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.
Trinity and Beyond / The Atomic Filmmakers: Behind the Scenes (1995)
Director: Peter Kuran
"Trinity and Beyond" - Rarely-seen film footage from dozens of nuclear tests by the United States, Russia, England and China, much of it classified "t... Read more
Truth, Lies and Intelligence (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Carmel Travers
Directed by award-winning Australian filmmaker Carmel Travers, this insightful documentary is a decisive and compelling exploration of the intelligenc... Read more
Until When... (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Dahna Abourahme
Follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Fadi is 13 and cares for his 4 younger brothers; the Hammash's are a... Read more
Voices of Civil Rights: Volume 1 (2006)
Starring: Martin Luther King
A powerful collection of documentary programs chronicling one of the most turbulent and triumphant periods in American history. This series features o... Read more
Voices of Civil Rights: Volume 2 (2006)
In the summer of 2004 a group of journalists embarked on a bus tour that would take them around the US, recording first-hand stories of the Civil Righ... Read more
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement (1997)
8/10
Director: William Gazecki
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, this controversial feature chronicles the 1993 stand-off in Waco, Texas, between the Branch David... Read more
Waiting for Superman (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") turns his lens on the complex problems of public school education in this emotional documentary f... Read more
Wal-Mart: The High Cost Of Low Price (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Greenwald
The shameful practices of the USA Wal-Mart corporation, and their impact on family-owned businesses and private citizens, are put under the harsh micr... Read more
Wall (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Simone Bitton
A thoughtful and thought-provoking documentation of the building of a massive partition by the Israeli government, separating Israel from the West Ban... Read more
War Dance (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
Since the 1980s, Uganda has been locked in a violent civil war; a war in which children are often snatched from refugee camps or even their homes and... Read more