Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3039 Films to Buy & Rent
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Jools Topp, Lynda Topp
- An adorable, "Kiwi–as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk–singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely…
Trouble is My Business (2009)
- Dir. Juliette Veber
- Keenly observational documentary about an empathetic assistant principal (Gary Peach) who battles to keep his students in school and out of trouble…
Turn It Loose (2009)
- Dir. Alastair Siddons
- Documentary follows sixteen of the world's premier B–boys as they battle to become world champion in a disused Soweto factory.
Two in the Wave (2009)
- Dir. Emmanuel Laurent
Feat. Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Leaud
- Taking us back to the inception of the French New Wave and the emergence of its two heavyweights, Jean–Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, this…
Universe, The (TV Series) (2009)
- Ambitious, beautifully presented doco series that takes us into the outer regions of space through a combination of scientific theory and computer…
Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
- Dir. George Langworthy, Maryam Henein
- Preachy but fascinating eco–documentary on the potential hazards for the earth if the world population of bees continues to mysteriously…
Video Killed the Radio Star (2009)
- A 3–part seminal music documentary series looking at the inspirational work of trail–blazing 80's music video directors Russell Mulcahy,…
Visual Acoustics (2009)
- Dir. Eric Bricker
- Fans of modernist architecture will savour this docu–tribute to the life and career of Southern California architectural photographer, Julius…
We Live in Public (2009)
- Dir. Ondi Timoner
- Armed to the teeth with dot–com millions, mad prophet–cum–performance artist Josh Harris goes off the deep end in this startling…
What Darwin Never Knew - The Science Behind Evolution (2009)
- Dir. John Rubin
- Documentary exploring breakthroughs in "evo devo" – a new science claiming to explain exactly how Darwin's theory works by linking the enigmas…