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Sociology: 254 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Sherman's MarchSherman's March (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ross McElwee
A wonderfully oddball chronicle of the disastrous and wacky lovelife and times of the film–maker. Intending to make a historical doco, he veers…
28 Up28 Up (1985) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
The fourth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of…
All American HighAll American High (All American High Revisited) (1985-2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Keva Rosenfeld
Excellent 'time–capsule' account of a year at an affluent American High School in Los Angeles, California in 1984. The film's key character…
Private Practices: The Story of a Sex SurrogatePrivate Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1985)
Dir. Kirby Dick
The debut feature from bold documentarian Kirby Dick (SICK) is this fascinating and humane portrait of a sex surrogate Maureen Sullivan, who is…
ShoahShoah (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary on the Holocaust – 10 years in the making – is everything Resnais' 'Night and Fog' isn't; rough,…
Chicken RanchChicken Ranch (1984) Recommended
Dir. Nick Broomfield
Astonishing expose of a famous legal whorehouse in Texas on which a popular Dolly Parton movie was based. What is revealed, however, is far from the…
KoyaanisqatsiKoyaanisqatsi (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Godfrey Reggio
This unique visual and aural masterpiece looks at our earth and 20th Century 'progress' through the eye of time–lapse camera. The…
Made in BritainMade in Britain (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Tim Roth, Sean Chapman
Probably the finest skinhead movie ever made – Tim Roth giving an electrifying debut performance as a glaring malcontent who takes out his rage…
Vernon, FloridaVernon, Florida (1982)
Dir. Errol Morris
An early gem from dir. Morris (THE FOG OF WAR) that ambles around the small backwater town of the title, documenting the eccentricities and humour of…
Gates of HeavenGates of Heaven (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. Errol Morris
This acclaimed debut of dir. Errol Morris (THIN BLUE LINE) staked a high water mark for eccentric film subjects by documenting the closing down of a…

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