Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 242 Films to Buy & Rent
Dirty Business - How Mining Made Australia (2012)
- An insight into the riches and turmoil behind Australia's nickname of "the lucky country", and how the mining of its vast natural resources has…
Gatekeepers, The (2012)
- Dir. Dror Moreh
- Six former heads of Israel’s Shin Bet secret service agency open up about their work and the state of the Israel–Palestine divide in this…
House I Live In, The (2012)
- Dir. Eugene Jarecki
- The definitive documentary on the 'war on drugs' to date, this canvases the people and the stories on both sides of the law to reveal the profound…
Untold History of the United States, The (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- Oliver Stone is the voice and reasoning behind this fascinating, if contentious revisionist Cold War history through American foreign…
How to Start a Revolution (2011)
- Dir. Ruaridh Arrow
- The remarkable story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Gene Sharp, the elderly, softly spoken man whose writings concerning the way to wage a…
If a Tree Falls (2011)
- Dir. Marshall Curry
- Part coming–of–age tale, part cops–and–robbers thriller, this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Daniel McGowan,…
Julian Assange - A Modern Day Hero? (Inside the World of WikiLeaks) (2011)
- Fascinating, if patchy insight into the media whirlwind created when whistle–blowing website WikiLeaks published the Afghan War documents in…
Operation 8: Deep in the Forest (2011)
- Dir. Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones
- Cohesive and compelling documentary that gives credible voice to the Maori sovereignty and peace activists who were targeted in police raids and…
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield
- Renowned documentarian Nick Broomfield journeys to the devoutly evangelical, crystal meth capital of Alaska, in pursuit of Sarah Palin. Interviewing…
Triangle Wars (2011)
- Dir. Rosie Jones
- Absorbing study of local politics as a community rallies together as developers threaten to convert a prime slice of land into 180 shops.