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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"

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020)

6.7/10
Director: Laura Gabbert

Follows chef Yotam on his quest to bring the sumptuous art and decadence of Versailles to life in cake form at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Y... Read more

Lost on Everest (2020)

6.5/10

A team of climbers set out to find Irvine and his climbing partner George Mallory camera. If that camera could be found, it would rewrite history. Read more

I Am Greta (2020)

6.1/10
Starring: Greta Thunberg

The documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists abo... Read more

Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story (2020)

7/10
Starring: Tony Hawk

The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise. Read more

Washington (2020)

8/10
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Nicholas Rowe

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

Brabham (2020)

Starring: Jackie Stewart

The tale of a racing dynasty and the price of immortality, BRABHAM reveals the forgotten godfather of modern Formula 1 - Jack Brabham, and a son's que... Read more

The Cave (2019)

7.5/10

Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using l... Read more

Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool (Blu-ray) (2019)

7.4/10
Director: Stanley Nelson
Starring: Miles Davis

The life story of the legendary musician Miles Davis Read more

Collective (2019)

6.1/10
Director: Alexander Nanau

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care... Read more

Biography: I Want My MTV (2019)

7.1/10

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