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"
The Last Voices of the Great War (2008)
8/10
Director: Nick Maddocks
A powerful first-person testimony to one of the most fascinating and traumatic episodes in human history, The Last Voices of the Great War, presents t... Read more
The Last Western Heretic (2007)
Director: Monique Oomen
Starring: Lloyd Geering
A timely and enthralling insight into the ideas and philosophies of a New Zealander described by the BBC as the last living heretic . 89-year-old Llo... Read more
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill (2002)
6.9/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Spike Milligan, Michael Palin, Eric Sy...
Aired just six month's after the last goon passed away, this funny and touching tirbute reveals Spike to be the ultimate tortured genius, treading a t... Read more
The Life, Times and Crimes of Ronald Arthur Biggs (2010)
Director: Barry Sloane
Starring: Ronald Biggs
For over two decades, Ronald Arthur Biggs, the Great Train Robber himself, was the world's most hunted fugitive. Biggs was able to travel half way aro... Read more
The Living Room: Series 3 (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Simon Baumfield, Mark Albiston, Nathan Morris, James Anderson, Makerita Urale
Starring: Steve Abel, Tusiata Avia, Rod Bridgeman, Ed Davis, Caitlin Devoy, Grenell Family...
From Sticky Pictures comes the award-winning third season of the show that showcases Aotearoa's creative culture. With inspirational and creative 'ho... Read more
The Long March to Freedom (2011)
Director: Stephen Saunders
In January 1945, in the death throes of an evil empire and as the Red Army resumed its relentless advance towards Germany, the inmates of POW camps in... Read more
The Long Way Home (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Starring: David Paymer, Helen Slater, Martin Landau, Michael York, Morgan Freeman, (narrat...
Using interviews with Holocaust survivors, newsreel footage, and readings of letters, journals, and news reports, to tell the story of the hardships f... Read more
The Look of Silence (2015)
8.3/10
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Joshua Oppenheimer's groundbreaking documentary The Act of Killing confronted viewers with a moral vacuum in which the perpetrators of the politicall... Read more
The Lost Tomb of Jesus (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Simcha Jacobovici
This documentary from the makers of 'Exodus Decoded' puts forward a compelling theory that the so-called 'Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries', discovered in Is... Read more
The Mafia (2005)
6.1/10
Director: Neil Rawles, Charlie Smith
From the late 1950s onwards, the mafia exploited the new opportunities for international travel and banking to turn itself into the biggest and most p... Read more