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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 Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Noam Chomsky, Ahmed Rashid, Michael Ruppert, Karen Kwiatkow...

As world oil reserves dwindle and consumption increases, could it be just a coincidence that the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq happen to be n... Read more

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)

7.6/10
Director: Tom Peosay
Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen, H H Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, etc ...

Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary exposes the real cost of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. Powerfully chronicled through de... Read more

Journey of Man (2003)

7.9/10
Director: Clive Maltby
Starring: Dr Spencer Wells

How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "g... Read more

Engineering the Impossible (2002)

7.4/10

Just how far can engineering go? This program explores the feasibility of constructing several extraordinary projects such as a Europe to Africa Bridg... Read more

Loose Change: Second Edition (2006)

7.2/10
Director: Dylan Avery

A compelling investigation into the theory that the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre were orchestrated by elements within the US adminis... Read more

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

6.9/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Julian Assange

Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary details the creation of Julian Assange's c... Read more

The Awful Truth: Season 1 (1999)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore

Michael Moore, the acclaimed filmmaker of "Roger and Me" and "Bowling For Columbine", is at it again with the show that was shut down by the mayor of... Read more

The Question of God: Sigmund Freud and CS Lewis (2004)

8.3/10
Starring: Sigmund Freud, CS Lewis

What is happiness? How do we find meaning and purpose in our lives? How do we reconcile the conflict between love and sexuality? And how do we cope wi... Read more

Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorceror (2006)

Director: R Torjan
Starring: Readings By , Peter Coyote, Carlos Castaneda

Best-selling author and dubbed 'the godfather of the new age movement', Carlos Castaneda claimed to be the apprentice of sorcerer, Don Juan and to hav... Read more

I Am A Dancer (1972)

7.2/10
Director: Pierre Jourdan
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci

A portrait of the great Rudolf Nureyev, from his homely beginnings in 1938 to one of the century's great dancers and superstars. Includes excerpts fro... Read more