Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 227 Films to Buy & Rent
- Love, Lust & Lies (2009)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls (now aged 47) since they…
- Mexican Border Wars (TV Series) (2009)
- National Geographic series about American customs agents, whose job it is to curb illegal immigration and narcotics trafficking for a country…
- Sisters from Siberia (2009)
- Dir. Russell Campbell
- Wellington City Councillor Stephanie Cook is the subject of this insightful documentary on her successful adoption of sisters Katya and Nadia, who…
- South (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Marcus Lush
- Another "love story" from intrepid broadcaster Marcus Lush, who this time explores the South Island of New Zealand, an area he fell in love with…
- This Way of Life (2009)
- Dir. Tom and Barbara Burstyn
- Evocative, moving Kiwi doco which treats the viewer to an intimate glimpse of a family who reject modernity and live wild with six kids and fifty…
- Trouble is My Business (2009)
- Dir. Juliette Veber
- Keenly observational documentary about an empathetic assistant principal (Gary Peach) who battles to keep his students in school and out of trouble…
- American Future - A History by Simon Schama (2008)
- Resonant look at the superpower filmed during the run up to the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama with popular historian Simon Schama turning his…
- American Teen (2008)
- Dir. Nanette Burstein
Feat. Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Geoff Haase…
- An intimate and often hilarious doco that was a surprise Sundance Festival hit that follows four high school seniors – 'the jock', 'the arsty…
- Best Undressed (The Pageant) (2008)
- Dir. Martin Taylor
- A documentary about Australia’s longest running beauty pageant, the Miss Nude Australia Pageant, told from the perspective of contestants and…
- Cracking The Colour Code (TV Series) (2008)
- Dir. Hugh Piper
- Stimulating series journeying across six continents to investigate how humans from different cultures and backgrounds view, make and take meaning…