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Tattooed Tears (1978)
Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Early Nick Broomfield doco eschews his later interactive style for an unrelenting examination of the life of four youths in a prison for young…
21 Up21 Up (1977) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
The third part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
Grey GardensGrey Gardens (1976) Recommended
Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde
An intimate portrait of acute eccentricity, this offers a ‘home movie’–style insight into the lives of colourful high–society…
Harlan County USAHarlan County USA (1976) Aro Favourite
Dir. Barbara Kopple
A vivid, enlightening documentary about a violent labour dispute on the East Kentucky coalfields, prompted by decades of poor conditions in the…
Smokes and Lollies / Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's BetterSmokes and Lollies / Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better (1975-1980)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
The first of five documentaries Gillian Armstrong directed on Adelaide women Kerry, Josie and Diana, this introduces the fresh–faced trio as…
Story of Kerry, Josie and Diana 14-47, The Story of Kerry, Josie and Diana 14-47, The (Smokes and Lollies; Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better; Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces; Not Fourteen Again; Love, Lust & Lies) (1975-2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
The complete documentaries of Gillian Armstrong's series on the lives of three working class Adelaide women, introduced as 14–year–olds…
CalcuttaCalcutta (1969)
Dir. Louis Malle
Louis Malle’s companion piece to PHANTOM INDIA isolates some extraordinary footage of Calcutta, presenting a fiery and tempestuous image of a city…
Phantom IndiaPhantom India (1969)
Dir. Louis Malle
Captured on film, Louis Malle’s pilgrimage to India is relayed with remarkable and imposing gravitas as the director discovers the country, warts…
SalesmanSalesman (1968) Recommended
Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Devastating look at the borderline existence of four door–to–door bible salesman, as they go their round from coffee–shop,…
Actuality Dramas of Allan King, TheActuality Dramas of Allan King, The (Warrendale; A Married Couple; Come on Children; Dying at Grace; Memory For Max, Claire, Ida and Company) (1967-2005) Recommended
Dir. Allan King
A collection of five cinema–verité style documentaries from the extraordinary Canadian auteur Allan King, all of which are emotionally…

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