Documentaries

   This list includes socially valuable documentaries.

  

SiCKO


This Michael Moore film paints a damning portrait of the US healthcare industry. It has helped raise healthcare as a topic of discussion.

International portions of the film are particularly interesting.


Sicko - SourceWatch
MichaelMoore.com : SiCKO : Latest 'SiCKO' News
Sicko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democracy Now! | "Sicko" Interviewees Tell Harrowing First-Hand Stories of U.S. Health Care Failures



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An Inconvenient Truth


This documentary focused on Al Gore's work to reduce climate change is quite popular and has raised public awareness of environmental problems.

Some claims Gore made may turn out to be incorrect, but the bulk of the material has strong backing.





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Fahrenheit 9/11


A film by Michael Moore which highlights government greed, incompetence, and aggression.


Fahrenheit 9/11 | Now available on DVD!!
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Night and Fog


A powerful documentary on the Nazi concentration camps made soon after WW II by Alain Resnais.


Night and Fog (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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The Corporation


This documentary describing abuses and inherent illnesses within corporations. (The documentary is a little long and contains some scenes which should have been cut.)





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Hearts and Minds


A brutal documentary on the US war in Vietnam. It covers everything from prostitution, to politics, to combat.





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Darwin's Nightmare


A grim look at the poverty around Lake Victoria. Food is exported under horrific conditions of poverty.





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Bowling for Columbine


A film by Michael Moore which criticizes violence in American society and contrasts American and Canadian levels of gun violence.





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Orwell Rolls in his Grave


A low-budget but powerful documentary tracking how the mainstream media corrupts the news.





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The Times of Harvey Milk


This documentary looks at the political rise of the openly gay San Francisco politician Harvey Milk and covers his murder by a conservative ex-supervisor.

The original title was The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.


The Times of Harvey Milk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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Roger and Me


A Michael Moore film criticizing General Motors for abandoning Flint, Michigan. General Motors Chairman Roger Smith is a primary target.





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Outfoxed: Robert Murdoch's war on journalism


This documentary shows how Fox News distorts the news to serve the establishment. Robert Greenwald co-produced the film.


OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger


A documentary showing how Kissinger probably was responsible for a massive and needless extension of the US war in South-East Asia.





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Control Room


A documentary on Al-Jazeera attempting to report on the Iraq War. Portions of the documentary seem rather staged, but overall it is valuable to see a news source trying to show the chaos in the Middle-East form a non-establishment perspective.





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This is What Democracy Looks Like


A documentary showing the protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle in 2000.





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WAL*MART: the high cost of the low price


A critical look at Wal*Mart's business.





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Woodstock: Three days of Peace and Love


A depiction of the chaos, hedonism, and fellowship of the massive US rock concert. The event became a huge commune and was designated a national disaster area.





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