Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3039 Films to Buy & Rent
American Cannibal (2006)
- Dir. Michael Nigro, Perry Grebin
- On the surface an expose of America’s insidious entertainment industry, this compulsive video diary of a failed Reality TV series challenges the…
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- Dir. Davis Guggenheim
Feat. Al Gore
- Stark and compelling warning about the imminent effects of climate change – largely being stoked by carbon emissions from human activities…
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2006)
- Dir. Barbara Leibovitz
- Gratifying portrait of the life and career of trail–blazing superstar photographer Annie Leibovitz, directed by her sister who exposes select…
Ans Westra - Private Journeys/Public Signposts (2006)
- Dir. Luit Bieringa
- Photographer laureate Ans Westra takes to the other side of the camera in this insightful, contemplative retrospective of her photography, and…
B4MD - Before the Music Dies (2006)
- Dir. Andrew Shapter
- Slight but worthy documentary probing the music industry in order to find out why 'video killed the radio star': what has happened to nurturing new…
Bacon's Arena (2006)
- Dir. Adam Low
- Truly 'definitive' portrait of 20th Century painter Francis Bacon, commissioned by his Estate to mark the centenary of his birth.
Dir. Low takes…
Battle Of Long Tan / He's Coming South (2006)
- Dir. Damien Lay
- Two insightful documentaries that each explore particular episodes in Australasia's war history.
THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN tells the incredible story…
Battleplan (TV Series) (2006)
- A comprehensive history and analysis of military strategies, combat tactics, and the art of modern warfare.
Across eighteen episodes, historical…
Beales of Grey Gardens, The (2006)
- Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles
- Comprised of new footage and fresh hindsight, the Maysles brothers revisit the iconic Beales immortalised in their 1976 verite classic GREY GARDENS.…
Bergman Island (2006)
- Dir. Marie Nyreröd
Feat. Ingmar Bergman
- Just four years before his death, legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman sits down at his home on Fårö Island to discuss his work, his fears, his…