Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > Sociology: 222 Films to Rent
- Grayson Perry: All in the Best Possible Taste (TV Series) (2013)
- Turner–Prize winning artist and renowned transvestite Grayson Perry visits the taste tribes of Britain, dissecting the class system into three…
- Stuart Hall Project, The (2013)
- Dir. John Akomfrah
- Personalised portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall, who is regarded as one of the founding figures of the New Left and a key architect of…
- Source Family, The (2012)
- Dir. Jodi Wille, Maria Demopoulos
- Utterly fascinating story of The Source Family, a 150–strong spiritual commune in the Hollywood Hills during the hippy era, presided over with…
- Stories We Tell (2012)
- Dir. Sarah Polley
- Indie actress turned director Sarah Polley investigates a long–held family secret in this absorbing personal documentary.
- Bully (2011)
- Dir. Lee Hirsch
- A shattering documentary on the difficult social problem of bullying, which gives a voice to the victims who suffer repeated physical and verbal…
- Fry's Planet Word (2011)
- Dir. John Paul Davidson
Feat. Stephen Fry
- This five–part BBC series joins Stephen Fry as he travel's the continents exploring the nuanced diverse world of human language.
- Inside Child Poverty (2011)
- Dir. Bryan Bruce
- Wellington documentary maker Bryan Bruce investigates the appalling level of child poverty in New Zealand, and travels to Sweden to found out why…
- Interrupters, The (2011)
- Dir. Steve James
- Another grim, yet by turns inspiring social documentary from dir. Steve James (HOOP DREAMS), who expands his chronicle of urban…
- Louis Theroux - The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly (2011)
- A second anthology of intrepid reporter Louis Theroux's eye–opening BBC Two specials.
Disc One: America's Medicated Kids, Law and Disorder…
- My America (2011)
- Dir. Peter Hegedus
- Documentarian Peter Hegedus draws on his unusual upbringing – as a child of socialist Hungary who used movies to form his image of the United…