Tag Archives: Documentary

Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis’sContinue reading “Louis Theroux: America’s Most Hated Family in Crisis – 2011”

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned? Director : Shane O’Sullivan Cast : Astrid Proll|Bettina Rohl|Fusako Shigenobu|Jutta Lack-Strecker|Leila Khaled|Masao Adachi|May Shigenobu|UlrikeContinue reading “Children of the Revolution – 2011”

First came the word, then the assassin’s bullet, then the silence. This strong documentary by Everardo González about Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the voice of the voiceless in El Salvador, killed march 24th, 1980. Portrays the inevitable destiny of an announced crime and the beginning of the civil war. Director : Everardo González Cast :Continue reading “The Open Sky – 2011”

Broadly considered a brand that inspires fervour and defines cool consumerism, Apple has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fuelled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. Its leader, Steve Jobs, was a long-haired college dropout with infinite ambition, and an inspirational perfectionist with a bully’s temper. A man of contradictions,Continue reading “Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy – 2011”