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Sales > Sociology: 25 films to Buy on DVD
James & Isey (James and Isey) (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Kiwi director Florian Habicht's deeply moving tribute to Northland life and aroha in the form of a documentary portrait of Isey and her son James,…
- DVD $29.95
Celia (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Inspiring documentary written, directed and produced by former TV current affairs journalist Amanda Millar, which follows the career of Celia…
- DVD $29.95
In Search of Greatness (2018)
- A perceptive documentary exploring greatness in sport, and what it takes to excel – nature versus nurture being an enduring theme. Includes…
- DVD $29.95
heART of the matter, The (2016)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A valuable historical documentary tracing the remarkable shifts in educational philosophy in New Zealand during the post WWII years, in which…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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
Where to Invade Next (2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A good–natured comic polemic from film–maker Michael Moore, who this time "invades" a host of European nations in pursuit of progressive,…
- DVD $29.95
Wolfpack, The (2015)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A poignant, stranger–than–fiction documentary about the six Angulo brothers, raised entirely within the confines of their Lower East Side…
- DVD
$20 $15
That Sugar Film (2014)
- Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly…
- DVD $14.95
Inside Child Poverty (2011)
- Wellington documentary maker Bryan Bruce investigates the appalling level of child poverty in New Zealand, and travels to Sweden to found out why…
- DVD $39.95
Freakonomics (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The authors of 'Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist' pass on the baton to six documentarians in this diverse exploration of social phenomena through (and…
- DVD
$29.95 $19.95
Good Hair (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Comedian Chris Rock explores cultural identity by way of black America's obsession with hair in this warm and witty social documentary.
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- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
His & Hers (His and Hers) (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A collection of straight–talking vignettes informs this sweet, affecting, often witty documentary in which Irish women of all ages talk about…
- DVD
$29.95 $15
South (TV Series) (2009)
- Another "love story" from intrepid broadcaster Marcus Lush, who this time explores the South Island of New Zealand, an area he fell in love with…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Trouble is My Business (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Keenly observational documentary about an empathetic assistant principal (Gary Peach) who battles to keep his students in school and out of trouble…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Here to Stay (TV Series) (2007)
- An enlightening, culturally pertinent reference point for the current make up of New Zealand society, this six part series revisits a number of key…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95, $19.95 $14.95
Son Of A Lion (2007)
- Pertinent, courageous drama filmed entirely in the Pashtun tribal area, telling the story of a young Pakistani boy who yearns to go to school and…
- DVD
$29.95 $19.95
Workingman's Death (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Astonishing depiction of six of the most gruelling jobs known to man that soberingly conveys the extremes that certain members of the global…
- DVD $34.95
Dogora (2004)
- A filmic mediatation on Cambodia, loosely in the style of BARAKA, for which dir. Leconte travelled to the formerly wartorn country to capture the…
- DVD $29.95
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army) (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An indepth examination of the Californian 'hippie–terrorists', the SLA, who rose to prominence in the 1970s attempting to change America with…
- DVD $19.95
Scared Sacred (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Visiting sites of some of the world’s most horrible stories doesn’t seem like a relaxed night’s viewing, but this doco by the interestingly…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Spellbound (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Surprise hit documentary that struck a universal chord in following eight high–school hopefuls in their bid to succeed at the American National…
- Poster (F) $7.95
Hell House (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Behind–the–scenes account of a small fundamentalist church in Texas whose "Hell House" serves as a tool to literally "scare the hell out…
- DVD $29.95
Baraka (1993)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- The cinematographer of KOYAANISQATSI montages gloriously filmed images from around the globe with modern world music and creates more than just an…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Maria's Story (A Portrait Of Love And Survival In El Salvador's Civil War) (1990)
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- DVD $34.95
Up Series Boxset (7-49UP) (1964-2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- All 49 years of Michael Apted's extraordinary documentary series chronicling the evolving lives of ordinary Brits.
- DVD
$60 $45