Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3044 Films to Buy & Rent
Only the Strong Survive (2002)
- Dir. Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
- Warm and intelligent appreciation of several of the soul–music legends of the 1960s and 70s by a veteran documentary team.
Based around a…
Osbournes, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Ozzy Osbourne
- A smash hit of the ‘Reality TV’ genre, this follows the antics of wealthy heavy metaller Ozzy Osbourne, wife/manager Sharon and two of their…
Phil Collins - A Life Less Ordinary (2002)
- Intimate portrait of the MOR titan and drummer extraordinairre. Featuring performance his monster hits: In the Air Tonight, Easy Lover, Groovy Kind…
Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
- Dir. Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Justly acclaimed examination of an unusual chapter in the Holocaust, in which the Dutch–Jewish comic actor Kurt Gerron was forced to make a…
Project Greenlight (TV Series) - Season 2 (2002)
- The second season of the excellent HBO series in which the winners of a film–making competition are followed through the production process of…
Real Mary Poppins, The (The Shadow of Mary Poppins) (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Matthews
- A documentary on the life and times of P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, whose working relationship with Walk Disney was the stuff of legend,…
Sex with Strangers (2002)
- Dir. Joe Gantz, Harry Gantz
- Notorious 'documentary' on swinging couples in America, following three couples on their exploration of open sexuality.
Though issues of…
Shipwreck: Deadly Harbour (2002)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
- Short but vivid documentary account of the disastrous voyage of the Interisland ferry 'Wahine' in April 1968, in New Zealand's worst recorded storm.…
Smashing Machine, The (The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr) (2002)
- Dir. John Hyams
- Intense and strangely moving look at the life of Mark Kerr, the most successful and celebrated combatant in the (now banned) Ultimate Fighting…
Spy in the... Collection, The (TV Series) (2002-2004)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Overtly sneaky wildlife doco series where cameras are hidden in the environments of a den of lions, a herd of elephants, a clan of bears and a pride…