Elián

The story of Elián Gonzalez, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, and how the fight for his future changed the course of U.S.-Cuba relations. Featuring personal testimony, interviews, and a news archive, this documentary recounts Elián’s remarkable rescue on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, after his mother and 10 others fleeing Cuba perished at sea, and the custody battle between the boy’s Cuban father and his Miami-based relatives.

Cuba and the Cameraman

Looking For Fidel

Oliver Stone's second documentary on/interview with Fidel Castro specifically addresses his country's recent crackdown on Cuban dissidents; namely, the execution of three men who hijacked a ferry to the United States.

Comandante

Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers

Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being fulfilled, and they never will be. The film leans towards anarcho-primitivist ideology and argues for "a simple and fulfilling life".

The Fog of War

Preisgekrönte Dokumentation aus dem Jahr 2003. Regisseur Errol Morris interviewt den ehemaligen US-Verteidigungsminister Robert S. McNamara über Amerika und die zentralen Ereignisse im 20. Jahrhundert. Vor allem steht dabei die Frage im Mittelpunkt, warum das letzte Jahrhundert zu den grausamsten in der Menschheitsgeschichte gezählt wird.

General Idi Amin Dada

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.