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"
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer
Starring: Narrated by, John Waters
An inland ocean with a close proximity to the urban areas of Southern California, the Salton was once a veritable paradise referred to as the 'Califor... Read more
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure (2003)
7.9/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Narrated by, Edward Asner
Colombia is synonymous with drug trafficking, the country earns an enormous amount of money every year by shipping its illegal wares to the US. But th... Read more
Planet B-Boy (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Benson Lee
An urban dance style that started on the streets of New York City in the 1970s, B-boying would become an important building block in the formation of... Read more
Planet Dinosaur (2011)
8.2/10
Director: Nigel Paterson
Starring: John Hurt, Narrated by
Transporting you to locations across the globe and back in time through tens of millions of years, Planet Dinosaur uses unique hi-tech graphics to bri... Read more
Planet Earth: Episodes 1-5 (2006)
9.4/10
Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough
'A hundred years ago, there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still... Read more
Planet Earth: Episodes 6-11 (2006)
9.4/10
Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough
The final six episodes in this outstanding documentary series take us from the polar ice caps to the great plains, from equatorial jungles seething wi... Read more
Planet Earth: The Complete Series ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
9.4/10
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough
A hundred years ago, there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still p... Read more
Planet in Peril (2007)
7.7/10
Starring: Jeff Corwin, Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta
CNN takes viewers around the world in a comprehensive 3-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. This worldwide investigation looks at four... Read more
Pleasures and Dangers (1991)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Profiling six contemporary female artists, internationally successful in their fields of painting, photography, filmmaking and sculpture, this documen... Read more
Poisoned Waters (2009)
Director: Rick Young
Frontline (USA) examines the rising hazards to human health and the eco-system, and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean. The coastal estuaries o... Read more