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.
John Pilger's No Middle Ground in the Middle East - Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq / Palestine is Still the Issue / Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror (2003)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
This collection of three John Pilger documentaries focuses on the troubled Middle East. 'Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq' has Pilger t... Read more
John Pilger's Return Ticket (1995)
Starring: John Pilger
Three stunning documentaries from fearless Australian journalist John Pilger. 'South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die' finds Pilger returning to South Af... Read more
John Pilger: Documentaries That Changed The World (2005)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
John Pilger's impressive 35 year career as an investigative journalist has seen him uncover the grisly truth behind numerous injustices and conflicts... Read more
John Pilger: In the Name of Justice - 12 Documentaries (2007)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
Includes 12 of John Pilger's ground-breaking films. 'The Mexicans' reports on political oppression in Mexico. 'Street of Joy' compares product marketi... Read more
John Pilger: Stealing A Nation (2004)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
During the 1960s the British and American Governments made a deal to save the British government from paying millions of dollars in debt and to secure... Read more
John Pilger: The New Rulers of the World / War By Other Means / Burp! Pepsi vs Coke in the Ice Cold War (1984)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
A triple-bill from ivestigative journalist John Pilger. 'The New Rulers of the World' explores the impact of globalisation taking Indonesia as a prim... Read more
Land Mines: A Love Story (2004)
5/10
Director: Dennis O'Rourke
Controversial filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke ('Cunnamulla', 'The Good Woman of Bangkok') presents another narrative documentary that finds the heart and hu... Read more
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
7.6/10
Director: Rory Kennedy
Starring: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger
In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and So... Read more
Lessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana (1992)
Director: Werner Herzog
In the aftermath of the Gulf War, retreating Iraqi soldiers left the oil fields of Kuwait a raging inferno. True to form as perhaps the world's most d... Read more
Living with the Enemy (2008)
5.4/10
Director: Karsten Laske
This is the story of the years between the end of World War II and the founding of the two German states: 1945 to 1949, which proved to be a decisive... Read more