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Rental > Politics & Documentary: 225 Films to Rent on DVD
- Most Dangerous Man In America, The (Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers) (2009)
- Dir. Rick Goldsmith, Judith Ehrlich
- Galvanizing portrait of whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst and aide to Robert McNamara who leaked classified Pentagon papers…
- Move On: Storming the Gate (The MoveOn.org Story) (2009)
- Dir. Scott Stevenson
- Partisan documentary examines the revolutionary history and importance of one of the biggest progressive grass–roots movements in U.S.…
- Shock Doctrine, The (2009)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
- A fast and loose overview of Naomi Klein's contentious "alternate history" of Western economics, which argues how "disaster capitalism", in feeding…
- Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)
- Dir. Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
- Joss Stone, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, and The Roots, among others, perform tribute covers of freedom songs from the American Civil Rights movement in…
- William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
- Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler…
- Yes Men Fix the World, The (2009)
- Dir. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
- The activist pranksters of documentary THE YES MEN direct and star in their own follow–up, which chronicles their continuing adventures as…
- 10 Conditions Of Love, The (2008)
- Dir. Jeff Daniels
- Controversial documentary slammed by the Chinese government focused on Rebiya Kadeer, a tireless campaigner for human rights who has been punished at…
- A Year in Tibet (TV Series) (2008)
- A momentous and timely series filmed inside the mountainous region of Tibet focusing on the Tibetan people and how they manage to live under imposed…
- Barack Obama: His Story (2008)
- Topical documentary tracking the life of the newly elected president of the United States Barack Obama, from meagre beginnings to his steady rise…
- Barack Obama: Yes We Can (2008)
- Significant documentary outlining the incredible story of Barack Hussein Obama, a man with an American mother and Kenyan father who became a national…