DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

Films by topic Politics

Displaying 11-20 of 21 films.

  • The Nuclear Comeback

    New Zealand The nuclear industry has put its hand up as a solution to climate change. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions…and people are listening.

  • 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.

  • Please Vote For Me

    South Africa In a school in Wuhan, central China, eight-year-old children compete for the position of Class Monitor. Please Vote For Me is about an experiment with Chinese democracy.

  • Renita, Renita

    Indonesia Renita, Renita is the story of an Indonesian prostitute, and the problems and discrimination she faces from her family and society at large.

  • Sugartown: The Bridegrooms

    Greece/Germany From the Greek village of Sugar Town, women leave in search of work or marriage, leaving the men behind — and lonely. So the mayor comes up with a unique idea.

  • A Summer Not to Forget

    Lebanon A Summer Not to Forget takes viewers beyond the news headlines into the harsh realities of war, chronicling Israel’s 34-day siege of Lebanon in August 2006.

  • Terra Incognita

    USA Terra Incognita follows the controversial path of embryonic stem cell research, from its conception in the mind of Dr. Jack Kessler to the present debates.

  • Traders’ Dreams

    Germany Stories from five countries about people who change their lives and fortunes in order to seek wealth and happiness through the worldwide Ebay fever on the Internet.

  • The Unforeseen

    USA When a Texas farm boy becomes a developer and transforms pristine hill country, threatening a fragile limestone aquifer, an environmental movement rises to fight back.

  • USA vs Al-Arian

    Norway A close portrait of an Arab-American family facing terrorism charges levelled by the US Government.