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.
Pol Pot - Secret Killer (1997)
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, remains one of the most brutal and hated leaders of the 20th century. In late 1970s Cambodia, he and his army of Communist... Read more
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock
He's not selling out, he's buying in. Boundary-pushing Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) explores the world of product placemen... Read more
Pop: The Conspiracy of Popular Culture (2005)
4.8/10
Director: Aaron Keown
Shot in 10 countries, on 73 different locations by a renegade film crew, this bizarre collection of pop culture conspiracies is 'Blair Witch' meets 'J... Read more
Power Trip (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Paul Devlin
Attempting to supply modern electrical power to the former Soviet republic of Georgia, a powerful American energy company encounters enormous drama an... Read more
Pump (2014)
7.7/10
Director: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
PUMP is an inspiring, eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its curr... Read more
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
7/10
Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Starring: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that ha... Read more
Rats In The Ranks (1996)
8/10
Director: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Starring: Larry Hand
This bruising political doco follows the squabbles in a Sydney suburb between the Mayor and City Councillors. The filmmakers gained an extraordinary d... Read more
RBG (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture ic... Read more
Rebels With A Cause (2000)
7.6/10
Director: Helen Garvy
Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) were a highly influential student movement formed in the sixties to campaign for civil rights and fight povert... Read more
Rebirth of a Nation (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Paul D (DJ Spooky) Miller
DJ Spooky's provocative 'remix' of D.W. Griffith's infamous 1915 masterpiece, "The Birth of a Nation". Originally commissioned as a live multimedia pe... Read more