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.
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
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock
Documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock ('Super Size Me') learns his wife is pregnant and decides to hunt down the world's most dangerous man in this entert... Read more
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Pietra Brettkelly
Starring: Vanessa Beecroft
Kiwi filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly paints an intimate portrait of artist Vanessa Beecroft and her struggle to adopt Sudanese twins in this acclaimed Sun... Read more
Standard Operating Procedure (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Errol Morris
Master documentarian Errol Morris takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the '... Read more
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Errol Morris
Master documentarian Errol Morris takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the '... Read more
Salute (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Matt Norman
Starring: Tommie Smith, Peter Norman, John Carlos
At the 1968 Mexico Olympics two black American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, won gold and bronze respectively, in the 200m dash, famously gi... Read more
Barack Obama - His Story (2008)
Starring: Barack Obama
Democratic Party nominee in the 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama is on the verge of becoming the first African-American President of the Unite... Read more
The Hollow Men (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Alister Barry
The most explosive book in New Zealand political history is now a film. Don Brash stepped down as leader of the National Party in November 2006, the d... Read more
Occupation 101 (2007)
8.4/10
Award-winning documentary film on the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict - 'Occupati... Read more
Slacker Uprising (2007)
5.2/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Joan Baez, Michael Moore, Roseanne Barr, Viggo Mortensen, Eddie Vedder, Michael...
In the months leading up to the 2004 Bush/Kerry election, opinionated documentarian Michael Moore went on a 60-city college campus tour hoping to mobi... Read more