Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- Rebels with a Cause (2000)
- Dir. Helen Garvy
- Straight–up look at the 'Students for a Democratic Society', the student group that began as pro–civil rights organization concerned with…
- Awful Truth, The (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- Find out what's really going on in America with merciless media activist Michael Moore, fighting for the common man against the evil–doers of…
- Campaign (1999)
- Dir. Tony Sutorius
- Close–up account of the cracking political contest for the marginal seat of Wellington Central during the 1996 general election, given a…
- Faith Of The Century - A History Of Communism (1999)
- Using fascinating, never–before–seen footage from the national archives of many countries including Russia and France, this documentary…
- Punitive Damage (1999)
- Dir. Annie Goldson
- Emotive documentary about the ordeal of an ordinary New Zealand mother, Helen Todd, who ultimately sued an Indonesian general for punitive damages…
- Cold War (1998)
- Dir. Various
- With encyclopedia–like detail, this lengthy documentary series analyses every aspect of the Cold War, from the onset of frosty relations…
- McLibel (1998)
- Dir. Franny Armstrong
- The true story of England's most protracted court case that witnessed the all–powerful McDonalds hamburger empire file a libel suit against two…
- Big One, The (1997)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- Just as smart and witty though with less focus than his watershed doco ROGER AND ME, this intervening 'video diary' sets the format for his popular…
- Waco - Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Dir. William Gazecki
- The disastrous FBI siege of the Branch Davidian Sect compound at Waco, Texas in 1993 is pulled to pieces in this acclaimed documentary, revealing a…
- Burma (1996-2006)
- Dir. Evan Williams, Mark Stucke
- South East Asian hot–point Burma is the subject of this diptych examining the country’s military dictatorship, harsh oppression, and student…