This documentary style film keeps the viewer on the edge of his or her seat. It depicts the lives of Algerians who are fighting against French colonial power between 1954 and 1962. Banned in France when it was released, this film seems to side with the Algerians but provides a balanced approach to the problems […]
This documentary is unique in its approach because it provides what director Barbet Schroeder calls a self portrait of one of the most interesting leaders in modern times, Uganda’s Idi Amin. It shows how disarmingly charming Amin was. In fact it is hard to reconcile the almost childlike behavior of Amin with the fact that […]
This interesting documentary chronicles the life of Robert McNamara, who served as Secretary of Defense during the Cuban missile crisis and the Vietnam War. At 85 years old, McNamara comes off as a much younger person because of his energy and sharp observations. The segment dealing with the Cuban missile crisis is absolutely bone chilling […]
“They are truly evil, evil people.” That from U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle who spent 18 months in Sudan’s Darfur region as a ceasefire observer with the African Union. He was referring to the Janjaweed, militias funded by the government in Khartoum who regularly rape and pillage not only villages but also refugee camps. [kml_flashembed […]
Just the fact that Al-Jazeera angers westerners as well as Arabs is one indication it’s on the right track. “Control Room” follows the Arab news organization during the second Iraq war with the United States. It has been called Osama bin Laden’s mouthpiece by some in the United States but has also been banned by […]
As many as two million people are being displaced because of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China. “Up the Yangtze” chronicles the life of two teenagers who work on a cruise ship that gives “farewell” tours to those who want to see the Yangtze before the dam alters it forever. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Q1fFuynf-Yw” […]
Despite its age, this film continues to be relevant. “The Killing Fields” is a film about friendship and survival with the backdrop being civil war. It is the true story about New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) in early to mid-1970s Cambodia. [kml_flashembed […]
This documentary is scary. It deals with the issue of water, who owns it and who controls it in different parts of the world. Should water be considered public for everyone to enjoy, like air? Or should it be held in private hands, like oil? It is obvious where Irena Salina, the film’s director, stands: […]
The world should never forget. This documentary tells the tales of several Hungarian Jews who survived the camps in World War II. Their stories are heartbreaking and still fresh in their minds more than 50 years later. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/H6HG0iNHREo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] One woman tells of how she wore her favorite swimsuit under her […]
“The United States doesn’t have friends; it has interests.” That from a US official speaking to a Rwandan human rights activist. That was the line most governments used while sitting idly by during one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/agYCx2sPg98″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] “Ghosts of Rwanda” is a Frontline documentary […]
This is half a documentary. It focuses on the lives of teen and preteen Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip in 2003. This film captures the rage felt by many youth regarding Israel. Two of the children, Ahmed and Mohammed, are close friends and both say they would rather die together as martyrs than to die […]
This documentary shows the lives of three young Colombians living in a hillside suburb of Medellin called La Sierra. This film follows Edison, Cielo and Jesus. Edison is a lothario who leads a paramilitary gang who has six children from six different women. Cielo is a teenaged widow whose boyfriend is a jailed paramilitary member […]
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