New documentary releases on dvd January/February 2013
Post date: Feb 11, 2013 5:33:25 PM
ANSEL ADAMS (E) 2002 BURNS, RIC £12.99 Look at the life and work of award-winning American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams. Best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, Adams’ work has become widely recognised and admired by many as being visionary in technique and contributing towards a better understanding of the environment and man’s place within it.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged ansel adams, arts, documentaries, ric burns
BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS! (E) 2011 GERTTEN, FREDRIK £14.99
Documentary following the attempts of food giant Dole to silence a film crew who called their practices into question. In 2009, Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten made a documentary called ‘Bananas!’, following a group of Nicaraguan workers who won a lawsuit against Dole after claiming that they were being poisoned. Subsequently, the film came up against distribution problems: the Los Angeles film festival, which was lined up to premiere the film, was put under pressure to pull it from its programme, while the director found himself issued with a lawsuit from Dole, and Swedish journalists and MPs were also put under pressure from the company.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged documentaries, Dole, food, fredrik gertten, protest | Leave a reply Edit
Posted on 11, February 2013
I AM (E) 2010 £12.99 Hollywood director Tom Shadyac asks some of the world’s greatest thinkers ‘What’s wrong with our world, and what can we do about it?’. Contributors including Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky and Lynne McTaggart share their own personal views about how to move forward.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged Desmond Tutu, documentaries, Lynne McTaggart, Noam Chomsky, Tom Shadyac
MCCULLIN (15) 2012 MORRIS, D & J £15.99 Documentary exploring the work of widely regarded British photojournalist, Don McCullin. Working for The Sunday Times from 1969 to 1984, McCullin gained a unique vantage point from which he could capture his images of war and suffering. Though his shots were shocking and gave a candid look at the effects of war on those involved, he went on to become one of the most acclaimed photojournalists of the 20th century. BLU RAY – £19.99
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged documentaries, McCulin, photojournalist
MAKING WAR HORSE (E) 2009 PHIL GRABSKY, P./BICKERSTAFF, D. £10.99 Channel 4 documentary following the staging by the National Theatre of the celebrated children’s novel ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged documentaries, Michael Morpurgo
LES MISÉRABLES – FROM BOOK TO STAGE AND SCREEN (E) 2012 £12.99 Documentary about Victor Hugo’s classic nineteenth-century story and its subsequent adaptations to stage and screen
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged Screen, Stage, Tags documentaries, Victor Hugo
AFRICA (E) 2012 £24.99
David Attenborough presents this five-part BBC natural history series exploring the stunning landscapes and undiscovered creatures of Africa’s five major regions.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged Africa, David Attenborough, documentaries, Wild Life
TEMPO: VOLUME 1 (E) 1967 £19.99 First volume of content from the 1960s ITV arts show. With a licence to cover all areas of the arts, the show explored subjects relating to cinema, music, dance, photography and writing and included interviews and features with many of the most influential artists of the time. This collection includes features on Jacques Tati, Stan Tracey, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Strasberg, Tom Jones, Orson Welles, Harold Pinter, Charles Eames and Jean Luc-Godard.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged documentaries, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jacques Tati, Lee Strasberg, Stan Tracey
THIS IS NOT A FILM (U) 2010 IRAN PANAHI,JAFAR £14.99 Documentary following Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who also co-directs, as he appeals against his six-year jail sentence and 20-year ban on making films. Accused of creating propaganda opposing the regime, Panahi has also been prohibited from talking to the press or exiting the country. Under house arrest while awaiting the decision of the appeal, he worries the result may mean the end of his artistry and begins to capture a day in his life.
He shares the story of a film he was going to make, is startled by fireworks and gunshot sounds outside his apartment, tunes into the news and finds out about the Japanese tsunami and talks to a young man who works in the building.
DVD available at – https://sites.google.com/site/worldonlinecinema/Home/documentaries
Posted in Documentary Cinema | Tagged documentaries, Iran, Jafar Panahi