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.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)
7.8/10
Starring: Michael Franti, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sarandon
This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in November 1999, against the... Read more
The Greatest Speeches Of All Time: Volume 2 (2000)
This compilation features film 14 excerpts from some of the most important speeches by American leaders, including Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 Inaugural... Read more
Rebels With A Cause (2000)
7.6/10
Director: Helen Garvy
Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) were a highly influential student movement formed in the sixties to campaign for civil rights and fight povert... Read more
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (2000)
8/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Narrated by, John Hurt
On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era.... Read more
The Mark of Cain (2000)
6.5/10
Director: Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert's ground-breaking documentary overtly examines the dying art of Russian prison tattooing, while at the same time, more covertly, showing... Read more
Scorched Earth: Propaganda (2000)
5/10
This episode provides an intriguing look at the part played by propaganda as governments struggled to gain the upper hand in the war away from the bat... Read more
History Lessons (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Barbara Hammer
In this wonderfully irreverent yet empowering film, Barbara Hammer traces lesbian history by presenting an extraordinary array of archival footage - a... Read more
Dark Days (2000)
7.8/10
Director: Marc Singer
In this fascinating documentary, director Marc Singer offers a first hand account of what life is like for a community living underneath the streets o... Read more
The Red Stuff: The True Story of the Russian Race for Space (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Leo De Boer
The untold history of the Soviet space program is revealed in this fascinating documentary that separates truth from propaganda. Rare archival footage... Read more
Homo Sapiens 1900 (1999)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Cohen
Starring: Narrated by, Jan Holmquist
Peter Cohen's sobering look at the world-wide interest in eugenics throughout the early 20th century. Emerging around 1900, eugenic movements spawned... Read more