Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 248 Films to Buy & Rent
- Sand and Sorrow (2007)
- Dir. Paul Freedman
- A sobering, all–encompassing document of the Darfur genocide that, while not subtle, powerfully informs of the atrocities committed, as well as…
- Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2007)
- Dir. Bob Hercules
- Succinct documentary following Barak Obama's emotional journey with his family to Africa in 2006 in the wake of becoming the newly elected U.S.…
- Send A Bullet (Manda Bala) (2007)
- Dir. Jason Kohn
- Unsettling doco exposing the corrupted underbelly of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where abduction, political fraud and torture runs rife.
A protege of…
- Sicko (2007)
- Dir. Michael Moore
- Documentary icon Michael Moore's latest broadside utilizes his tried–and–true one–man approach to expose the inherent 'malpractice'…
- Slacker Uprising (Captain Mike Across America) (2007)
- Dir. Michael Moore
- Footage from Michael Moore's political crusade in 2004 to convince the masses of young non–voters – aka slackers – to give voting a…
- Strange Culture (2007)
- Dir. Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Feat. Thomas Jay Ryan, Tilda Swinton, Peter Coyote
- Topical and important docu–drama focusing on the charges of bio–terrorism brought against acclaimed artist Steve Kurtz after his wife's…
- Trap, The (The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom?) (2007)
- Dir. Adam Curtis
- Ambitious treatise on the concept of freedom sees Curtis overreaching somewhat, and a certain arbitrary focus tends to lend this one a conspiratorial…
- Trumbo (2007)
- Dir. Peter Askin
Feat. Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Donald Sutherland…
- Prominent blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo – the most famed of the alleged Communist sympathising ‘Hollywood 10’ – is the honoree of…
- War / Dance (War Dance) (2007)
- Life–affirming Oscar–nominated doco investigates the lives of a group of war–torn Ugandan child refugees on their path towards…
- War on Democracy, The (2007)
- Dir. John Pilger, Chris Martin
- John Pilger continues his crusade against U.S foreign policy with this informative, persuasively polemical documentary about the manipulation and…