Documentary films about politics

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 8.3

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

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HyperNormalisation

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 8.2

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to...

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Bitter Lake

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 8.1

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

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Putin, Russia and the West

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Putin, Russia and the West is a four-part British documentary television series first shown in January and February 2012 on BBC Two about the relationship between Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West....

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Refusenik

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Refusenik is a 2008 documentary film by Laura Bialis that chronicles the struggle of Jews to emigrate from the Soviet Union in the 1960’s and 70’s. A former refusenik Natan Sharansky appears in the fi...

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The Corporation

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 8

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the glo...

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Mayan Renaissance

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Mayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to re...

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Where to Invade Next

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.5

To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.

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Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.3

When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Jo...

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