Political Documentary Movies

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

The story of the American Founding, the greatest political achievement in history. The American colonists had developed a unique way of life as they...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

The whole world envies it; it is the symbol of a united France, a source of national pride, almost an idol! The french Social Security system is...

This documentary by ABC News commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at how close...

The filmmaker, Alexandros Papathanasiou, travels to Crete to meet Lefteris Eliakis, a guerrilla fighter during the Greek Civil War and a political...

Actor Michael Sheen goes on a personal journey to explore the reasons for political disillusionment in Wales. Walking in the footsteps of the...

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk exposes decades of polarisation, revealing how media, power and fear fractured America.

A variety of experts, authors, and reporters discuss the murder of JFK. If one were to select the ten most significant events in American history,...

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan...

Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

From PBS: Arizona's enforcement-led policy, which grew out of its unique position as a frontline border state, is reshaping the national conversation...

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In...

Character assassination. Political assassination. Legal assassination. An actual assassination attempt. They will try anything to stop Trump. We...

"If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?" Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and...

Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their power after centuries of humiliation. Since the...

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.