Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
Southern Comfort (2000)
- Dir. Kate Davis
- A fascinating and compassionate portrait of two transsexuals – a craggy cowboy (born a woman) and a vivacious siren (born a man) – who…
Space (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Sam Neill
- Sam Neill conducts a tour of Outer Space and some of the phenomenon of this vast (indeed possibly infinite) region.
Broadly examines galactic and…
State of the Planet (TV Mini Series) (2000)
- A three–part series in which BBC documentarian David Attenborough investigates the various environmental crises besetting Earth at the present…
Superhuman (2000)
- The makers of THE HUMAN BODY plumb the latest developments in bodily research and medical development, again utilising their cogent,…
They Filmed the War in Colour: France is Free! (Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur) (2000)
- Dir. Rene-Jean Bouyer
- Rewarding TV documentary (made in France) which combines rediscovered colour footage of the German occupation of France during WW2, with interviews…
Todd McFarlane - The Devil You Know (2000)
- Dir. Kenton Vaughan
- A straightforward look at the life of comicbook 'wunderkind' Todd McFarlane, who got his start at Marvel comics drawing Spider–Man, and later…
Universal Horror (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow
- Reeling back to the horror films produced by Universal Studios in the 1930s, this Kevin Brownlow documentary is a lovingly–made reminder of the…
Universe (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Mark Everest
- Channel 4's acclaimed sequel to THE PLANETS, moves out of the solar system to investigate what else is going on in the cosmos. Again distinguished by…
Whirling Man, The (2000)
- Dir. Gretchin Mornin, James Hollings
Feat. Arnold Brooker
- Brief compelling whirl through the world of Arnold Brooker, an eccentric fixture on the streets of Wellington who campaigns for the rights of the…
World War 2 In Colour (2000)
- Two part series that presents previously unseen global footage, from pre–war Germany to the end of the war in Africa, and the atomic bomb.