Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3048 Films to Buy & Rent
Countdown to Zero (2010)
- Dir. Lucy Walker
- Deeply disturbing history of the atomic bomb that shows the nuclear arms race is far from over. Pic sets out to be the INCONVENIENT TRUTH of nuclear…
Dave Dobbyn - Beside You (30 Years of Hits) (2010)
- Still going strong after 30 years, New Zealand’s Dave Dobbyn reflects on a career spanning collaborations from Th' Dudes to Bic Runga, songwriting…
David Byrne: Ride, Rise, Roar (2010)
- Dir. Hillman Curtis
Feat. David Byrne
- Offbeat concert film that blends onstage performances with illuminating interviews with both Byrne and Brian Eno.
David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010)
- Feat. David Suchet
- David Suchet, in person, boards the Orient Express to experience the romance and history of the legendary train for himself – immortalised, of…
Digital Nation (digital_nation) (2010)
- Dir. Rachel Dretzin
- From the maker of GROWING UP ONLINE, this is another quality PBS documentary about the complexities of modern culture. The focus is how the web and…
Disappearing London - Suggs and the City (2010)
- Madness front–man Graham McPherson presents this roving history of London’s unique character and charm via the city’s idiosyncratic…
Draquila - Italy Trembles (2010)
- Dir. Sabina Guzzanti
- Sabina Guzzanti returns once more to do battle with Silvio Berlusconi in this incendiary doc that examines his administration's handling of the…
Earth - The Power of the Planet (2010)
- Prof. Iain Stewart presents this five–part BBC series that traverses the globe in search of the incredible or catastrophic natural forces that…
Ecopolis (2010)
- Nobel Prize winner Professor Dan Kammen gives us a troubling glimpse of the city of 2050 – a place afflicted by famine, pollution, extreme…
Empire Of The Seas (How The Navy Forged The Modern World) (2010)
- 4–part BBC series hosted by Dan Snow, historian and avid sailor, who recounts the Royal Navy's intriguing metamorphosis from a "rabble of West…