DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

Films by topic History

Displaying 11-19 of 19 films.

  • No Nukes is Good Nukes!

    New Zealand No Nukes is Good Nukes! is a 45-minute documentary film about the grassroots nuclear free movement in New Zealand.

  • Orange Revolution

    USA Set during the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine with reported cheating. People created change by uniting for a common cause: a better future for their country.

  • Private Cable Cars of Wellington

    New Zealand Private Cable Cars of Wellington charts the history of and relationship between the cable cars and the people, geography and fabric of Wellington.

  • The Rape of Europa

    USA This is a cinematic journey of the pillage and plunder of great European art works by the Third Reich during WWII and the great efforts made to recover these treasures.

  • Shonenko

    Taiwan/Japan During WWII 8,419 Taiwanese youth were recruited to work as child labourers building fighter planes. Thus becoming part of the war – this is their untold story.

  • Souvenirs

    Israel Shahar and his father set out together following the trail of the Jewish Brigade during WWII, beginning in Israel and ending in Holland with a surprising discovery.

  • Te Eitei: The Banaban Story

    New Zealand In December 1945 the entire population of the Micronesian island of Banaba were taken by ship to a new island. This is their story, a tale of determination and survival.

  • Wittenoom

    Australia The government says outback town Wittenoom is dangerously polluted and wants to close this ex-mining town. However, 8 residents choose to remain...

  • Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

    USA An insider’s look into the making of an opera about the atomic bomb. It weaves together the intense operatic process with striking, newly-declassified historical film.