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Rental > Documentary: 2973 Films to Rent
Chasing The Ghost: New Zealand's P Epidemic (2009)
- Feat. Paul Holmes
- Relevant documentary sees Kiwi broadcaster Paul Holmes investigating New Zealand's 'P' – pure methamphetamine – epidemic, through the…
China Power - Art now after Mao (2009)
- Dir. Pia Getty
- A fascinating glimpse into China's modern art market, reflecting the ironies and contradictions of making art in the country's oppressive political…
Christianity - A History (2009)
- Reasonably thorough and alternative overview of the origins and divergent paths of Christianity. Eight episodes.
Code, The (2009)
- Professor Marcus du Sautoy attempts to codify the numbers, shapes, and patterns that govern the world around us in this engrossing mathematical…
Collapse (2009)
- Dir. Chris Smith
- At once infuriating and absorbing portrait of ex–cop turned conspiracy theorist Michael Ruppert, whose one–man rant spanning crises in…
Cove, The (2009)
- Dir. Louie Psihoyos
- An unusually stylish and suspenseful eco–doc that exposes the gratuitous slaughter of thousands of dolphins in a National Park at Taiji,…
Crude - The Real Price of Oil (2009)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger
- Dir. Joe Berlinger (PARADISE LOST) uncovers South American exploitation in this searing legal documentary on the damaging effects of oil drilling in…
David Hockney - A Bigger Picture (2009)
- Dir. Bruno Wollheim
- Sound BBC–produced portrait of David Hockney, following the modernist art icon back to England after 25 years in Hollywood.
Eating Art (TV Series) (2009)
- Delicious fusion of art history and gastronomic mysteries as celebrated restaurateur and art boffin Oliver Peyton takes the viewer on a tour of some…
Empire of the Word (2009)
- Ambitious, page–turning companion piece to THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH chronicles the act of reading across five thousand years of history. Host…