive …