Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3045 Films to Buy & Rent
Russia's War - Blood Upon The Snow (1997)
- Exhaustive 10–part series that traces Stalin's rise to power, his association with Hitler and Soviet involvement in the Second World War,…
Sick (1997)
- Dir. Kirby Dick
- Stunning, compassionate feature biography of the life of Bob Flanagan, whose 'super–masochism' and extreme performance art was born of his…
Six O'Clock News (1997)
- Dir. Ross McElwee
- An interesting chapter in the unfolding saga of dir. Ross McElwee's (SHERMAN'S MARCH) autobiographical filmmaking, here centering on his new…
Slam Nation (1997)
- Dir. Paul Devlin
- Portland, Oregon is the home of The National Poetry Slam, a performance poetry competition which attracts participants from twenty–six states…
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Dir. Ken Burns
Feat. Sam Waterston, Blythe Danner, Ossie Davis…
- Burns "paints an enigmatic portrait of self–contradiction" in this comprehensive and reverential documentary of America's third President,…
Titanica (1997)
- Dir. Stephen Low
Feat. Leonard Nimoy
- Stunning footage of the world's most famous shipwreck shot by IMAX, who specialise in high–definition photography under exacting conditions.…
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars Von Trier (1997)
- Dir. Stig Bjorkman
- Insight into the methods and career of celebrated Danish director Lars Von Trier, covering up to his breakout hit, BREAKING THE WAVES.
Vietnam War - Unknown Images (1997)
- Dir. Isabelle Clarke
- Recently declassified military footage gives a harrowing new look into the years of the Vietnam War. Three episodes – 'Secrets of War',…
Waco - Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Dir. William Gazecki
- The disastrous FBI siege of the Branch Davidian Sect compound at Waco, Texas in 1993 is pulled to pieces in this acclaimed documentary, revealing a…
Year of the Dogs, The (1997)
- Dir. Michael Cordell
- A warts–and–all documentary about the Australian Rules Footscray Football Club, during their disastrous 1996 season.
Capturing the…