Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
John Pilger's Return Ticket (South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die; Frontline: In Search Of Truth In Wartime; Vietnam: The Last Battle) (1988-1995)
- Dir. Alan Lowery, David Munro
Feat. John Pilger - John Pilger revisits the remnants of war, stained politics, and social injustice in this fifth volume of his hard–hitting documentary…
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Spalding Gray - Recounting his experiences in Thailand, while acting in THE KILLING FIELDS, arch–raconteur Spalding Gray whips up a verbal storm, with Laurie…
T. Dan Smith (1987)- Dir. Amber Film Collective
- Docu–drama chronicles of events leading to the imprisonment of a maverick Newcastle councillor. Made in collaboration with Smith himself, it…
Broken Rainbow (1985)- Dir. Victoria Mudd
- This 1985 Oscar–winning documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, deals with the forced relocation of the Desi (Navajo) people from their…
Islands of the Empire (1985)- Dir. Alister Barry, Rod Prosser, Russell Campbell
- Documentary from Wellington production company Vanguard Films (SOMEONE ELSE'S COUNTRY) offering a valuable examination of military relationships…
John Pilger's The New Rulers of the World (The New Rulers of the World; War By Other Means; Burp! Pepsi v Coke in the Ice Cold War) (1984-2001)- Dir. David Munro, Alan Lowery
Feat. John Pilger - Three more essential documentaries from journalist John Pilger, with the emphasis on big business, globalisation, and the plight of the Third…
Patu! (1983)- Dir. Merata Mita
- The 1981 protests against the South African Rugby tour of New Zealand are documented here by M?ori director Merita Mita, providing a landmark in…
Frost/Nixon Watergate Interviews (1977)- Dir. Jorn Winther
Feat. David Frost, Richard Nixon - The legendary 28 hour interview between the charismatic David Frost and former President Richard Nixon is touted as the greatest political interview…
General Idi Amin Dada (A Self Portrait) (1974)- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
- General Idi Amin Dada’s narcissism is serviced willingly by an intrigued Barbet Schroeder, focusing his camera on the lunatic dictator during his…
Swastika (1973)- Dir. Lutz Becker, Phillipe Mora
- Consisting solely of startling archival footage, this documentary portrait of the era of Adolf Hitler's domination of Nazi Germany, eschews narration…
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