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.
Best of Enemies (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Gordon (II), Morgan Neville
Over ten nights in August 1968, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr let rip. The clash of the commentators the liberal iconoclast versus the public... Read more
Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Season 1 (2007)
8/10
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ted Danson, Daryl Hannah, Moby, Laura Dern, etc ...
Created by the Sundance Channel, each episode of this series revolves around a different green theme, spotlighting three specific innovators or innova... Read more
Biggie and Tupac (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Nick Broomfield
The hit of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, "Biggie & Tupac" investigates the still unsolved murders of rap superstars Christopher Wallace (a.k.a. Big... Read more
Black Coffee (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Irene Angelico
From its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as a contemporary elixir, coffee has become the second most traded legal commodity in... Read more
Black Gold (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Marc Francis, Nick Francis
Multinational coffee companies rule our shopping malls and dominate an industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commod... Read more
Bowling For Columbine (2002)
8/10
Director: Michael Moore
The Uncle Sam's America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms. With his signature sense of angry humour, activist film... Read more
Breath of Peace / Tau te Mauri (2005)
Director: Kathleen Gallagher
A fascinating story of the effort towards global peace, featuring eight peace people of Aotearoa New Zealand - spanning some seven decades - peacewalk... Read more
Broken Rainbow (1985)
6.9/10
Director: Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
Martin Sheen narrates this Academy Award-winning documentary chronicling the resistance of the American Navajo population to efforts made by industry... Read more
Budrus (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Julia Bacha
"Budrus" is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members a... Read more
Bulletproof Salesman (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
An intriguing and unnerving documentary about German armoured-car salesman Fidelis Cloer, for whom the war in Iraq has been an economic windfall. The... Read more