Hacking Democracy
Hacking Democracy looks at how votes are counted in the US and the irregularities that occurred during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. This documentary follows Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne of the Black Box Voting e...
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American Blackout
American Blackout, by Ian Inaba, explores the trials and tribulations of Cynthia McKinney, a Black congresswoman from the state of Georgia. The documentary covers McKinney’s runs in the 2002 and 2004 Democratic primaries for...
Why We Fight
Why We Fight examines the military–industrial complex after the Second World War and how it has shaped American foreign policy throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It offers numerous interviews with figures fr...
The Power of Nightmares
The Power of Nightmares compares the rise of two seemingly contrasting ideologies: the neoconservative movement in the United States and radical Islamism. Filmmaker Adam Curtis draws a comparative analysis of these ideologies...
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a highly acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore that critically examines the presidency of George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and media coverage in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Moore...
The Fog of War
The Fog of War is a journey into the nature of warfare and the challenge of making military decisions that carry both immediate and long-term consequences. Former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, a controversial an...
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
A look into the US government’s costly and ineffective battle against the Colombian narcotics trade, financed by the US taxpayer. Colombia’s chaotic situation on the ground involves impoverished farmers who grow coca in order...
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a comprehensive and pointed analysis of America’s controversial media–democracy dynamic. Filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas paints a portrait of American democracy in crisis at the hands of an increasin...
The Weather Underground
The Weather Underground chronicles the rise and fall of the Weathermen, a radical organisation formed with the intention of overthrowing the US government during the 1970s. Opposed to the Vietnam War and racial injustice in A...
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Trials of Henry Kissinger analyses the legacy of the American diplomat Henry Kissinger, implicating him in a series of alleged war crimes and breaches of international law. Based on The Trial of Henry Kissinger by polemic...
Boer Separatists
Apartheid, the South African system of racial segregation and discrimination, officially came to an end on 27 April 1994. For some, however, apartheid was viewed as a relic of a better time and a system that should be reinsta...
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
John Pilger investigates the effects of economic sanctions on the Iraqi civilian population, revealing that a decade of extreme isolation—enforced by Britain and the United States and imposed by the United Nations—resulted in...