Matthew Kay

Directing

Matthew Kay

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7 titles

Matt Kay is a British documentary filmmaker. He co-founded Walks Of Life Films in 2012 concentrating on producing socially conscious documentaries. In the past six years he's directed and shot a variety of projects for online and broadcast, whether it be in Egypt during the Arab Spring or a Brazilian favela during the World Cup. His first film, Over The Wall, was distributed by Espresso TV and broadcast in the Middle East as well as being acquired by VOD platforms. He has since been awarded grant funding from the BFI, European Cultural Foundation, Film London and Tribeca Film Institute. Little Miss Sumo was his first festival documentary and premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2018. He is …

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Behind the camera

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work poster
NR

A Civil Rights icon shares his remarkable path from pastor to MLK's ally, congressman, UN Ambassador, and Atlanta mayor, revealing the gritty realities of fighting for social change across decades of American history.

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

2025

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work poster
NR

A Civil Rights icon shares his remarkable path from pastor to MLK's ally, congressman, UN Ambassador, and Atlanta mayor, revealing the gritty realities of fighting for social change across decades of American history.

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

2025

TLC Forever poster
7.5

The revolutionary top-selling American female group of all time, who broke boundaries, influenced an entire generation and survived against all odds, T-Boz and Chilli tell their story for the first time in this feature documentary.

TLC Forever

2023

Little Miss Sumo poster
6.2

In an ancient sport traditionally reserved for men, 20-year-old female sumo prodigy Hiyori attempts to revolutionize Japan’s national pastime.

Little Miss Sumo

2018

Little Miss Sumo poster
6.2

In an ancient sport traditionally reserved for men, 20-year-old female sumo prodigy Hiyori attempts to revolutionize Japan’s national pastime.

Little Miss Sumo

2018

Little Miss Sumo poster
6.2

In an ancient sport traditionally reserved for men, 20-year-old female sumo prodigy Hiyori attempts to revolutionize Japan’s national pastime.

Little Miss Sumo

2018

Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie poster
NR

The special follows award-winning actor Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and angling and still practices the sport to date, a passion he now shares with his four sons. Throughout the documentary, Mackie is on a personal mission to keep the peace between coastal communities and sharks. Diving fin-first, he comes face-to-face with the ocean’s apex predators, swimming with several enormous sandbar and silky sharks and tagging a formidable 7-foot bull shark.

Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie

2024