Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
- Dir. Michael Moore
- Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald J. Trump presidency and gun violence, while…
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (2018)
- Dir. Stephen Loveridge
- A uniquely textured portrait of innovative Sri Lankan–English pop star and activist Maya Arulpragasm, drawn from a cache of personal tapes shot…
Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
- Dir. Werner Herzog, André Singer
- Werner Herzog directs this candid documentary based on three interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. With…
Midnight Oil 1984 (2018)
- A passionate portrait of Australia's iconic rock band Midnight Oil during the year 1984, in which they embarked on a tour promoting their politically…
RBG (2018)
- Dir. Julie Cohen, Betsy West
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the worthy subject of this documentary exploring her life and career, successfully fighting gender…
Watergate (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Charles Ferguson
- Definitive and thoroughly detailed documentary TV miniseries about one of the biggest criminal conspiracies in modern politics, The Watergate Scandal.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (An Inconvenient Truth 2) (2017)
- Dir. Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen
- The heroic and haggard Al Gore continues his crusade to make the world stop destroying itself in this timely update of his seminal 2006 climate…
Final Year, The (2017)
- Dir. Greg Barker
- A detailed insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team throughout 2016, their last year in office. Director Greg Barker has…
My Year With Helen (2017)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- With unique access to high–ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns…
All Governments Lie (All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone) (2016)
- Dir. Fred Peabody
- Documentary about independent journalism inspired by iconoclastic rebel journalist I. F. Stone, offering a timely critique of American mainstream…