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.
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Danny Schechter
A scathing indictment of the war in Iraq and the media's collusion with the Bush administration in selling the American public an unnecessary conflict... Read more
Workingman's Death (2005)
8.1/10
Director: Michael Glawogger
A majestically elegant, and somewhat romanticised, study of the nature of work in the 21st century focussing on some of the most gruelling jobs on Ear... Read more
You've Been Trumped (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Anthony Baxter
Starring: Donald Trump
In this David and Goliath tale for the 21st Century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on Donald Trump, as the tycoon prepares to destroy one... 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
Zero Days (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Investigative journalism meets conspiracy thriller as Alex Gibney (Going Clear, NZIFF15) goes on the trail of Stuxnet, the extraordinary computer viru... Read more
Zero: An Investigation into 9/11 (2008)
7.9/10
Director: Francesco Tre, Franco Fracassi
With the central premise being that the official version of what happened on September 11th 2001 cannot be true, this documentary from Italian filmmak... Read more