Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3044 Films to Buy & Rent
America Revealed (TV Series) (2012)
- Based on the BBC's "Britain From Above", this all–encompassing series examines the United States through its vast infrastructures, looking at…
Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
- A 'definitive' account of human history, according to acclaimed British journalist Andrew Marr, filtered through the 'big stories' of the last 70,000…
Art of America (2012)
- Art critic Andrew Graham–Dixon guides us from the Puritan settlers in Massachusetts to the contemporary art scene in New York and LA in this…
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- A superb tribute to the life and times of the BBC's talismanic natural history host, who revisits the stories behind his award–winning shows…
B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)
- Dir. Jon Brewer
- Exhaustive documentary on blues legend B.B. King, melding recollections, milestones, and insights from the likes Bill Cosby, Carlos Santana, Bonnie…
Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
- Dir. Jay Bulger
- Prodigious drummer Ginger Baker reflects on his explosive but chequered musical career that peaked with Cream and Blind Faith, but that was marred by…
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)
- Dir. Stacy Peralta
- Skateboarding legend turned director Stacy Peralta turns his camera on himself and as well on the sensational titular skateboarding team, and traces…
British, The (2012)
- Britain’s tumultuous history is dramatised in this seven–part BBC series looking at the monarchs, leaders, reformers, inventors, pioneers and…
Central Park Five, The (2012)
- Dir. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
- The latest in a long line of films documenting extraordinary injustice, Ken Burns directs this devastating and exhaustive account of the 1989 case of…
Charles Bradley: Soul of America (2012)
- Dir. Poull Brien
- Late–blooming soul sensation Charles Bradley is the focus of this powerful documentary charting the singer's road to redemption through music.