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.
Broken Rainbow (1985)
6.9/10
Director: Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
Martin Sheen narrates this Academy Award-winning documentary chronicling the resistance of the American Navajo population to efforts made by industry... 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 Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Goran Hugo Olsson
During the rise of The Black Power Movement in the '60s and '70s, Swedish Television journalists documented the unfolding cultural revolution for thei... Read more
Rats In The Ranks (1996)
8/10
Director: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Starring: Larry Hand
This bruising political doco follows the squabbles in a Sydney suburb between the Mayor and City Councillors. The filmmakers gained an extraordinary d... Read more
Rebels With A Cause (2000)
7.6/10
Director: Helen Garvy
Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) were a highly influential student movement formed in the sixties to campaign for civil rights and fight povert... Read more
One Man, One Cow, One Planet ( aka How to Save the World ) (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Thomas Burstyn
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote
AKA "How to Save the World". This 'eco-mentary' exposes globalization and its mantra of infinite growth in an infinite world for what it really is: an... 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
Speer and Hitler: The Devil's Architect (2005)
Director: Heinrich Breloer
Starring: Sebastian Koch, Tobias Moretti, Dagmar Manzel, Eva Hassmann
This excellent German docu-drama series explores in detail the relationship between Hitler and his chief architect, Albert Speer. Combining re-enactme... 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
Freedom's Fury (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Colin K Gray, Megan Raney
A powerful documentary about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Melbourne Olympics. This hard-hitting film centres on the semi-final water polo... Read more