Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3045 Films to Buy & Rent
Before Stonewall (1984)
- Dir. Greta Schiller
- Anecdotes and archival footage reflect the difficulties and absurdities of gay life from the 1920s up until the landmark revolt in 1969 following a…
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…
First Contact (1984)
- Dir. Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly
- The first part of the dir.'s 'Highlands Trilogy' about the recent history of the New Guinea Highlands combines period and contemporary footage to…
Grasp Of Wind, A (1984)
- Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
- Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…
Highlands Trilogy, The (First Contact; Joe Leahy's Neighbours; Black Harvest) (1984-1992)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
- The acclaimed trilogy of documentaries about the interractions between indigenous people and Westerners in Papua New Guinea.
John Pilger's The New Rulers of the World (The New Rulers of the World; War By Other Means; Burp! Pepsi v Coke in the Ice Cold War) (1984-2001)
- Dir. David Munro, Alan Lowery
Feat. John Pilger
- Three more essential documentaries from journalist John Pilger, with the emphasis on big business, globalisation, and the plight of the Third…
Marlene (1984)
- Dir. Maximilian Schell
Feat. Marlene Dietrich
- Maximilian Schell presents his own personal vision of Germany's greatest screen legend, Marlene Dietrich. Witness the woman in person and her career…
Puccini (Tony Palmer's Film about Puccini) (1984)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Robert Stephens, Virginia McKenna
- TV MOVIE intercuts the story of Puccini's affair with Tony Palmer's real life attempts to stage Puccini's final opera.
Pumping Iron II - The Women (1984)
- Dir. George Butler
- This look at the burgeoning world of women's bodybuilding is even more entertaining than its male precursor. Conflicts over what determines a…
Robert Epstein Collection, The (The Times of Harvey Milk, Common Threads: Stories From The Quilt, The Celluloid Closet, Paragraph 175) (1984-2000)
- Dir. Robert Epstein
- Superb collection of four documentaries and special features from Academy–Award winning director Robert Epstein acclaimed for his confronting…