Political Documentary Movies

The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The campaign also...

In Pakistan, veils hide one of the country's most terrible secrets. Driven by revenge, jealousy or sexual non-co-operation some men subject their...

This is as slick a piece of campaign film as ever came out of Hollywood -- barring, of course, the anti-Upton Sinclair stuff turned out as newsreels...

Exploring the rise of anti-abortion groups in Canada, the filmmaker also presents the feminist and pro-choice response that is being organized across...

A series of images of war and misery.

Russia is a highly developed, wired, and educated nation, but endures third-world levels of corruption and a repressive, autocratic government. Many...

A deep dive into the lives and experiences of those impacted by the Fidel Castro era in Cuba.

This Mexican documentary explores the meaning and aftermath of the brief Marxist interlude during which Salvador Allende governed Chile. It was the...

Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.

A new dramedic documentary about what politics and democracy mean when your working in the rough business of parlamentarian tasks, assemblies and...

As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it is difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’...

Documentary tells the story of the Chilean football club Colo-Colo, exploring its profound impact on popular culture and the everyday lives of its...

Sassnitz is a small coastal town at the Baltic Sea on the Island of Rügen. In its vicinity are the world-famous chalk cliffs, a tourist magnet....

Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular...

Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 from the perspective of various...

A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.