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Bowling for Columbine
2002 documentary film directed by Michael Moore
The Corporation
2003 film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
White Wilderness
1958 documentary film directed by James Algar
Indie Game: The Movie
2012 film
Stories We Tell
2012 film by Sarah Polley
The Weight of Chains
2010 film by Boris Malagurski
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog
Fire of Love
2022 film directed by Sara Dosa
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
2008 film by Brett Gaylor
The Take
2004 Canadian documentary
Why We Fight
2005 film by Eugene Jarecki
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
1994 film by John Zaritsky
Sharkwater
Sharkwater is a 2006 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Rob Stewart. Helping to protect sharks, changing government policy, and inspiring the creation of shark conservation groups, Sharkwater is considered one of conservation's success stories, resulting in shark finning being banned in over 90 countries. In the film, Stewart documents current attitudes about sharks, and how shark-hunting industries are driving them to extinction.
Just Another Missing Kid
1981 film by John Zaritsky
Rwanda & Juliet
2016 film by Ben Proudfoot
Sugarcane
2024 film directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
To Kill a Tiger
2022 film directed by Nisha Pahuja
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992 film by Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
¿¡Revolución!?
¿¡Revolución!? is a 2006 political documentary directed by Quebec journalist and filmmaker . It examines the Bolivarian Revolution led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. It was produced by Télé-Québec, the Quebec government's public television network.
Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
2009 film by Boris Malagurski
Four Women of Egypt
1997 film by Tahani Rached
Resan
Resan (Swedish for The Journey) is a 1987 documentary film by Peter Watkins, made between the years 1983 and 1985 on several continents, and structured around the theme of nuclear weapons, military spending and poverty. Ordinary people are asked about their awareness of these issues.
A Better Man
2017 Canadian documentary film
Letter from Masanjia
2018 documentary film directed by Leon Lee
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
2003 documentary film directed by Vikram Jayanti
Cutting Through Rocks
2025 documentary film
The White Planet
2006 documentary about wildlife in the Arctic
The Pirate Tapes
2011 film
Prisoner of Paradise
2002 documentary film directed by Malcolm Clarke
Manufacturing Dissent
2007 film
How to Change the World
2015 film by Jerry Rothwell
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2004 documentary film directed by Peter Raymont
Titanica
Titanica is a 1992 IMAX documentary film about the RMS Titanic. The film was directed by Stephen Low and narrated by Cedric Smith, Anatoly Sagalevich and Ralph White. The film mostly focuses on footage taken at the wreck of the RMS Titanic, also featuring footage of the expedition crew searching the wreck as well as interviews with Titanic survivors Frank John William Goldsmith and Eva Hart. Using Eva and the crew members, Low conveys the voice of the documentary by showing the Titanic's wreckage as a graveyard which is to be respected and treated with caution and care. It was the second featu
Running on Climate
2015 film
At Night, They Dance
2011 film
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
1977 film by Harry Rasky
Up the Yangtze
2007 film by Yung Chang
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 film by Jennifer Baichwal
La Région Centrale
1971 film by Michael Snow
Last Train Home
2009 film by Lixin Fan
Au chic resto pop
1990 film directed by Tahani Rached
Human Harvest
2014 film by Leon Lee
My Son Shall Be Armenian
2004 film
The Hand of Franklin
2015 film
Russians at War
2024 Canadian film
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
2011 film directed by Trish Dolman
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
2018 film by Jennifer Baichwal
What Remains of Us
2004 film by Hugo Latulippe
Promises to Keep
1988 film by Ginny Durrin
Rojek
2022 film directed by Zaynê Akyol
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
2007 film by Brett Harvey