Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 631 Films to Buy & Rent
President Versus David Hicks, The (2004)
- Dir. Curtis Levy
- Timely, if 'difficult' documentary which follows the efforts of the father of 'Australian Taliban' fighter David Hicks, to free his son from US…
Red Dust (2004)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor
- A boldly straightforward courtroom drama set during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission era of post–Apartheid South Africa, where a former…
Salvador Allende (2004)
- Dir. Patricio Guzmán
- A documentary portrait of the Marxist Chilean President who was elected by the public and brutally overthrown by Pinochet's fascist coup of September…
Shake Hands With the Devil (The Journey of Roméo Dallaire) (2004)
- Dir. Peter Raymont
- Arresting account of the deplorable Rwandan genocide, told through the eyes of one of the most controversial figures surrounding the 1994 massacre,…
Silver City (2004)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah…
- Oddly tangled satire of Bush–era American politics in which a George Dubya soundalike (Cooper) goes on the campaign trail in Colorado, while…
State of Mind, A (2004)
- Dir. Daniel Gordon
- An astonishing effort from British dir. Gordon, who documents life in the closed society of North Korea from the perspective of two young girls…
Take, The (2004)
- Dir. Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein
- A feisty documentary about the aftermath of Argentina's disastrous economic 'crash' in 2001 and how a group of unemployed workers attempt to occupy…
Team America - World Police (2004)
- Dir. Trey Parker
Feat. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller…
- The most fully–realized and funniest creation yet from the SOUTH PARK boys, who hit the bullseye (and a raw nerve or two) by brilliantly…
Unconstitutional: The War on our Civil Liberties (2004)
- Dir. Nonny de la Pena, Robert Greenwald
- The third in a series of Robert Greenwald–produced 'public interest' docos – this one examines American civil liberties and what became…
Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War (2004)
- Dir. Robert Greenwald
- Born out of a personal "rage" against the Bush administration's justification for the pre–emptive war in Iraq, film–maker Robert…