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Subgenre Sampler

 
Berlusconi's Mousetrap (2002)
Dir. Aaron Rip
Eye–witness, partisan account of the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, which led to serious clashes between police and protesters (leaving one dead…
In a Land of PlentyIn a Land of Plenty (2002) Recommended
Dir. Alister Barry
Described as ‘the story of unemployment in New Zealand,’ this serves as a strong companion piece for SOMEONE ELSE'S COUNTRY, dir. Barry’s…
Facing the Music (2001) Recommended
Dir. Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Art and commerce clash in corridors of academia at Sydney University, as budget cuts compromise the integrity and possible viability of the music…
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…
Dirty PicturesDirty Pictures (2000)
Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods, Craig T. Nelson
Based on the true–story of how the Chicago Arts Centre was prosecuted in 1990 for obscenity over an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's…
Harlan County WarHarlan County War (2000) Recommended
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgard, Ted Levine
Based on the famous (and deadly) Union–vs–Company showdown in a Kentucky coalmine in 1976, this TV docudrama is an Emmy–nominated…
Big Brass Ring, TheBig Brass Ring, The (1999)
Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob
Curiosity–piece that updates a dusty Orson Welles script from 1980. William Hurt plays a US presidential candidate, whose murky past is being…
Cradle Will RockCradle Will Rock (1999)
Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. John Cusack, Bill Murray, John Turturro
Caught between government paranoia and unionist principles in depression–era New York, a theatre troupe voice their dissent by attempting to…
Punitive DamagePunitive Damage (1999) Recommended
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…
Men with GunsMen with Guns (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Frederico Luppi
Criminally denied a theatrical release, this masterful study of Third World realities is arguably prolific indie dir. John Sayles most accomplished…
Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (1998)
Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly
A curious, intriguing drama in which congressional candidate Billy Crudup is haunted by a woman (Jennifer Connelly) from his past, who he thought had…
WindhorseWindhorse (1998)
Dir. Paul Wagner
Feat. Dadon, Jampa Kelsang, Richard Chang
Shot on digital video under the noses of Chinese authorities in Tibet, this fiercely moral drama follows the fortunes of a family in contemporary…
Mandela and De KlerkMandela and De Klerk (1997)
Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine
The political backdrop to Nelson Madela's release in 1991 from a South African prison is solidly dramatised in this telemovie. Stars Sidney Poitier…
Port Djema (1997)
Dir. Eric Heumann
Feat. Jean-Yves Dubois, Nathalie Boutefeu, Christophe Odent
A Paris surgeon gets into the thick of dangerous politics at an East African colonial port as he traces the footsteps of a murdered friend. Won Best…
Second Civil War, TheSecond Civil War, The (1997)
Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, James Coburn
Fairly realistic speculation of an American Civil War, occurring when present–day Idaho cedes from the Union, painted over with the lighter…
Infiltrator, TheInfiltrator, The (1995)
Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Oliver Platt, Arliss Howard, Alex Kingston
Israeli journalist Oliver Platt infiltrates the modern–day German neo–Nazi movement to his considerable peril. Made all the more gripping…
Moruroa - The Big SecretMoruroa - The Big Secret (1995)
Dir. Michel Daeron
A damning indictment of French nuclear testing program in the South Pacific. A French team investigate the impact of the tests on the neighbouring…
White Man's BurdenWhite Man's Burden (1995)
Dir. Desmond Nakano
Feat. John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch
In an alternative America, blacks are members of social elite, and whites inhabit the urban ghettos. John Travolta plays a humble white factory…
Beyond RangoonBeyond Rangoon (1994)
Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Patricia Arquette
The tragedies mount for a young doctor taking a recuperating holiday in late eighties Burma, on the eve of a violent crackdown by the ruling…
Guarding TessGuarding Tess (1994)
Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Shirley Maclaine
Federal bodyguard Nicolas Cage is unable to escape his duties to the former First Lady (Shirley Maclaine) unwitting that there are a few apron…
Bopha!Bopha! (1993)
Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
Burning Season, TheBurning Season, The (1993)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Raul Julia, Carmen Argenziano, Sonia Braga
Raul Julia stars as Chico Mendes, the activist who lost his life protesting the destruction of the Brazilian rain forests. The continued volatile…
FatherlandFatherland (1993)
Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson
Ambitious film posits an alternative history in which Germany controls Europe and is locked in a cold war with the U.S. twenty years after winning…
La ScortaLa Scorta (1993) Recommended
Dir. Rick Tognazzi
Feat. Ennio Morricone
Bold dramatic thriller draws from real events surrounding the indictment of Mafia collaborators with the focus on the four bodyguards of a maverick…
Seven Songs for Malcolm XSeven 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…
StalinStalin (1993)
Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright
Robert Duvall embodies the full–blooded treachery of the Soviet dictator in this mini–series biography shot on location in Moscow.
Citizen CohnCitizen Cohn (1992)
Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods
James Woods plays Joseph McCarthy's crooked lawyer, Roy Cohn – a role meaty enough to sustain every ounce of his frustrated energy. The…
JFK: Assassination TapesJFK: 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…
Panama Deception, ThePanama Deception, The (1992) Recommended
Dir. Barbara Trent
Oscar–winning film is unabashedly activist attempt to uncover some truths about the propaganda used to sanitise the U.S. Government's invasion…
At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah
Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…
Closet LandCloset Land (1991)
Dir. Radha Bharadwaj
Feat. Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman
Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman comprise the entire cast of this dramatic exercise that consists solely of an alleged subversive children's author…
December BrideDecember Bride (1991)
Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Saskia Reeves
A rain–soaked melodrama set in '30s rural Ireland in which Saskia Reeves endures Catholic prejudice after giving birth out of wedlock. This is…
StoryvilleStoryville (1991)
Dir. Mark Frost
Feat. James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards Jr.
The directing debut from TWIN PEAKS' co–creator. Upstart political candidate James Spader becomes involved in illicit activity. A gumbo of red…
Berkeley in the SixtiesBerkeley in the Sixties (1990) Recommended
Dir. Mark Kitchell
A lively, dense study of 1960s counter–culture in microcosm, this chronicles the rise and fall of the student movement in a Californian campus…
Cat ChaserCat Chaser (1989)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning
The director atypically sidesteps controversy in adapting Elmore Leonard's political novel about a Miami hotel owner who courts danger when he…
Fellow TravellerFellow Traveller (1989)
Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Ron Silver, Hart Bochner
A classy political thriller concerning the traumas of a blacklisted writer exiled in London during the McCarthy era.
Open DoorsOpen Doors (1989)
Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri
A resonant political drama set in corrupt fascist Italy about a juror's attempt to save a political murderer from the gallows.
World Apart, AWorld Apart, A (1988)
Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey
True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
T. Dan SmithT. Dan Smith (1987)
Dir. Amber Film Collective
Docu–drama chronicles of events leading to the imprisonment of a maverick Newcastle councillor. Made in collaboration with Smith himself, it…
ComradesComrades (1986) Recommended
Dir. Bill Douglas
Feat. Keith Allen, Dave Atkins
A compelling epic exposing the hypocrisy and inequality facing the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the 1830s Dorset farmers who were deported to Australia after…
Half Moon StreetHalf Moon Street (1986)
Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Michael Caine, Sigourney Weaver
Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver play British diplomat and call–girl who become locked in escalating political intrigue.
Candidate, TheCandidate, The (1972)
Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford
Incisive political satire sees idealist Robert Redford run for the Senate, but finds his good intentions usurped by the system and the needs of…
John Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the WorldJohn Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the World (The Quiet Mutiny; Do You Remember Vietnam?; Year Zero; Death of a Nation) (1970-1994) Recommended
Dir. David Munro, John Pilger
Feat. John Pilger
Four of journalist John Pilger's most important documentaries, that exemplify his fiercely humanist perspective which makes few concessions to…
Four Days in NovemberFour Days in November (1964)
Dir. Mel Stuart
An unbiased view of events surrounding the death of JFK taken from more than eight million feet of newsreel footage encompassing joyous Kennedy…
Farmer's Daughter, TheFarmer's Daughter, The (1947)
Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Congressman Joseph Cotton's maid, Loretta Young, decides to run against him in the next election. A perceptive comedy that won an Oscar for Young.
Native LandNative Land (1942) Recommended
Dir. Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand
Impassioned and authentic, this landmark film call for social revolution in Depression–era America blends vivid re–anactments with actual…
Marseillaise, LaMarseillaise, La (1938)
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive
Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
Day the Wall Came DownDay the Wall Came Down
Chronicle of events that led to the falling of the Berlin Wall and the re–integration of East and West Germany.

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