Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
Good Night, and Good Luck (2004)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Robert Downey Jnr., Patricia Clarkson…
- An astutely–judged freezeframe of an important symbolic moment in 20th century American history, when CBS television presenter Edward Murrow…
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo…
- A deeply affecting expose of the Rwandan conflict of the early 1990s that matches its political conscience with vivid staging and terrific…
How Arnie Won the West (2004)
- Dir. Alex Cooke
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger
- A beguiling account of Arnold Schwarzenegger's transformation from Hollywood star into Republican Governor of California, through a 2004 state recall…
Hunting Of The President, The (2004)
- Dir. Nikolas Perry
- The amazing story of an attempted political lynching by rich right–wing supporters who never forgave the democrat's for their part in bringing…
In My Country (Country of my Skull) (2004)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson
- One of the first stabs at dramatising the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa, here used as a grueling backdrop for romance…
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
- Dir. Katja von Garnier
Feat. Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, Frances O’Connor…
- Fairly inventive telemovie concerning the rise of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which had the aim of gaining voting and other…
John Pilger's Stealing a Nation (2004)
- Dir. John Pilger
- Activist journalist John Pilger relates the alarming story of the deportation of all natives from Diego Garcia – a small island in the Indian…
K Street (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. John Slattery, Mary McCormack, Roger Guenveur Smith
- A cutting–edge political satire from Steven Soderbergh, which attempted to capture the immediacy and unpredictability of current affairs…
Letters to Ali (2004)
- Dir. Clara Law
- Devastating story of a 15–yr old Afghani boy refugee, 'detained' for several years in Australia under its harsh immigrant regime in a remote…
Looking for Fidel (2004)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- Oliver Stone revisits Fidel Castro – the subject of his 2003 documentary COMMANDANTE – in an effort to address some of more questionable social…