Subgenre Sampler
Sociology: 254 Films to Buy & Rent
Czech Dream (Ceský sen) (2004)
- Dir. Vit Klusak, Filip Remunda
- A document of two young filmmaker's satirical stunt to promote a gigantic supermarket (hypermarket) to be supposedly constructed on the outskirts of…
Dogora (2004)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
- A filmic mediatation on Cambodia, loosely in the style of BARAKA, for which dir. Leconte travelled to the formerly wartorn country to capture the…
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army) (2004)
- Dir. Robert Stone
- An indepth examination of the Californian 'hippie–terrorists', the SLA, who rose to prominence in the 1970s attempting to change America with…
Land of Plenty (2004)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Michelle Williams, John Diehl
- There's good intentions aplenty in dir. Wenders latest dramatic meditation on the state of post–9/11 America, set mainly around the…
Michael Palin: Himalaya (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. Roger Mills, John-Paul Davidson
Feat. Michael Palin
- Michael Palin continues his globe–trotting in this 6–part series in which he travels to the wild places of the Himalayan region. Filled…
Salvador Allende (2004)
- Dir. Patricio Guzmán
- A documentary portrait of the Marxist Chilean President who was elected by the public and brutally overthrown by Pinochet's fascist coup of September…
Scared Sacred (2004)
- Dir. Velcrow Ripper
- Visiting sites of some of the world’s most horrible stories doesn’t seem like a relaxed night’s viewing, but this doco by the interestingly…
Sheilas: 28 Years On (2004)
- Dir. Annie Goldson, Dawn Hutchesson
- Utilising the approach of Michael Apted's 7–UP films, this features encounters with the participants of the 1976 New Zealand TV series 'Women'…
Status Anxiety (TV Series) (2004)
- Writer and presenter Alain De Botton explores the myth that our level of material wealth and career success has a bearing on our happiness and…
Blockade, Landscape, Revue: 3 Films by Sergei Loznitsa (2003-2008)
- Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
- Three documentaries from Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (DONBASS).
Landscape (2003, 60 mins) is set at a bus stop in a small village, with the…