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.
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Tracey Barry
Starring: Narrated by, Stockard Channing
Originally airing on the National Geographic Channel, this documentary chronicles how the Kennedy family forever altered the way politics were covered... Read more
The Killing Of America (1980)
7.7/10
Director: Sheldon Renan
This documentary had a sensationally high profile when first released. Footage covers actual killings, interviews are conducted with killers like Sirh... Read more
The Korean War: Fire and Ice (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Lou Reda
The Korean War was a war of firsts: The first jet war; the first war where it was not possible to unleash full power, politically or militarily, and t... Read more
The Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters (2001)
7.5/10
Director: Jean-Michel Carre
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote
In August 2000, the 'invincible' Russian submarine, the Kursk, sank to the bottom of the Barents sea, taking its crew of 118 with it. The immediate e... Read more
The Last Resort (2006)
3/10
Director: Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones
Opposition to the sale of a 60-year-old camp ground at Mahia is the subject of this fascinating documentary as long-time visitors and local residents... Read more
The Long Way Home (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Starring: David Paymer, Helen Slater, Martin Landau, Michael York, Morgan Freeman, (narrat...
Using interviews with Holocaust survivors, newsreel footage, and readings of letters, journals, and news reports, to tell the story of the hardships f... Read more
The Mark of Cain (2000)
6.5/10
Director: Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert's ground-breaking documentary overtly examines the dying art of Russian prison tattooing, while at the same time, more covertly, showing... Read more
The Miners' Hymns (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Bill Morrison
This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of an exceptional creative collaboration between renow... Read more
The Miracle of Candeal (2004)
Director: Fernando Trueba
This music-soaked documentary is set in Candeal, a favela or shanty town in Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, where Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes goes in searc... Read more
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