Aro Favourite: Documentary
43 Documentary Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
- Rewind This! (2013)
- An Aro Favourite carried by our shameless bias, this essential documentary pays timely and passionate tribute to the humble video cassette and its…
- Spirit of '45, The (2013)
- In this illuminating documentary, Ken Loach movingly celebrates the radical changes during postwar Britain under the new Labour government, which…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Pina (2011)
- A dazzling celebration of the late German dance pioneer Pina Bausch, whose challenging and subversive choreography is performed by those who danced…
- Blu-Ray
$24.95 $18.70
- Senna (2010)
- A thrilling motor–racing documentary on the fast life and times of Formula One legend and Brazilian hero, Ayrton Senna.
An exemplar of the…
- DVD
$30 $22.50
- Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
- An adorable, "Kiwi–as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk–singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Rubbings From A Live Man (2008)
- Film–maker Florian Habicht finds the perfect portrait subject in Warwick Broadhead, a fiercely independent, 40–year veteran of performing…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Young @ Heart (Young at Heart) (2007)
- A stirring, crowd–pleasing music doco for ages 9 to 99 that introduces a spritely senior citizen choir known as 'Young @ Heart' who are…
- DVD
$20 $15
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- Stark and compelling warning about the imminent effects of climate change – largely being stoked by carbon emissions from human activities…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Ans Westra - Private Journeys/Public Signposts (2006)
- Photographer laureate Ans Westra takes to the other side of the camera in this insightful, contemplative retrospective of her photography, and…
- DVD
$39.95 $29.95
- Banana in a Nutshell (2005)
- Having fallen in love with a white New Zealand boy, 27–year–old Liang turns the camera on herself in this thoroughly intimate…
- DVD $29.95