Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 227 Films to Buy & Rent
Samsara (2011)
- Dir. Ron Fricke
- The director of BARAKA expands our minds with another impressive, visually astonishing meditation on global spirituality and the human experience,…
Young Ones, The (2011)
- The latest in a series of age and era–based social experiments, this BBC documentary asks six elderly celebrities – among them, cricket…
Babies (2010)
- Dir. Thomas Balmes
- The first year ahead of four newly born infants from different parts of the world (Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and California) forms the irresistible…
Catfish (2010)
- Dir. Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
- Astonishing documentary follows the interactions between a New York–based photographer and a young woman from rural Michigan who make contact…
Digital Nation (digital_nation) (2010)
- Dir. Rachel Dretzin
- From the maker of GROWING UP ONLINE, this is another quality PBS documentary about the complexities of modern culture. The focus is how the web and…
Faces of America (2010)
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the cultural and ethnic roots behind America today in this salient social documentary. Participants keen to share their…
Freakonomics (2010)
- Dir. Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, Heidi Ewing
- The authors of 'Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist' pass on the baton to six documentarians in this diverse exploration of social phenomena through (and…
Michael Wood's Story of England (2010)
- Feat. Michael Wood
- Michael Wood (STORY OF INDIA) embarks on an archeological profile of the village of Kibworth in Leicestershire in this fascinating,…
My Perestroika (2010)
- Dir. Robin Hessman
- A playful and positive sense of nostalgia permeates through this enthralling documentary on the lives of five Moscow youngsters who grew through the…
Position Among The Stars (Stand van de Sterren) (2010)
- Dir. Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Although the third part in a longing running trilogy, this engrossing documentary stands on its own as an eye–opening chapter in the life of…