Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary: 204 Films to Rent on VHS
- Diplomat, The (2000)
- Dir. Tom Zubrycki
- Panorama of East Timor’s struggle to regain independence from Indonesia following the 1975 invasion, expressed through the 24 year exile of former…
- Gendernauts (2000)
- Dir. Monika Treut
- Prolific lesbian director Monika Treut takes a tour of San Francisco’s transgender community.
Aided by the likes of queer luminaries Annie…
- Oracle of Omaha (2000)
- Dir. Lisa D Gildehaus
- The second–richest man in America, investor Warren Buffett, is the subject of this study, whose investment success and ethics have made him a…
- Scooterz (2000)
- Dir. Todd Grossman
Feat. John Wilkening, Ali Kermani
- Pro–riders like John Wilkening, Ali Kermani, and Kevin Keehl demonstrate the most cutting–edge tricks (or ways to put yourself in…
- Universal Horror (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow
- Reeling back to the horror films produced by Universal Studios in the 1930s, this Kevin Brownlow documentary is a lovingly–made reminder of the…
- Whirling Man, The (2000)
- Dir. Gretchin Mornin, James Hollings
Feat. Arnold Brooker
- Brief compelling whirl through the world of Arnold Brooker, an eccentric fixture on the streets of Wellington who campaigns for the rights of the…
- 20 Dates (1999)
- Dir. Myles Berkowitz
- Queasily, both a documentary and 'mockumentary'; the director set out to make a movie and find himself a girlfriend at the same time, organising 20…
- American Pimp (1999)
- Dir. Hughes Brothers
- Provocative documentary on that classic black socio–cultural archetype – The Pimp. Although the makers tend to be out–manipulated by…
- Art of Piano, The (1999)
- Dir. Donald Sturrock
- Survey of 20th century classical pianists that starts with Hofman and ends with Arrau, taking in such diverse talents of the keyboard as Rachmaninov,…
- Cinema Verite - Defining the Moment (1999)
- Dir. Peter Wintonick
- Unique "documentary of documentaries" from the dir. of MANUFACTURING CONSENT that chronicles "Cinema Verite", a film–making movement bound by a…