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.
The Awful Truth: Season 1 (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore
Michael Moore, the acclaimed filmmaker of "Roger and Me" and "Bowling For Columbine", is at it again with the show that was shut down by the mayor of... Read more
Grass (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Richard Nixon
Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary about the history of marijuana in 20th-century America, beginning with clips from educational films and expl... Read more
Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter, Jr (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Fred A Leuchter, Caroline Leuchter
Continuing his fascination with the most unlikely of documentary topics, filmmaker Errol Morris turns his camera on a quiet man who made dying his lif... Read more
Inside Burma - Land of Fear (1998)
Starring: John Pilger
Exposes the history and brutality of one of the world's most repressive regimes. Nearly the size of Texas, with a population of more than 40 million,... Read more
The Big One (1998)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore
Michael Moore is back and on the trail of more big business bigwigs to berate during the 1996 promo tour for his "Downsize This" book. Among those com... Read more
Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor (1998)
6.9/10
For 25 years Mao Tse Tung ruled one quarter of the world's population. Presiding over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen... Read more
The Greatest Speeches Of All Time (1998)
Certain speeches are so moving that they have the power to influence the masses and inspire change. This collection highlights speeches from ten of th... Read more
Zapatista (1998)
6.8/10
Director: Benjamin Eichert, Rick Rowley
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Narrated by, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos
On January 1st 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. A few minutes after midnight Mayan troops took over the South... Read more
Salem Witch Trials (1998)
6.2/10
in 1692 19 men and women were hanged, and one man was 'pressed' to death following the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Almost twenty years late... Read more
McLibel (1998)
6.8/10
Director: Ken Loach, Franny Armstrong
Starring: Dave Morris, Helen Steele, John Safran, Rob Newman
When McDonald's decided to sue two young English protestors for libel, they didn't expect to be in court for years on end. The true story of England's... Read more