Political Documentary Movies

A variety of experts, authors, and reporters discuss the murder of JFK. If one were to select the ten most significant events in American history,...

After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of...

He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour...

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across...

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,...

Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their power after centuries of humiliation. Since the...

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George...

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk exposes decades of polarisation, revealing how media, power and fear fractured America.

The story of the American Founding, the greatest political achievement in history. The American colonists had developed a unique way of life as they...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.