Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary: 2954 Films to Rent
Gleaners and I, The (2000)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
- A widely–admired work by the godmother of French film, which essays the wastefulness of western society through a clutch of interviews with…
Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The (2000)
- Dir. Mark Steensland
- A loosely–assembled scan through the unusual life and mind of influential sci–fi writer Philip K. Dick, whose twisting literary…
History Lessons (2000)
- Dir. Barbara Hammer
- A "revisionist" archival doco from militant experimentalist, Barbara Hammer, that montages (and modifies) esoteric lesbiana as a clarion call for…
Howard Goodall's Big Bangs (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Howard Goodall
- Presented by affable Brit maestro, Howard Goodall (whose own notable works include the theme tunes to Blackadder and Mr. Bean), this enlightening,…
Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
- Dir. Mark Jonathan Harris
- Sombre journey into one of the dark corridors of the Holocaust, revealing the stories of Jewish children rescued in the months before WWII from Nazi…
Iron Ladies, The (2000)
- Dir. Yongyooth Thongkonthun
Feat. Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit
- The true story of a volleyball team in the Thai national champs composed of gay men, transsexuals and transvestites, never really clears the net of…
JFK's Women (2000)
- Revealing, if tabloid–esque expose of philandering in the White House: not Bill Clinton, but John F. Kennedy, whose affairs with four women may…
John Pilger's No Middle Ground in the Middle East (Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq; Palenstine is Still the Issue; Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror) (2000-2003)
- Dir. John Pilger, Alan Lowery
Feat. John Pilger
- Three of journalist John Pilger’s most recent and cogent illustrations of the plight of the Middle East, with Iraq, foreign policy, Israel and…
Johnny Cash - The Man, His World, His Music (2000)
- Feat. Johnny Cash
- A loosely constructed documentary that follows country folksinger Johnny Cash on tour and at home in the late 1960s. Though the quality of footage…
Keep the River On Your Right (2000)
- Dir. David Shapiro, Laurie Shapiro
Feat. Tobias Schneebaum
- Pursues the bizarre experiences of one Tobias Schneebaum, a gay NYC artist, who in the 1950s sought to ‘find himself’ in the jungles of the…