Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3017 Films to Buy & Rent
Rumble: The American Indians Who Rocked The World (2017)
- Dir. Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
- A fascinating and rousing documentary profiling the impact of American Indian musicians on the development of rock music. Musicians featured include…
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Stephen Schible
- Beautiful portrait of revered Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, that captures the unique compositional process of a new work he…
Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series) (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An eight–part CNN series that incisively explores the music tied to iconic moments in history. Includes interviews with Pat Benatar, Melissa…
Spookers (2017)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- A delightfully surprising documentary feature about an Auckland "scream park" called Spookers that provides brave hordes of paying customers with the…
Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, The (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Morgan Freeman
- 6–episode National Geographic TV Series presented by Morgan Freeman, which explores themes central to humanity such as love, belief and power,…
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)
- Dir. Rory Kennedy
- The remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in–depth portrait…
This is Greece (2017)
- Survey of Modern Greece with presenter Michael Scott covering nationhood, religion, food, philosophy, sailing and more.
Unrest (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Jennifer Brea
- A groundbreaking documentary about the mysterious condition known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Made a by Jennifer Brea, a woman who suffers from the…
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
- Bearing less of his signature subjectivity, veteran documentarian Nick Broomfield explores Whitney Houston's meteoric rise to stardom, turbulent…
Yellow is Forbidden (2017)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Pietra Brettkelly
- Simply stunning fashion documentary from New Zealand director Pietra Brettkelly that swirls around the beguiling personality of Guo Pei, a dynamic…