Aro Favourite: Documentary
40 Documentary Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr (1999)
- Another wholly idiosyncratic and remarkable work from documentarian Errol Morris, this time with the human oddity factor turned up to a…
- Poster (F) $10
Walking with Dinosaurs (TV Series) (1999)
- In tracing the 160 million year history of the big lizards, this comprehensive BBC doco slavishly recreates the flora, fauna and geography of the age…
- DVD
$45 $33.75
Sick (1997)
- Stunning, compassionate feature biography of the life of Bob Flanagan, whose 'super–masochism' and extreme performance art was born of his…
- DVD $30
Latcho Drom (1993)
- A moving testament to the plight of inter–continental gypsy culture and to the redemptive and communicative power of music, Tony Gatlif's…
- DVD $25
Manufacturing Consent (1992)
- Important film presents the theories of Noam Chomsky on the media and its mainstream bias which may have a far–reaching political agenda. What…
- DVD
$20 $15
Civil War, The (The American Civil War) (1989)
- An extraordinary documentary series on the American Civil War, widely recognised as one of the greatest ever made.
Using archival photographs,…
- Blu-Ray $89.95
Burden of Dreams (1982)
- Les Blank's most famous film sticks with Werner Herzog through the thick and thin of the Amazon jungle during the notoriously troubled shooting of…
- DVD
$40 $30
All You Need is Love (TV Series) (1977)
- Prolific arts filmmaker Tony Palmer oversaw this landmark, encyclopedic history of modern pop and rock – prescribed viewing for anyone who’s ever…
- DVD
$40 $30
Overlord (1975)
- Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Endless Summer (1966)
- Widely popular cult documentary follows two American surfers who trot the globe looking for the perfect wave, even stopping off at Raglan, NZ.…
- DVD $19.95