Top Documentary Films» Politics http://topdocumentaryfilms.com Watch stunning, eyeopening, interesting, free, streaming, full, online documentary films and movies. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:08:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Disenfranchised in Americahttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/disenfranchised-in-america/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/disenfranchised-in-america/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:00:54 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8676 Disenfranchised in AmericaNew legislation across the US could have a huge impact on the country’s 2012 presidential elections. Largely Republican politicians have passed a range of new voting laws that groups fear could disenfranchise as many as five million American voters this year. Politicians claim that they are concerned

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/disenfranchised-in-america/feed/ 69 The US and the New Middle Easthttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/us-new-middle-east/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/us-new-middle-east/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:42:02 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8524 The US and the New Middle EastIn the first of a two-part series, Fault Lines examines how the Obama administration is reacting to the enormous changes taking place across the Middle East. The decision by the US to intervene in the Libyan conflict has a profound impact on the future of the country.

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/us-new-middle-east/feed/ 27 The Arab Awakeninghttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arab-awakening/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arab-awakening/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:00:16 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8510 The Arab AwakeningAs revolution shakes the Arab world, a series of films explore the roots of the uprisings and ask what next? The Arab Spring began in 2010 ushering in an era of revolution and protest. Revolution has shaken the Arab world for a year, as protesters, many armed

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/politics-religion-tea-party/feed/ 304 Russian Godfathershttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/russian-godfathers/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/russian-godfathers/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:30:34 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8322 Russian GodfathersThis BBC documentary series examines the relationship between Russia’s richest men (the oligarchs) and Putin’s administration in the Kremlin. Broadcast a year before the Litvinenko murder, this fascinating series lifted the lid on the struggle that still continues between Putin, and his adversaries, the Russian Oligarchs. The

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/russian-godfathers/feed/ 12 Letters from Iranhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/letters-from-iran/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/letters-from-iran/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:30:54 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8297 Letters from IranWhile winds of change have been blowing through the Arab world, Iranians have been forced to wait for political reform. In 2009, in the aftermath of an election that saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad controversially returned to power as president of the Islamic Republic, millions took to the streets

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/letters-from-iran/feed/ 123 Secret Pakistanhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-pakistan/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-pakistan/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00:11 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8273 Secret PakistanTwo part documentary series which explores accusations by CIA officials and western diplomats that Pakistan is failing to live up to its alliances in the war on terror. In May this year, US Special Forces shot and killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. Publicly Pakistan is one

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-pakistan/feed/ 122 The Putin Systemhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-putin-system/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-putin-system/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:01:43 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8253 The Putin SystemThe Putin System is a documentary chronicling Putin’s rise to power in Russia along with the implications for ordinary Russian people. Russia is once again flexing its muscles. This time its weapons are not the Red Army or its nuclear arsenal, but the huge energy resources lying

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/capitalism-is-the-crisis/feed/ 119 Face to Face with Annie Machonhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/face-to-face-with-annie-machon/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/face-to-face-with-annie-machon/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:49:18 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8008 Face to Face with Annie MachonAnnie Machon is a former British Security Service (MI5) intelligence officer who left the Service at the same time as David Shayler, her partner at the time, to help him blow the whistle about criminality within the intelligence agencies. By doing this, they had to give up

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/face-to-face-with-annie-machon/feed/ 79 The Legacy of Nonviolent Movements in Iranhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-legacy-of-nonviolent-movements-in-iran/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-legacy-of-nonviolent-movements-in-iran/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:00:29 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7894 The Legacy of Nonviolent Movements in IranThis film, written and directed by Hossein Fazeli, takes a look into the two most recent mass movements in Iran’s history: the 1979 Revolution that brought the clerics to power, and the 2009 mass protests, known as the Green Movement, that threatened the foundation of the same

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bhutto/feed/ 25 After Democracyhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/after-democracy/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/after-democracy/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:00:29 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7704 After DemocracyCan democracy still be saved? Can we address the shortcomings of representative democracy – failing political parties, increasing distrust of government – within the current system or are we set to embark on a journey across a border where nobody ever dared to go? Should we explore

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/after-democracy/feed/ 124 The Day India Burned: Partitionhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-day-india-burned-partition/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-day-india-burned-partition/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:00:49 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7625 The Day India Burned: PartitionDocumentary about the effects of Britain’s withdrawal from India in 1947 which triggered one of the biggest migrations in history. 15 million were displaced and more than a million lost their lives. The story is told through the testimony of people who lived together for centuries, but

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