Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 230 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Spellbound (2003)
- Dir. Jeffrey Blitz
- Surprise hit documentary that struck a universal chord in following eight high–school hopefuls in their bid to succeed at the American National…
Super Size Me (2003)
- Dir. Morgan Spurlock
Feat. Morgan Spurlock
- Entertaining expose of the evils of 'fast food', in which the filmmaker uses himself as a human guinea–pig by embarking on a 30–day,…
Weeping Camel, The (Story of the Weeping Camel, The) (2003)
- Dir. Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
- A lovingly filmed and touchingly simple excursion into the lives of a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, which blurs the line…
9/11 (2002)
- Dir. Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet, James Hanlon
- What started out as an amateur documentary by two French brothers about the New York Fire Department turns into a vital, ground’s–eye view of…
Bus 174 (2002)
- Dir. José Padilha
- A riveting analysis of an incident in Rio de Janeiro in June 2000 in which a lone, desperate gunman held hostage the passengers of a bus, while the…
Century of the Self, The (2002)
- Dir. Adam Curtis
- An expertly assembled wealth of archival footage helps tell the complex story of the growth of the mass–consumer society and the role played by…
Cinemania (2002)
- Dir. Stephen Kijak, Angela Christlieb
- An enthralling must–see for movie–buffs of any degree, this documents the daily rituals of five New York eccentrics whose lives are…