Political Docos
Due to the great influx of socio-political documentaries over the last couple of years, Alice thought it was time they had a section of their own. Included here are political bios ('Comandante', 'Mahatma Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace'); films dealing with the mechanics of politics ('Rats in the Ranks', 'The War Room'); and those dedicated to political issues as diverse as homelessness ('It Was A Wonderful Life'), the death penalty ('Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter Jr'), corporate depletion of natural resources ('End of Suburbia'); civil rights ('4 Little Girls') and corruption ('Fahrenheit 911). Undoubtedly two stars of the genre are two very different men, extroverted funnyman, Michael Moore ('Roger and Me') and soft-spoken professor, Noam Chomsky ('Manufacturing Consent'), pictured.
I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Patrick Creadon
A lucid, compelling and entertaining look at the unprecedented financial crisis facing the United States. Government and military spending is out of c... Read more
In a Land of Plenty (2002)
8.4/10
Director: Alister Barry
Starring: Narrated by, Ian Johnstone
The story of unemployment in New Zealand using extensively researched archive footage and interviews with those close to the action. We trace the orig... Read more
In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Schechter
Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis, revealing the collusion amongst the lending industry and governme... Read more
In Search of Peace (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Trank
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Edward Asner, (Voices of)
Michael Douglas narrates this documentary look at the first 20 years of Israel's existence, with a concentration on the origins of the Middle East Con... Read more
In Shifting Sands (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Scott Ritter
'The Untold Story of Weapons Inspection in Iraq'. Ex Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter covers the history of UNSCOM through the 1990s and its final... Read more
Incident at Oglala (1992)
7.6/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Narrated by, Robert Redford
The true story that inspired the film 'Thunderheart' focuses on the case of Leonard Peltier, a native American convicted of killing two FBI agents on... Read more
India Reborn (2009)
8.2/10
Director: Various
This 4-part series takes in the world's newest superpower-in-waiting. India has a middle class bigger than the entire population of the US, but is sti... Read more
Inside Burma - Land of Fear (1998)
Starring: John Pilger
Exposes the history and brutality of one of the world's most repressive regimes. Nearly the size of Texas, with a population of more than 40 million,... Read more
Inside Deep Throat (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Starring: Narrated by, Dennis Hopper, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Alan Dershowitz, Larry...
Documentary filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye') take on the '70s cultural phenomenon that was 'Deep Throat'. Fascin... Read more
Inside Job (2010)
8.3/10
Director: Charles Ferguson
Did powerful bankers bet against the American people and win big? Think you have the cause-and-effect mysteries of the 2008 financial crisis nailed do... Read more