DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

Films by topic Social/Human Interest

Displaying 61-69 of 69 films.

  • Thin Ice

    Sweden Dolkar, a Buddhist girl from Ladakh in the Himalayas, wants to play ice hockey. She and her friends try to form a team, but are hindered by the locals’ sexist…

  • Time of Closure

    Switzerland When faced with death, an AIDS victim suffering from cancer questions his dependency, his acquaintances, and his own identity.

  • 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.

  • We’ll Take Care of You

    USA/Italy Evidence of fatal harm Vioxx caused in America gave birth to a critique on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry and their hold on the American health system.

  • What Would Jesus Buy?

    USA Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir cross America, singing and preaching to the tune of saving people from the commercialisation of Christmas.

  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    USA Spike Lee’s intimate and masterful portrait of lives in New Orleans, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, provides stories of misery, heartbreak, despair, and triumph.

  • 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...