Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
Cowboys and Communists (Cowboys & Communists) (2007)
- Dir. Jess Feast
- Engaging culture documentary centred on a risque East Berlin bar and eatery (known as White Trash Fast Food), operated by an ex–pat 'cowboy'…
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story (2007)
- Dir. Julian Shaw
- Moving doco focused on the litigious cross–dressing South African satirist Pieter–Dirk Uys, whose life's work included stirring…
Day Zero (2007)
- Dir. Bryan Gunnar Cole
Feat. Elijah Wood, Jon Bernthal, Chris Klein…
- A 'what if scenario' study of three New Yorkers facing the draft in an alternate post–9/11 reality.
There's embattled Ivy Leaguer Chris…
Dengue Fever - Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (2007)
- Dir. John Pirozzi
- Political rockumentary follows LA–based band Dengue Fever on their recent journey to Cambodia to perform 60s and 70s Cambodian rock n' roll in…
Devil Came on Horseback, The (2007)
- Dir. Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern
- Urgent, eye–opening documentary on the Darfur genocide, which follows US Marine Captain Brian Steidle's assignment as a neutral observer of the…
Disengagement (2007)
- Dir. Amos Gitai
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Jeanne Moreau, Liron Levo
- Juliette Binoche plays a French–Israeli settler in Gaza who must return to the West Bank following Israel’s pullout from the occupied…
Katyn (2007)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Pawel Malaszynski
- Andrzej Wajda cements himself as Poland’s greatest director with this late–career triumph, a war story addressing the eradication of some…
La Verdad? (The Truth?) (2007)
- Dir. Helen Smyth
- Whilst in Cuba, Kiwi journalist and mother–of–two Helen Smyth and husband Tim Rose (of Havana Coffee Works) inadvertently delve into its…
Lions for Lambs (2007)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
- A contemporary 'hot potato' issue is tackled from political, academic, militaristic and journalistic viewpoints, drawing an ultimately powerful…
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)
- Dir. Debbie Melnyck, Rick Caine
- Not just another debunking of Michael Moore, this thoughtful, well–considered essay on the left winger’s political documentaries exposes…