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.
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
Citizen King (2001)
Director: Orlando Bagwell, W Noland Walker
This beautifully-crafted documentary traces the last five years in the life of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. From his August 1963 L... Read more
Commanding Heights Vol. 3: The New Rules of the Game (2002)
Volume 3 tracks the explosive growth of the new world economy from the 1922 US presidential campaign to the present. Examining the promise and perils... Read more
North Korea: 3 Documentaries (2006)
7.5/10
This collection features 3 documentaries about North Korea and notorious dictator Kim Jong-il. 'Nuclear Nightmare: Understanding North Korea' is a co... 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
The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Phil Grabsky
In March 2001 the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's 1600-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan, once considered the world's most remarkable representations... Read more
Favela Rising (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary
Starring: Anderson Sa
Anderson Sa grew up in the slums, or favelas, of Rio de Janiero. Tormented by the murders of his family and many friends, this former drug trafficker... Read more
Wall (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Simone Bitton
A thoughtful and thought-provoking documentation of the building of a massive partition by the Israeli government, separating Israel from the West Ban... Read more
Zapatista (1998)
6.8/10
Director: Benjamin Eichert, Rick Rowley
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Narrated by, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos
On January 1st 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. A few minutes after midnight Mayan troops took over the South... Read more
The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
In 2004, former U.S. marine Brian Steidle was assigned to Darfur as an 'unarmed monitor' and became a key witness to the region's unfolding genocide,... Read more