8.1/10

Starring: Hamish Keith

'The Big Picture' is a series of six documentaries surveying the history of art in New Zealand. Hamish Keith presents a provocative yet accessible vie... Read more

Presented by Neil Macgregor, head of the British museum, this documentary illustrates the finest works from three outstanding collections of his drawi... Read more

8/10

Industrial engineer and futurist Jacque Fresco has bold prescriptions for solving the world's woes! Are his ideas the way of the future or the ravings... Read more

Director: Jennifer Baichwal

Starring: Edward Burtynsky

From its stunning eight-minute opening tracking shot to the remarkable documentation of China's Three Gorges Dam, this is an impressive experience as... Read more

6/10

Director: Alison Chernick

Starring: Matthew Barney, Bjork

Chronicling the production of experimental artist Matthew Barney's 2005 film "Drawing Restraint 9," this engaging documentary explores the creative pr... Read more

8.3/10

Director: Linda Hattendorf

Starring: Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens hi... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Harry Moses

When salty long-haul trucker Teri Horton bought a $5 painting at a thrift store to cheer up a friend, she thought it looked more like a traffic accide... Read more

8.6/10

Starring: Simon Schama

The polite, chin-stroking world of art is laid asunder by 'A History Of Britain' writer Simon Schama's uniquely passionate view. Best known for his of... Read more

8/10

Director: Jam Ald

Now relegated to a cultural curiousity or easily-mocked advertising tool, pulp fiction art was a potent and revelatory flash-in-the-pan in Depression-... Read more

Director: Luit Bieringa

Starring: Ans Westra

This insightful documentary features the work of acclaimed photographer Ans Westra, whose photographs of New Zealanders constitute a uniquely expressi... Read more