Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 227 Films to Buy & Rent
- From the East (1993)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Natalia Chakhovskaia
- Travelogue documentary shot on 16mm which describes the lives of people in Poland, Russia and East Germany before the collapse of the Soviet…
- Palms (Ladoni) (1993)
- Dir. Artour Aristakisian
- Examining the plight of Moscow’s homeless and adrift, dir. Aristakisyan’s jarring, but resolute formalism (unfussy 16mm black and white footage…
- Lessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana (1992/1969)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Two of dir. Herzog’s impressionistic documentaries on a double DVD.
LESSONS OF DARKNESS investigates the aftermath of the Gulf War, with…
- 35 Up (1992)
- Dir. Michael Apted
- The fifth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
- Good Woman of Bangkok (1991)
- Dir. Dennis O'Rourke
- A typical sex–worker reveals her experiences to illuminate the harsh reality and profound sadness at the base of Thailand's prolific sex…
- Making Sense of the Sixties (1991)
- Fulsome documentary overview of the turbulent sixties, specifically in context with America, where John F. Kennedy, civil rights, the Vietnam War,…
- Talk 16 (1991)
- Dir. Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell
- The transition of childhood to womanhood is revealed in this intimate, candid study of five 16–year–old girls over a five year period.
- American Dream (1990)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple
- An Oscar–winning documentary about the effects of trade–union–company conflict at a meat–packing plant in Minnesota in…
- Maria's Story (A Portrait Of Love And Survival In El Salvador's Civil War) (1990)
- Dir. Monona Wali, Pamela Cohen
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- Roger and Me (1990)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- A brilliantly irreverant personal odyssey by the film–maker who, equipped with a mic and a camera, endeavours to extract comment from General…