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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 Shape of Things to Come (2008)

3.1/10
Director: Jeff Watson

Some new shapes are appearing in Australian skies... from the 560 tonne Airbus A 380 to the Global Hawk unmanned spyplane. Jeff Watson looks at the Su... Read more

Global Metal (2007)

8/10
Director: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen

Filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn ('Metal: A Headbanger's Journey') continue their cinematic study of all things heavy metal with this documentary... Read more

The Robert Epstein Collection: The Celluloid Closet / Common Threads / Paragraph 175 / The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

A collection of four documentaries from queer filmmaker Robert Epstein. "The Celluloid Closet" (1995) - This entertaining and often hilarious look at... Read more

Heart of an Empire (2007)

8.9/10
Director: Jay Thompson

In 1997, Albin Johnson took his obsession with the "Star Wars" trilogy to another level by founding the Fighting 501st Legion, a fanboy army who don e... Read more

The Day That Changed My Life (2015)

7.9/10
Director: Christopher Dudman

A powerful, uncensored and life-affirming documentary built around raw, heartfelt, never-before-seen interviews captured in the immediate aftermath of... Read more

The Curse of the Gothic Symphony (2011)

7/10
Director: Randall Wood

Written in the 1920s over an eight-year period by working-class English composer Brian, The Gothic Symphony has been performed less than half a doze... Read more

Great Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank (2010)

7.6/10
Starring: Dan Cruickshank

Across three episodes, Dan Cruickshank examines the history and moving personal stories of Great Britain's unique railway system. From the advent of s... Read more

Powaqqatsi ( Blu-ray ) (1988)

7.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio

"Life in Transformation". As a follow up to "Koyaanisqatsi", this visual montage shows how the Third World societies have been exploited. Beautifully... Read more

The Power of Emotion (1983)

7.2/10
Director: Alexander Kluge

Iconoclast, philosopher, aesthete: Alexander Kluge is all this and more. One of the founding fathers of the New German Cinema, Kluge made a varied and... Read more

Northern Safari (1957)

8.4/10
Director: Keith F Adams
Starring: Keith F Adams, Audrey Adams, Margaret Adams

Decades before Steve Irwin's Croc Hunter, the Bush Tucker Man and Crocodile Dundee, Keith Adams with his wife and sister, lived a searing adventure in... Read more