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General Docos

Under General Documentaries be all those diverse subjects that are not about Filmmaking, Sport, War, Natural History, Queer Doco's, New Zealand Doco's or Art on Film. This is a fascinating area to scroll....

The Take (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Avi Lewis
Starring: Naomi Klein

This award-winning documentary from producers Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis tracks the spectacular economic collapse that took place in Argentina followin... Read more

The Tall Man (2011)

7/10
Director: Tony Krawitz

When Cameron Doomadgee was found dead in the Palm Island police station, his injuries were like those of someone who'd been in a fatal car crash. The... Read more

The Tents: New York Fashion Week (2011)

7/10

New York. The name is enough to make fashionistas weak at the knees. But only a few years ago, New York's now-famous fashion scene was a mess of misma... Read more

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

8/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Randall Adams, David Harris, Edith James

An extraordinary film that expands all notions of film documentaries as director Errol Morris ('A Brief History of Time') personally investigates the... Read more

The Transformation of the World into Music (1996)

7.1/10
Director: Werner Herzog

This elegant and adroitly executed Werner Herzog documentary captures the annual excitement surrounding the Bayreuth Festival. Celebrating the operati... Read more

The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg

In 1984, copy editor Deborah Sykes was raped and murdered. Three suspects leapt out, but one was settled on very quickly, 19-year-old, black youth, D... Read more

The Tribal Eye (1975)

8.3/10
Starring: David Attenborough

This fascinating series features a fresh-faced young David Attenborough proving there's room on TV for totem poles as well as oil paintings. Through s... Read more

The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (2002)

7.6/10
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Starring: Shelby Lee Adams

For over 30 years, celebrated photographer Shelby Lee Adams has been photographing the impoverished mountain-dwellers of his native eastern Kentucky.... Read more

The Turandot Project (2001)

7.2/10
Director: Alan Miller

Documentarian Alan Miller takes a fascinating look at the mounting of a monumental, extremely costly production of the Puccini opera "Turandot" in col... Read more

The Underground (2012)

7.8/10
Starring: Julian Barratt

Unprecedented access to the world's oldest train system through the eyes of those who make it work. Produced for the BBC, "The Underground" goes behin... Read more