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.
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (2005)
6.4/10
Starring: Narrated by, Alanis Morissette
Exploring what is arguably the most significant environmental phenomenon of the last 10,000 years, this documentary was filmed in the United States, A... Read more
Go Further (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Woody Harrelson
From award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann, "Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformationa... Read more
Godfathers of Ganja (2011)
Director: Billy Corben
In 1979, the U.S. Customs Service reported that 87% of all marijuana seizures in the U.S. were made in the South Florida area. Due to the region's 5,0... Read more
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Nicholas D Wrathall
Starring: Gore Vidal
No twentieth-century figure has had a more profound effect on the worlds of literature, film, politics, historical debate, and the culture wars than G... Read more
Grass (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Richard Nixon
Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary about the history of marijuana in 20th-century America, beginning with clips from educational films and expl... Read more
Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Stone
Starring: Patricia Hearst, Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove, Randol...
In February 1974, the granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint from her apartment by militant political rad... Read more
Hacking Democracy (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels
Three years in the making this Emmy-nominated documentary tracks the anomalies and irregularites in America's electronic voting system, as used in the... Read more
Harold Pinter: Art, Truth & Politics (2006)
Starring: Harold Pinter
In late 2005, Harold Pinter videotaped a lecture on the occasion of the award to him of one of the most distinguished of honours, the Nobel Prize for... Read more
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested
Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested explore the complexities of the war in Syria and Iraq as they gain access to clandestine organizations to offer a lo... Read more
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (2000)
8/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Narrated by, John Hurt
On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era.... Read more