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.
Erasing David (2010)
6.1/10
Director: David Bond
A sobering documentary in the face of the information age has filmmaker David Bond examining how out of control the state of surveillance in the U.K.... Read more
Inside Job (2010)
8.3/10
Director: Charles Ferguson
Did powerful bankers bet against the American people and win big? Think you have the cause-and-effect mysteries of the 2008 financial crisis nailed do... Read more
Move On: Storming the Gate (2010)
5.8/10
Director: Alex Jordanov, Scott Stevenson
The inspiring and unlikely story of MoveOn.org, the biggest and most formidable progressive grass-roots movement since the 1960s. Started in 1998 by o... Read more
JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America (2009)
8.6/10
Just hours before his death, John F. Kennedy appeared before a crowd in Fort Worth, Texas to honour the freedoms of America in what would be his final... Read more
JFK: The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After (2009)
8/10
The moments and hours after JFK's tragic assassination were some of the most formative and important for the U.S., but the true story has rarely, and... Read more
Budrus (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Julia Bacha
"Budrus" is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members a... Read more
The Shock Doctrine (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Starring: Naomi Campbell, Ronald Regan, Barack Obama
Taking shock therapy as a metaphor, this investigative documentary explores "disaster capitalism," in which unstable nations are first jolted by catas... Read more
Collapse (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Chris Smith
Starring: Michael Ruppert
'Collapse' is the story of Michael Ruppert, former Los Angeles police officer turned rogue reporter whose eerie prediction of the current financial cr... Read more
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2009)
Starring: Naomi Klein
'The Rise of Disaster Capitalism' features Naomi Klein explaining the ideas and research behind her bestselling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of... Read more
The World Without The US (2009)
Director: Mitch Anderson, Jason J Tomaric
What would happen should the USA withdraw its military from around the world? Now, perhaps more than any other time in history, the position of the Un... Read more