The Massacre That Shook the Empire (2019)

Documentary
2019
Movie

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

6.8
2019

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Documentary
1992
Movie

Visions of Light

7
1992

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

8.2

Documentary
2012
Movie

The Untold History Of The United States

8.2
2012

Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.

Documentary
2013
Movie

The Unknown Known

6.8
2013

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

7.6

Documentary
2014
Movie

Night Will Fall

7.6
2014

When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".

6.4

Documentary
2006
Movie

Fuck

6.4
2006

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

7.5

History
2007
Movie

The War on Democracy

7.5
2007

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".

Genre : History

6.9

Drama
2010
Movie

Oranges and Sunshine

6.9
2010

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

Genre : Drama

Documentary
2004
Movie

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

7
2004

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

6.7

Documentary
2016
Movie

Cameraperson

6.7
2016

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.

6.9

Documentary
1971
Movie

Directed by John Ford

6.9
1971

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

7.2

War
2017
Movie

City of Ghosts

7.2
2017

With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

Genre : War

7.1

Documentary
2007
Movie

Nanking

7.1
2007

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.

6.1

Documentary
2002
Movie

Naqoyqatsi

6.1
2002

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Documentary
2021
Movie

The Velvet Underground

6.8
2021

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

7.2

Drama
2015
Movie

Suffragette

7.2
2015

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Genre : Drama

7.5

Documentary
2018
Movie

McQueen

7.5
2018

Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.

History
2018
Movie

Peterloo

6.8
2018

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

Genre : History