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Subgenre Sampler
Private 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…
Shoah (1985)
- 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 Ranch (1984)
- 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…
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)- 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 Britain (1983)- 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, 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 Heaven (1980)- 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…
Soldier Girls (1980)- Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
- Early Nick Broomfield entry surveys the US Army's training regime for female recruits. Though less obtrusive than in later incarnations, Broomfield…
Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin (Poto and Cabengo, Routine Pleasures, My Crasy Life) (1980-1992)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Three delightfully absorbing observational documentaries from director Jean–Pierre Gorin, well know for his collaborations with Jean–Luc…
Best Boy (1979)- Dir. Ira Wohl
- Academy–award winning doco follows three years in the life of the film–maker's cousin Philly, a 52–year–old with the…
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