Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- Hacking Democracy (2006)
- Dir. Simon Ardizzone
- Alarming expose of America’s electronic voting system, which was disastrously shown–up in the 2000 US Presidential election.
Casting its…
- Hero's Journey, A (2006)
- President Xanana Gusmao presides over this documentary portrait of East Timor, its Resistance war against Indonesian occupation, and its current…
- Jesus Camp (2006)
- Dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
- A disturbing guided tour of extremist 'Jesus Camps' in the US, run by politically–aligned Evangelical Christian groups intent on indoctrinating…
- Noam Chomsky: Imperial Grand Strategy (The Conquest of Iraq and the Assault on Democracy) (2006)
- Feat. Noam Chomsky
- Excellent compendium of Noam Chomsky lectures, with the elder activist contesting America's occupation of Iraq, 'Patriot Acts', dubious…
- Running with Arnold (2006)
- Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger
- One–sided political doco following the ascent of muscle–head actor Arnie through the ranks of right–wing government to become the…
- Shut Up and Sing (2006)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
- Politics ("shut up") and music ("sing") find themselves reluctantly linked in this portrait of country superstars, "The Dixie Chicks", and the…
- US vs. John Lennon, The (2006)
- Dir. David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
- Compelling exposition of the political persecution of outspoken, anti–war Beatle, John Lennon by the Nixon–led US government.
While…
- When the Levees Broke - A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
- Dir. Spike Lee
- Powerful, enraging chronicle of this century’s first great natural disaster, and the man–made catastrophe that unfolded post–Hurricane…
- Churchill's Bodyguard (2005)
- Imposing, unprecedented memoir of the life and times of Winston Churchill, adapted from the diaries of his stoic bodyguard, Walter H.…
- Excellent Cadavers (2005)
- Dir. Marco Turco
- The hush–hush war between Sicily’s mafia and the prosecutors who slept with the fishes is recounted in this fascinating documentary, an ideal…