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"
In Search of Shakespeare (2004)
8.2/10
Director: David Wallace
Starring: Michael Wood
He is the most famous of Englishmen, and yet our biographical knowledge of William Shakespeare has always been scant. Now Michael Wood - with the help... Read more
In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
8.8/10
Starring: Presented By, Michael Wood
The tales of Troy and its heroes, Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen, have enthralled generation upon generation. But did these leg... Read more
In Shifting Sands (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Scott Ritter
'The Untold Story of Weapons Inspection in Iraq'. Ex Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter covers the history of UNSCOM through the 1990s and its final... Read more
In the Company of Actors (2008)
7.5/10
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Robyn Nevin
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space - the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnera... Read more
In the Footsteps of Tintin (2011)
A series of five documentary films, following Tintin... with a cameraman! The films are based on the theme 'dreams and reality'. How many people, youn... Read more
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Jessica Yu
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Larry Pine
Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu this innovative documentary explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darg... Read more
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
8.1/10
Director: David Sington
What kind of imagination, daring, and resourcefulness did it require to put men on the lunar surface and bring them back - again and again? The Apollo... Read more
In the Year of the Pig (1968)
7.7/10
Director: Emile de Antonio
Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio's Oscar-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war's historical roots. With palpable ou... Read more
In the Zone (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Robyn Paterson
In an effort to combat cycles of inequality, a visiting African-American businessman establishes a home for minority teens in New Zealand's most sough... Read more
Incident at Oglala (1992)
7.6/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Narrated by, Robert Redford
The true story that inspired the film 'Thunderheart' focuses on the case of Leonard Peltier, a native American convicted of killing two FBI agents on... Read more