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.
War is Sell (2004)
4.7/10
Director: Brian Standing
How do you sell a war? Armed with words, pictures and advertising techniques, war propagandists fight for the hearts and minds of the public. This d... Read more
War Made Easy (2008)
8/10
Director: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp
Starring: Narrated by, Sean Penn
Sean Penn narrates this expose of media distortion and presidential endorsement of arguably unjustified wars. Focusing on the parallels between Vietna... 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
Weiner (2016)
7.6/10
Director: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
American politics is replete with bizarreness, but the story of Anthony Weiner takes some beating. The Democratic congressman hit global headlines in... Read more
West of Memphis (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Amy Berg
From Academy Award nominated filmmaker Amy Berg in collaboration with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, 'West of Memphis' tells the untold story behind an... Read more
When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
8/10
Director: Pamela Yates, Newton Thomas Sigel
Shot at the height of a largely unreported war between a heavily armed Guatamalan Military and a virtually defenceless Mayan population, this powerful... Read more
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock
Documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock ('Super Size Me') learns his wife is pregnant and decides to hunt down the world's most dangerous man in this entert... Read more
Where to Invade Next (2015)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore
In his sunniest most upbeat film yet, the activist/director of Fahrenheit 911 and Bowling for Columbine mounts a comic assault on the good citizens of... Read more
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Chris Paine
Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Mel Gibson, Phyllis Diller, Peter Horton, Alexandra Paul, Tom Hank...
Documenting the rise and fall of the electric car, from its inception in 1996 til the plug was pulled less than ten years later. With a host of celeb... Read more
Winter Soldier (1972)
8.2/10
The film documents the "Winter Soldier Investigation" conducted by Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Detroit, Michigan in the Winter of 1971. The ev... Read more