Subgenre Sampler
Sociology: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Class, The (Entre les murs) (2008)
- Dir. Laurent Cantet
Feat. François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio
- This stimulating Palm d’Or winner engages with the toil and trouble of a multi–ethnic, inner–city French classroom, and the headstrong…
- 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…
- Ganges (2008)
- A magnificent series exploring the life of the Ganges river, which runs through the heart of India and has extraordinary impact on the landscape and…
- Global Metal (2008)
- Intriguing music doco, presented by metaller and anthropologist Sam Dunn, delving into the sub–culture of metal heads around the world and the…
- India Reborn (2008)
- Fascinating and disturbing doco series that looks at India as the next superpower, and the juxtapositions to its mighty wealth that cloud its future…
- Second Skin (2008)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza
- Compulsive insight into video game addiction, focused on a cross–section of young people who obsessively engage in what are known as MMOs (Mass…
- Wave, The (Die Welle) (2008)
- Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt…
- Based on a true incident in the US in the early 1970's to practically illustrate the machinations of Nazi propaganda, a school teacher's unorthodox…
- What About Me? (2008)
- Dir. Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto
- A guide to better 21st Century living from the duo behind 1 GIANT LEAP, this kaleidoscope of philosophical and musical clips features contributions…