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.
Godfathers of Ganja (2011)
Director: Billy Corben
In 1979, the U.S. Customs Service reported that 87% of all marijuana seizures in the U.S. were made in the South Florida area. Due to the region's 5,0... Read more
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock
He's not selling out, he's buying in. Boundary-pushing Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) explores the world of product placemen... Read more
Page One: Inside The New York Times (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Andrew Rossi
In an era when newspapers are becoming increasingly obsolete, director Andrew Rossi offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the newsroom tha... Read more
The Miners' Hymns (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Bill Morrison
This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of an exceptional creative collaboration between renow... Read more
Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Lobbyists have long played a role in U.S. politics, but the 2006 scandal of Republican super lobbyist Jack Abramoff revealed just how much power they... Read more
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
7.4/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Writer/director Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room") submits a probing examination of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's brief,... Read more
Money Wars (2010)
5.6/10
The economic transformation of America remains one of the defining issues of recent times. Money Wars casts a scrutinising eye over the slow erosion o... Read more
Countdown to Zero (2010)
7/10
Director: Lucy Walker
Starring: Tony Blair
With nine nations currently in possession of nuclear weapons--and many more working to acquire them--nuclear disaster remains one of the greatest thre... Read more
A Film Unfinished (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Yael Hersonski
In 1942, more than two years after Nazi troops herded Poland's Jews into a ghetto in Warsaw, where they were to be held until they were sent to exterm... Read more
Waiting for Superman (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") turns his lens on the complex problems of public school education in this emotional documentary f... Read more