Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 230 Films to Buy & Rent
Human Animal, The (1994)
- Famed zoologist Desmond Morris' personal assessment of the human being spans the cultural globe to understand behavioural peculiarities that we daily…
London (1994)
- Dir. Patrick Keiller
- The giant dichotomy that is London is exposed by counter–pointing post–card imagery with Paul Scofield's narration of the ironic,…
Baraka (1993)
- Dir. Ron Fricke
- The cinematographer of KOYAANISQATSI montages gloriously filmed images from around the globe with modern world music and creates more than just an…
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.