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.
911: The Road To Tyranny (2003)
5.9/10
Director: Alex Jones
The Government needed a crisis to convince the people to willingly give up their liberty in exchange for safety. Now according to this documentary, th... Read more
Go Further (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Woody Harrelson
From award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann, "Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformationa... 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
The Yes Men (2003)
6.9/10
Director: Chris Smith, Dan Ollman, Sarah Price
Starring: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Sal Salamone, Michael Moore
A comedic documentary following Andy and Mike, prankster activists who set up a website mimicking the World Trade Organisation. Finding themselves inv... Read more
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Tom Peosay
Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen, H H Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, etc ...
Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary exposes the real cost of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. Powerfully chronicled through de... Read more
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without A Pause (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Will Pascoe
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Carol Chomsky
Called "the most important intellectual alive" by The New York Times, and "a rebel without a pause" by rock-star Bono, Noam Chomsky is one of the grea... 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
Control Room (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Jehane Noujaim
This bristling documentary about Al Jazeera, the satellite news network, during the American invasion of Iraq is a seminal film that explores how trut... Read more
The Corporation (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Based on a book by Joel Bakan, this documentary considers the fact that, under American law, corporations are individuals and have the same rights as... Read more
The Agronomist (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jean Dominique
"The Agronomist" tells the story of Haitian national hero, journalist and freedom fighter Jean Dominique whom director Jonathan Demme first met and fi... Read more