Documentaries
Documentary Films, strictly speaking, are non-fictional, "slice of life" factual works of art, sometimes known as cinema verite. As films became more narrative-based, documentaries branched out and took many forms, some of which have been termed propagandistic or non-objective.
One of Alice's favourite sections, and due to the sheer size of this collection, we have split ioto a number of sub-sections. See side bars on left for more options. By scrolling below are you will be exposed to whole darn caboodle - all of Alice's documentaries.
Right: Werner Herzog directs "Burden of Dreams"
Up the Yangtze (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Yung Chang
In China, it is simply known as 'The River'. But the Yangtze (and all of the life that surrounds it), is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation... Read more
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Danny O'Connor
Authorised documentary on the UK's inspired and dissolute music label, Creation Records. Featuring Oasis, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentin... Read more
Us and The Game Industry (2014)
6.9/10
Director: Stephanie Beth
Experience recent designs for video games in the 21st Century. The developers, their peers and the world of support structures for these expose the ma... Read more
Utopia (2013)
8.5/10
Director: John Pilger
Starring: John Pilger
Hard-hitting journalist John Pilger's "Utopia" is a rare and powerful insight into a secret Australia and breaks what amounts to a national silence ab... Read more
Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
7.1/10
Director: George Langworthy
A fascinating documentary about the mysterious disappearance of bees from beehives all around the world. The film's aim is a better understanding of '... Read more
Velvet Dreams (1998)
5/10
Director: Sima Urale
A titillating introduction to the world of velvet painting, a genre most noted for its portraits of topless 'dusky maidens' painted on black velvet. W... Read more
Vernon, Florida (1982)
7.2/10
Director: Errol Morris
Documentarian Errol Morris takes "True Stories" one step further with this heartfelt look at a slice of oddball Americana. Travel to the sleepy Southe... Read more
Vietnam Air War (2000)
"Vietnam Air Wa"r is the most comprehensive film record ever produced of the aircraft, weaponry, strategy and tactics deployed during the Vietnam War.... Read more
Vietnam War (1985)
9.2/10
Starring: Walter Cronkite
For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an intensely publicized war, the first television war that... Read more
Vietnam War: Combat - Volume 2 (2002)
9.2/10
A follow on from the highly acclaimed 'Vietnam War' series with Walter Cronkite, this offers in-depth analysis, review and personal representations of... Read more