Subgenre Sampler
History: 410 Films to Buy & Rent
Time Team (TV Series) (1994)
- Feat. Tony Robinson
- Stimulating television series featuring a group of enthusiastic archaeologists unearthing the secrets of British history from overlooked areas of…
From the East (1993)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Natalia Chakhovskaia
- Travelogue documentary shot on 16mm which describes the lives of people in Poland, Russia and East Germany before the collapse of the Soviet…
Last Bolshevik, The (1993)
- Dir. Chris Marker
- Chris Marker's video essay celebrates the life and work of little known film pioneer Aleksandr Medvedkin to reflect on the legacy of Soviet…
Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)
- Dir. John Akomfrah
- A tribute to the revolutionary activist compiles interviews with people that knew him and those that know much about him as well as authentic footage…
Tangiwai and Wahine Disasters (1993-2002)
- Dir. David Sims, John Carlaw
- Released for the first time together on DVD, two in–depth documentaries detailing two of New Zealand's worst transport disasters of the last…
Carry On Columbus (1992)
- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Julian Clary, Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle
- Julian Clary, Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle, among others, contribute double entendres aplenty to this tribute to that '60s comic institution, the…
Gully-ites, The (1992)
- Dir. John Anderson
- A slice of character–filled life filmed in our own backyard, this is a heartwarming insight into a community with a unique history, capturing…
JFK: Assassination Tapes (1992)
- Dir. John Barbour
- Largely a basis for Oliver Stone's opus, Jim Garrison himself speaks frankly about his investigation into the alleged cover–up surrounding the…
Architecture of Doom (1991)
- Dir. Peter Cohen
- Uniquely, this study of the Nazi era concentrates on the vast creations of Adolf Hitler’s Masterplan – choreographed rallies, architecture,…
Making Sense of the Sixties (1991)
- Fulsome documentary overview of the turbulent sixties, specifically in context with America, where John F. Kennedy, civil rights, the Vietnam War,…