Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3049 Films to Buy & Rent
Free China Junk, The (2010)
- Dir. Robin Greenberg
- Dir. Robin Greenberg follows her 2008 documentary HULOO with this toothy, humour–filled yarn, circa 1955, of five Taiwanese fishermen who set…
Gasland (2010)
- Dir. Josh Fox
- Hydraulic fracturing – or ‘fracking’ – is the incendiary subject of this alarming expose of unsafe drilling practices in the U.S., whereby…
Genius of Britain (TV Series) (2010)
- Fantastic science series that has, among others, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking and David Attenborough, celebrating Britain's great inventors and…
Genius of Design, The (2010)
- A highly accessible overview of 20th century industrial design movements and revolutions, this surveys everything from the emergence of modernism in…
God in America (2010)
- Ambitious PBS series tackles more than 500 years of the American religious experience, from the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the 2008…
Gordon Crook: A Life in Art (2010)
- Dir. Clare O'Leary
- Thoughtful, and enlightening portrait of ex–pat British artist Gordon Crook, who since 1972 has called Wellington – and Aro Valley…
Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra) (2010)
- Dir. Mahmoud Kaabour
- Poetic portrait of 83–year–old Beiruti Teta Fatima, a feisty, sharp–witted matriarch to the Kaabour family, and Grandma to the…
Great Epochs of European Art, The (2010)
- A detailed, German–produced art history series illustrated by selected masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting. In addition to…
Great Rift, The (2010)
- Typically stunning BBC Earth series investigates the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley, and which make it one of the…
Guilty Pleasures (2010)
- Dir. Julie Moggan
- Ostensibly about the ubiquitous Harlequin Mills & Boon novel, this colourful and insightful documentary examines the role of fantasy in three avid…