Documentary DVDs

Let's All Hate Toronto (2007) focuses on one of Canada's favourite pastimes. The documentary is too absorbed in its central topic to be truly engaging, despite its star.

Dec 3, 2009 - Cameron Archer

Slacker Uprising (2008) is minor Michael Moore, a look back at his failed campaign to help elect John Kerry to the U.S. Presidency.

Dec 2, 2009 - Cameron Archer

A moving documentary that reunites Vietnam vets, and brings closure to survivors still bearing the scars of that unpopular war.

Nov 18, 2009 - Doug Jefferys

Food, Inc. is a compelling and disturbing film about the corporatization of America's farms, and the damage done to America's food safety and personal welfare.

Nov 4, 2009 - Martin G. Wood

While most are familiar with the big party in New Orleans, Order Of Myths shows the older and more traditional version in Mobile, Alabama.

Sep 9, 2009 - Josh Rhoten

Interviews and readings from his letters combine to form a well-rounded look at Dalton Trumbo, one of the blacklisted "Hollywood Ten."

Sep 3, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

With the death July 6 of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at 93, it seems appropriate to revisit the film that revealed lessons learned and lost in Vietnam.

Aug 7, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

Journey to the Moon is compilation of six documentaries focused on the United State's efforts to go to the moon.

Jul 19, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Few documentaries have succeeded in capturing a time, place, and feeling, as well as the documentary Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music.

Jul 6, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. The historic events of July 1969 are relived from the perspective of the BBC and its television coverage.

Jun 19, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Based on a book the Secret Spaces of Childhood, this film studies how today's children play and warns they don't have enough opportunities for free, unstructured play.

Jun 16, 2009 - Claudia M. Lenart

Glenn Close narrates Home, a beautifully photographed tour and history of the planet, with emphasis on what it offers and what humans take away.

Jun 11, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

A few years ago Roy Disney gave several young sailors the chance of a lifetime. They would race a sailboat from California to Hawaii.

Jun 10, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Rory Kennedy exposed the real woman behind all the questions at the Presidential Press Conferences in this made-for HBO documentary.

Jun 2, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

This documentary follows the music and events of the Civil Rights Movement with historic footage, interviews, and the songs themselves.

May 30, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

In 2002, the senseless murder of François Chenu devastated his parents until they attempted to understand the social and psychological roots of hate crimes.

Apr 20, 2009 - Leslie C. Halpern

Northern Greetings (aka "Des Nouvelles du Nord" in Quebec French) is a short documentary about the daily lives of the people of Radisson, Qc, and its native neighbors.

Feb 16, 2009 - Dominic Messier

Directed by Geoff Harkness, National Vampire: A Documentary takes a look at the vampire scenes in several cities across the United States.

Jan 11, 2009 - Robert Becka

Oscar-winning cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler agrees to allow his son Mark to make a film about him and their difficult relationship.

Dec 30, 2008 - Rashelle Predovnik

After enjoying a big win at Canada's Gemini Awards Ceremony in November, "Girl Inside" gets a 2009 DVD release from Women Make Movies.

Dec 21, 2008 - Leslie C. Halpern

Director Pilar Prassas explores the battle to legalize same-sex marriage in her documentary "In Sickness and In Health."

Dec 19, 2008 - Leslie C. Halpern

Journey in Captain James Cook's footsteps as he discovers new lands and charts unknown waters during the 18th Century in this exciting documentary.

Dec 10, 2008 - Carolyn M Cash

The documentary, "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*," raises all sorts of questions about performance enhancing drugs.

Oct 16, 2008 - Rebecca Ford

Gratulieren Sie dem glücklichen Absolventen mit klugen Worten von Aristoteles bis „Star Wars"-Yoda.

Nov 16, 2009 - Ulrike Niemann

Welche Braut darf sich freuen? Die Antwort auf diese Frage, gibt es nun endlich in der 6. Staffel von "Desperate Housewives". (Achtung: Spoiler!)

Oct 28, 2009 - Harald von Treuenfels