Political Documentary Movies

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

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

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly...

From PBS: Arizona's enforcement-led policy, which grew out of its unique position as a frontline border state, is reshaping the national conversation...

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.

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...

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

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

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

On June 9, 2024, during the European elections, over half a million young voters backed Jordan Bardella, while others turned to Marion...

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,...

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

This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the...

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

The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The campaign also...

This documentary by ABC News commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at how close...

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

La Revuelta accounts for the tension experienced by those who, as of October 2019, came out to express their social discontent. The work has as its...