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 Party's Over (2001)
5/10
Director: Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan Leitch
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Aka "Last Party 2000". Join your dynamic host Philip Seymour Hoffman for this compelling exploration of the state of democracy in America, chronicling... Read more
The Peddler (2010)
7.7/10
Director: Eduardo de la Serna
This sweet little documentary tells the story of Daniel Burmeister who is a filmmaker like no other. Travelling from village to village around Argenti... Read more
The People vs George Lucas (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Alexandre O Philippe
Few filmmakers have experienced the extreme levels of both adoration and animosity that George Lucas has. This funny and fascinating documentary uses... Read more
The Persuaders (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Barak Goodman, Rachel Dretzin
In an increasingly high-tech and media-savvy world, how have advertising and public relations firms adapted to work their messages into the public's e... Read more
The Peter Sellers Story ...As He Filmed It (2004)
Director: Peter Lydon, Anthony Wall
Starring: Peter Sellers
Using a unique collection of his own home movies shot between 1948 and 1977 and discovered years after his death, this film presents an intriguing and... Read more
The Pipe (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Risteard O'Domhnaill
A compelling documentary film four years in the making, "The Pipe" tells the story of the small Rossport community which has taken on the might of She... Read more
The Planets (BBC) (1999)
8.5/10
Employing state-of-the-art computer graphics, unseen space race archive and testimony from leading scientists, this BBC production is the most compreh... Read more
The Powder and the Glory (2007)
Director: Ann Carol Grossman, Arnie Reisman
This intriguing documentary tells the story of two successful pioneering women entrepreneurs - Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. One hundred year... Read more
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
8/10
A look at how Cuba transitioned from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one, having lost access to Soviet oil in the 1990s. This is a s... Read more
The Power of Emotion (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Alexander Kluge
Iconoclast, philosopher, aesthete: Alexander Kluge is all this and more. One of the founding fathers of the New German Cinema, Kluge made a varied and... Read more