Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: 2-Genre Table :: History :: Documentary


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The Act of Killing (2012)

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

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Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

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Broken Rainbow (1985)

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

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The Corporation (2003)

Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.

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For All Mankind (1989)

This movie documents the Apollo missions perhaps the most definitively of any movie under two hours...

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Genocide (1982)

A chilling, heartbreaking testament to the strength and suffering of the Jewish people and the courage and heroism of those who came to their aid...

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In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)

The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.

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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)

The story of the child refugees who were transported to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

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Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)

A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book ''Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.''

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The Long Way Home (1997)

The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

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Monterey Pop (1968)

A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.

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Night and Fog (1955)

The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.

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One Day in September (1999)

The Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.

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The Panama Deception (1992)

A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.

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Sicko (2007)

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.

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The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay councilor.

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The War Room (1993)

A documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.

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When We Were Kings (1996)

A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.

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Why We Fight (2005)

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

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Woodstock (1970)

The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.

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The World at War (1973)

A series of accurate documentaries about World War II.

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