Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Science Fact: 166 Films to Buy & Rent
- Fractals - Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2009)
- Fascinating documentary in which a group of pioneering mathematicians seek to decipher the rules governing fractals – those irregular,…
- James May on the Moon (2009)
- Feat. James May
- Presenter James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings by meeting three of the men who walked on the moon, and flying to…
- Life (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Extraordinary and stunningly filmed even by usual BBC nature–doc standards, this truly epic journey to the frontiers of the natural world is…
- Music of the Brain (2009)
- Dir. Fiona Cochrane
- A brief, but insightful investigation into the role music plays in human development, from the womb to the grave.
- Something Unknown (Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What) (2009)
- Dir. Renee Scheltema
- Dutch documentarian Renee Scheltema investigates the 'science' behind various psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyancy, healing) after experiencing…
- What Darwin Never Knew - The Science Behind Evolution (2009)
- Dir. John Rubin
- Documentary exploring breakthroughs in "evo devo" – a new science claiming to explain exactly how Darwin's theory works by linking the enigmas…
- Wild Caribbean (TV Mini-series) (2009)
- Picturesque doco that looks beyond the Carribean's friendly, sun–soaked surface to the more hostile features rarely portrayed on postcards,…
- Wild Russia (2009)
- Russia's expansive, unseen wilderness is spectacularly documented in this nature series with a particular focus on the natural wonders and flora and…
- Yellowstone (2009)
- Filmed over the course of a year in Yellowstone, this documentary tracks the area's wildlife as they grapple with life and death within one of…
- Allan Wilson - Evolutionary (2008)
- Dir. George Andrews
- Pithy and practical documentary on Kiwi ‘evolutionary’ Allan Wilson, whose humble, can–do–anything beginnings thrust him from…