This documentary sub-heading is one of the most popular forms of non-fiction film. The biography details the lives - usually the achievements and faults of - noted or notorious public figures. Also included, alongside other movie types, are profiles of everyday people and their human interest stories.
Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and James invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday. A Northland celebration of li... Read more
The tragic love story of Helena Citron, a young Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz, and Austrian SS officer Franz Wunsch. Read more
The trailblazing late photographer Helmut Newton had a defining impact on the worlds of fashion and art. Born into a wealthy Jewish family, Helmut Ne... Read more
The doco of Amedeo Modigliani's life & work. Read more
Cathy Freeman's win at Sydney 2000 is one of the greatest collective experiences in Australian modern history. Twenty years later, FREEMAN explores th... Read more
An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa. Read more
Washington tells the story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common... Read more
In 1970s New York, Martha Cooper captured the birth of the global graffiti art movement. Decades later, she is celebrated as the an icon, and at 75 ye... Read more
The life story of the legendary musician Miles Davis Read more
That's right, kids, there was a time when MTV showed music videos 24 hours a day. Those early days of the fledgling cable network-and the enormous suc... Read more