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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.

Burma (2006)

7.1/10
Director: Evan Williams, Mark Stucke

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

Burma VJ (2008)

8/10
Director: Anders Ostergaard

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

Burma's Open Road (2008)

8/10

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

Bus 174 (2002)

7.9/10
Director: Jose Padilha

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

Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2004)

6.7/10

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

Bush's War (2008)

Director: Michael Kirk

Esteemed news producer Michael Kirk assembled years of 'Frontline' reports and contemporary interviews to present the full story of America's relation... Read more

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

7.4/10
Director: Michael Moore

Twenty years after his influential debut, "Roger & Me", Michael Moore takes on contemporary America's tough economic times in this provocative documen... Read more

Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney

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

Catherine the Great (2006)

6.3/10
Starring: Emily Bruni

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

Chasing Asylum (2016)

7.6/10
Director: Eva Orner

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