Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 253 Films to Buy & Rent
John Pilger's No Middle Ground in the Middle East (Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq; Palenstine is Still the Issue; Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror) (2000-2003)
- Dir. John Pilger, Alan Lowery
Feat. John Pilger
- Three of journalist John Pilger’s most recent and cogent illustrations of the plight of the Middle East, with Iraq, foreign policy, Israel and…
North Korea (Three Documentaries on the Despotic Regime of Kim Jong-Il) (2000-2003)
- Topical and timely companion of three documentaries on the ostracised state of North Korea:
‘Nuclear Nightmare: Understanding North…
Rebels with a Cause (2000)
- Dir. Helen Garvy
- Straight–up look at the 'Students for a Democratic Society', the student group that began as pro–civil rights organization concerned with…
Awful Truth, The (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- Find out what's really going on in America with merciless media activist Michael Moore, fighting for the common man against the evil–doers of…
Campaign (1999)
- Dir. Tony Sutorius
- Close–up account of the cracking political contest for the marginal seat of Wellington Central during the 1996 general election, given a…
Faith Of The Century - A History Of Communism (1999)
- Using fascinating, never–before–seen footage from the national archives of many countries including Russia and France, this documentary…
Punitive Damage (1999)
- Dir. Annie Goldson
- Emotive documentary about the ordeal of an ordinary New Zealand mother, Helen Todd, who ultimately sued an Indonesian general for punitive damages…
Cold War (1998)
- Dir. Various
- With encyclopedia–like detail, this lengthy documentary series analyses every aspect of the Cold War, from the onset of frosty relations…
McLibel (1998)
- Dir. Franny Armstrong
- The true story of England's most protracted court case that witnessed the all–powerful McDonalds hamburger empire file a libel suit against two…
Big One, The (1997)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- Just as smart and witty though with less focus than his watershed doco ROGER AND ME, this intervening 'video diary' sets the format for his popular…