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.
Send a Bullet ( Manda Bala ) (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Jason Kohn
Brazil is rife with crime and corruption at all levels of society; Jason Kohn's award-winning documentary examines several of the more imaginative way... Read more
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)
8.3/10
Director: Brett Harvey
The unassuming Canadian province of British Columbia is a business giant in the illegal marijauna trade, generating upwards of $7 billion Canadian eac... Read more
Chicago 10 (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Brett Morgen
Starring: Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schrei...
See contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unrave... Read more
Rebirth of a Nation (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Paul D (DJ Spooky) Miller
DJ Spooky's provocative 'remix' of D.W. Griffith's infamous 1915 masterpiece, "The Birth of a Nation". Originally commissioned as a live multimedia pe... Read more
Garbage Warrior (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Oliver Hodge
Starring: Michael Reynolds
Michael Reynolds is a revolutionary eco-architect whose buildings utilize the waste we humans produce and reduce the impact we have on the delicate en... Read more
The Unforeseen (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Laura Dunn
Starring: Robert Redford, Willie Nelson, William Greider, Gary Bradley
Environmental activists clash with a real estate developer in this deeply felt documentary featuring Robert Redford as both onscreen commentator and e... Read more
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Shane O'Sullivan
On June 5, 1968, shortly after winning the hotly-contested California primary, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was slain in the pa... 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
Oswald's Ghost (2007)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Stone
This Emmy-nominated documentary from Robert Stone ('Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst') draws upon rarely seen archival footage and interviews key... Read more
War Dance (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
Since the 1980s, Uganda has been locked in a violent civil war; a war in which children are often snatched from refugee camps or even their homes and... Read more