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 New Zealand Wars: Episode 5 (1998)
8/10
Starring: James Belich
"The East Coast Wars". The East Coast Wars raged from Taupo to East Cape, Hauraki to Hawke's Bay, over seven years from 1865 to 1872, bringing fire an... Read more
The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
7.4/10
Director: David Leaf
Starring: James Brown
April 5th, 1968. The day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and American cities are imploding. The Mayor of Boston is about to can... Read more
The Ocean's 11 Story (2002)
Starring: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Henry Si...
"The kings of cool... filming all day...partying all night". The Ocean's 11 Story documents the production of the 1960 caper movie that starred Frank... Read more
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Starring: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Noam Chomsky, Ahmed Rashid, Michael Ruppert, Karen Kwiatkow...
As world oil reserves dwindle and consumption increases, could it be just a coincidence that the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq happen to be n... Read more
The Pacific War: Day of Infamy (2005)
On December 7 1942, the US Naval base on Oahu was bombed by the Japanese, drawing the US into World War 2. Sixty years on, experts and eye witnesses... Read more
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018)
8.3/10
Starring: Sam Neill
Actor Sam Niell retraces the route Capt. James Cook took 250 years before on his legendary journey across the Southwest Pacific, explores the cultures... Read more
The Pacific: The Most Famous Battles (2010)
8.3/10
Experience the bloodiest battles of the Pacific Theatre as this in-depth documentary examines the personalities, weapons, firepower, tactics and leade... Read more
The Painter And The Thief (2020)
An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care,... Read more
The Panama Deception (1992)
7.5/10
Director: Barbara Trent
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Narrated by
This Academy Award winner for Best Feature Documentary uncovers the real reasons for the internationally condemned attack on Panama in 1989 by U.S. fo... Read more
The Paradise Lost Trilogy (2011)
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
The landmark HBO documentary that sparked an international movement to "Free the West Memphis Three," "Paradise Lost" investigates the gruesome 1993 m... Read more