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.
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
All Governments Lie (2016)
7.3/10
Director: Fred Peabody
Giant media conglomerates are increasingly reluctant to investigate or criticize government policies, particularly on defense, security and intelligen... Read more
Risk (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Laura Poitras
Starring: Sarah Harrison, Julian Assange, Jacob Appelbaum
From the Academy Award-winning director of CITIZENFOUR Filmed over six years, RISK is a character study that collides with a high stakes election year... Read more
Zero Days (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Investigative journalism meets conspiracy thriller as Alex Gibney (Going Clear, NZIFF15) goes on the trail of Stuxnet, the extraordinary computer viru... 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
Weiner (2016)
7.6/10
Director: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
American politics is replete with bizarreness, but the story of Anthony Weiner takes some beating. The Democratic congressman hit global headlines in... Read more
Behemoth (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Zhao Liang
Beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, political documentarian Zhao Liang's visionary new film BEHE... Read more
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Stanley Nelson
On May 2, 1967, twenty-four black men and six white women dressed in blue shirts, black berets, and black leather jackets ascended the steps of the ca... 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
Sherpa ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.7/10
Director: Jennifer Peedom
We are unlikely ever to tire of the spectacle of Everest as pure wilderness, even if, before the terrible events of May, tales of adventure tourists c... Read more