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.
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
An astoundingly sobering and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world's obsession with oil, when it's going to run out, and what will happe... 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
In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Schechter
Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis, revealing the collusion amongst the lending industry and governme... Read more
The Atomic Cafe (1982)
7.7/10
Director: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty
A shockingly entertaining film about a grim subject, 'The Atomic Cafe' combines vintage newsreels, kinescopes, government films about the Cold war Yea... Read more
John Pilger: Stealing A Nation (2004)
9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger
During the 1960s the British and American Governments made a deal to save the British government from paying millions of dollars in debt and to secure... Read more
The Future of Food (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia
This provocative, award-winning documentary offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabelled, patented, genetically en... Read more
Comandante (2003)
7/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Fidel Castro, Oliver Stone
From three days filming in Cuba, director/interviewer Oliver Stone edited down more than 30 hours of interviews and conversations to provide a candid... Read more
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Raoul Peck
Starring: Samuel L Jackson
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, pe... 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
9/11: The Filmmakers Commemorative Edition (2001)
8.4/10
Director: Gedeon Naudet, Jules Naudet, James Hanlon
On the morning of September 11, 2001, French filmmaker brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York City fir... Read more