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.
Home to more than 50 million people, and with more than 100 ethnic groups, Burma has a rich Buddhist tradition that permeates the country. However, it... Read more
Filmmaker Anders Ostergaard's Oscar-nominated documentary profiles the courageous efforts of a renegade band of Burmese reporters who, in the face of... Read more
A fascinating insight into how Burma's future may be affected if its government takes the major decision to allow the building of a road through its l... Read more
On June 12, 2000 a lone gunman, seemingly insane or drugged, hijacked a bus in Rio de Janeiro as authorities - and television cameras - surrounded the... Read more
In this video counterpart to his best-selling book 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy', journalist Greg Palast digs deep to see if there is truth behin... Read more
Esteemed news producer Michael Kirk assembled years of 'Frontline' reports and contemporary interviews to present the full story of America's relation... Read more
Twenty years after his influential debut, "Roger & Me", Michael Moore takes on contemporary America's tough economic times in this provocative documen... Read more
Lobbyists have long played a role in U.S. politics, but the 2006 scandal of Republican super lobbyist Jack Abramoff revealed just how much power they... Read more
One of Russia's most brilliant rulers, Catherine the Great, is the subject of this thrilling and extensively researched documentary/drama. Lavishly f... Read more
Drawing on an abundance of whistle-blower testimony and stealthily shot footage, Australian filmmaker Eva Orner (producer of Alex Gibney's Taxi to the... Read more