Aro Favourite: Documentary
28 Documentary Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024)
- The definitive musical biography about one of the most gifted singer–songwriters of his generation. Now in his early eighties, Paul Simon is…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2023)
- The story of Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson, a couple of unlikely London lads who stumbled into forming the coolest art design group of…
- DVD $29.95
Merkel (2022)
- A fittingly admirable portrait of the one of the great diplomats of modern times, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany for sixteen years, and most…
- DVD $29.95
Pick of the Litter (2018)
- A compelling (even suspenseful) documentary about the surprisingly intensive process of training guide dogs for the blind.
The film follows…
- DVD $29.95
My Year With Helen (2017)
- With unique access to high–ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)
- Beautiful portrait of revered Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, that captures the unique compositional process of a new work he…
- DVD $29.95
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
- A hit at the 2017 NZ Film Festival, this astonishing documentary examines the life and work of literary iconoclast James Baldwin. Based on his…
- DVD $24.95
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)
- An internationally lauded four part series that details the findings of a 40–year study by the Otago School of Medicine that follows every baby…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Best of Enemies (2015)
- Riveting account of the frequently explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley that transfixed…
- DVD $29.95
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
- A 24–hour portrait of writer and musician Nick Cave, blending fiction and reality, as it examines the artistic process and the power of the…
- Blu-Ray $34.95