Documentary Movies
Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
This documentary takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. The film examines our current agricultural landscape and celebrates…
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009)
The story of one person’s triumph over adversity: cameras followed the comedian on a very stressful comeback tour and caught the story behind some of her best loved material en…
Year of the Hedgehog (2009)
It’s springtime, the air is tepid, the skylarks chirp, and spring flowers cover the meadows and the forest grounds. Out of a pile of leaves a fluttery, sniffling snout tip…
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (2009)
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s production of L’Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents…
Rebuilding Hope (2009)
Three ‘Lost Boys’ return home to South Sudan for the first time since they fled as small children, twenty years ago. ‘Rebuilding Hope’ is their journey of discovery; of what…
Special When Lit (2009)
What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon. A product of…
Star Trek: Evolutions (2009)
Star Trek: Evolutions is an 80-minute Paramount Pictures Star Trek documentary compilation which was first released on 22 September 2009 as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion…
The Age of Stupid (2009)
The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in…
Plastic Planet (2009)
Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic. He takes us…
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand’s finest lesbian country and western singers and the country’s greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of…
Collapse (2009)
From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells…
The Everlasting Flame (2009)
A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest…
Boy Interrupted (2009)
On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry’s 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the…
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready…
Farewell to Star Trek: The Experience (2009)
Closing ceremonies for Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story (2009)
One of Nature’s smallest birds, a Black-chinned Hummingbird, built her nest on a backyard clothesline. Stunning close-up photography brings you into the nest as the hatchlings emerge from their shells….
IN DEEP: The Skiing Experience (2009)
For 2009, MSP Films takes an original look at the sport of skiing. All of the skiers in the film—park rat or big mountain charger—share a common bond: the overwhelming…
The Shock Doctrine (2009)
An investigation of “disaster capitalism”, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
HN – Hermann Nitsch (2009)
Fezeka’s Voice (2009)
Fezeka’s Voice tells the true story of choirmaster Phumi Tsewu and his unwavering dedication to his township, his school and his choir. For 15 years he has been teaching the…
The September Issue (2009)
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
We Live in Public (2009)
In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is…
Art & Copy (2009)
The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.
Passing Strange (2009)
A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A theatrical stage production of the original Broadway musical.
Rocketmen (2009)
A documentary about the courage, bravery and triumph of the “Rocket Men” of the U.S. manned space program.
Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009)
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up…
Dynasty (2009)
From the rulers of the kingdom — like Chris Davenport, Daron Rahlves and Ingrid Backstrom — to the heirs apparent — like Austin Ross and Chris Benchetler; from the wise…
The Evolution of the Enterprise (2009)
This is the story of the evolution of the starship “Enterprise”.
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2009)
Forty summers ago on a windswept island just off England’s southern coastline, a young Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist named Leonard Cohen delivered the performance of a lifetime.
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
A look at man’s relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color –everything needed for our survival. For most of the last…
Nightmares in Red White and Blue (2009)
An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.
Out in the Silence (2009)
There may not be any secrets in a small town, but there is an expectation of silence. In A Town Called Oil City, the return of a native son to…
Tapped (2009)
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature is…
The Cove (2009)
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in…
We’re Livin’ on Dog Food (2009)
Rowland S. Howard, the Primitive Calculators, Ollie Olsen, Phillip Brophy and many others proffer their recollections and air their animosities in a tribute to the underground music scene of ’77-’81…
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (2009)
This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo’s key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock twenty-five years later.
The Lancaster at War (2009)
The incredible story of the Avro Lancaster, one of the finest bombers of the Second World War, which played a crucial role in the long and savage campaign to defeat…
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia. An incubator for black…