Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3044 Films to Buy & Rent
Welcome to Death Row (2001)
- Dir. Leigh Savidge
- Fairly impartial and mostly enlightening account of the notorious ‘gangsta–rap’ record label Death Row, who in the 1990s released…
Westway to the World - The Clash (2001)
- Dir. Don Letts
Feat. Joe Strummer
- An informative flashback through the history of punk–rock group The Clash, made by London–colleague Don Letts.
Includes snippets of…
Wild Africa (TV Series) (2001)
- Typically thorough BBC doco series charts the natural history of the African continent, which is unique in its flourishing biodiversity. Comprising…
Wine Lovers Guide to Australia (TV Series) (2001)
- Acclaimed TV Series hosted by wine expert Grant van Every and wine–maker Maryann Egan, documents everything from the history of…
Wingspan (2001)
- Feat. Paul McCartney
- Doco tracing 9 years in the history of the Paul McCartney driven 70's rock band 'Wings' that emerged post Beatles mania. Tends to skim over murky…
Woodstock - The Music (2001)
- They say if you can remember it, you weren't there – that rainy weekend in 1969, when half a million people converged for one of the greatest…
A Constant Forge (2000)
- Dir. Charles Kiselyak
- A lengthy examination of the life and work of renowned American filmmaker John Cassavetes, who pioneered the use of improvisation in film…
A Moment of Innocence (2000)
- Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- A slowly unfolding tale of the dir.'s own involvement in the stabbing of a policeman when he was an Islamic radical in the 1970s.
Subsequently…
Adolf and Eva (2000)
- A reasonably informative account of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's private life, in particular his relationship to Eva Braun. Includes much colour…
American Nightmare, The (2000)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter…
- A searching examination of the American horror films of the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the paranoia of the times was reflected in some intense…