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"
Kiwi Kitchen: Series 1 (2006)
Starring: Richard Till
From muttonbird on Stewart Island, to a Central Otago high-country roast, to Bombe Alaska created by a TV chef from days gone by. Travelling the leng... Read more
See What I Mean (1992)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
This educative documentary presents two real life stories - the true story of a family who were all born deaf, and the story of a journalist who disco... Read more
Who Laughs Last?: A Documentary About Roger Hall (2006)
8.5/10
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Starring: Peter Elliott, John Clarke, Ginette McDonald, Fiona Samuel, Roger Hall, Grant Ti...
One of New Zealand's best known playwrights, Roger Hall has been tickling the kiwi funnybone for 30 years. This documentary from Shirley Horrocks inv... Read more
The Great Adventurers: Christopher Columbus (1999)
The momentous tale of how Christopher Columbus set sail in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, discovering 'The New World' along the way. Using r... Read more
Return To Kirkuk (2006)
Director: Karzan Sherabayani
Twenty-five years after being tortured by Saddam Hussein's secret police force, Kurdish exile, activist, and actor Karzan Sherabayani returns to his h... Read more
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Jack Haley Jr
With the invention of sound, Hollywood began its most flamboyant surge in technique and expression. This evocative and groundbreaking epoch revealed a... Read more
Marshall McLuhan: McLuhan's Wake (2007)
Starring: Marshall McLuhan
Taking Edgar Allan Poe's 'Descent Into the Maelstrom' as its central metaphor, this documentary about theoretician Marshall McLuhan covers basic biogr... Read more
Wild South: Summer Special (2008)
7.8/10
Award-winning, international filmmaker Natural History New Zealand has enthralled millions of viewers for more than three decades with their documenta... Read more
The Search for Weng Weng (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Andrew Leavold
Starring: Tikoy Aguiluz, Roy Arabejo, Tilman Baumgaertel
Almost a decade ago Australian trash cinema aficionado Andrew Leavold set off to the Philippines to uncover the true story behind his cinema obsession... Read more
Wild South: Volume 6 (2009)
7.8/10
'City Under the Sea' (1992) - Undersea guides Wade and Jan Doak introduce us to the busy reefs of the Poor Knights Islands, one of the world's richest... Read more