Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3044 Films to Buy & Rent
Murderball (2004)
- Dir. Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
- Uplifting, intensely competitive document of quadriplegic rugby's rivalry between the US and Canadian Paralympic teams, headed by charismatic…
Murders Of Hollywood (2004)
- An informative trawl through the homicide files of Tinseltown, covering in quick succession the untimely cases of Johnny Stompanato, Sal Mineo, Bob…
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
- Dir. Robert Greenwald
- Hot off the press, and of scorching topicality in the run up to the 2004 American Elections, this cogent piece of agit–prop convincingly argues…
Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (2004)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A quality BBC–commissioned documentary portrait that follows the great Italian tenor through a momentous period of his life as he says goodbye…
Persona Non Grata (2004)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- Dir. Stone's second documentary in a proposed trilogy about world leaders (after COMMANDANTE) has the frazzled American attempt to gain an interview…
Persuaders, The (2004)
- Incisive doco from American public affairs series FRONTLINE takes a penetrating look at the multi–billion dollar American advertising industry…
Peter Sellers Story... As He Filmed It (2004)
- BBC documentary on the career of enigmatic comic genius Peter Sellers, using footage which Sellers, a compulsive amateur film–maker, shot…
Peter, Paul and Mary - Carry it On (2004)
- Documentary about the New York folk music trio who "carried it on" from their socially–conscious forebearers like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger…
Power of Nightmares, The (2004)
- Dir. Adam Curtis
- Another provocative documentary from dir. Curtis, this time out he examines how political parties have created and used fears in order to maintain…
Power Shift: Energy and Sustainability (2004)
- Dir. Kirk Bergstrom
Feat. Cameron Diaz
- A brief study of how energy is produced and used in Western society, and how we might create more aware and efficient means of using it in the era of…