Top Documentary Films» Politics http://topdocumentaryfilms.com Watch stunning, eyeopening, interesting, free, streaming, full, online documentary films and movies. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:47:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/letters-from-iran/feed/ 120 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/ 115 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/the-putin-system/feed/ 24 Capitalism Is the Crisishttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/capitalism-is-the-crisis/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/capitalism-is-the-crisis/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:00:45 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8128 Capitalism Is the CrisisCapitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity examines the ideological roots of the austerity agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos, Leo Panitch, David McNally, Richard

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/capitalism-is-the-crisis/feed/ 80 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/ 123 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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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/showdown-with-iran/feed/ 39 Rivers of Bloodhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/rivers-of-blood/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/rivers-of-blood/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:00:05 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7514 Rivers of BloodForty years after Enoch Powell’s infamous speech predicting that mass immigration would lead to violence on our streets, filmmaker Denys Blakeway explores the impact of the maverick Conservative MP’s words and legacy. Powell was a member of Edward Heath’s Shadow Cabinet when he made the Rivers of

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/gaddafi-our-best-villain/feed/ 123 Endgame: A Future Scenario for Israelhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/endgame-a-future-scenario-for-israel/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/endgame-a-future-scenario-for-israel/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:00:30 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7486 Endgame: A Future Scenario for IsraelA future scenario for The Place of Judgment, the Middle East. Are we on course to a doom scenario? What are the scenarios for the Near East in the foreseeable future? Tension in the Middle East is mounting again, as political decisions in both the United States

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/endgame-a-future-scenario-for-israel/feed/ 138 Lifting the Veilhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lifting-the-veil/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lifting-the-veil/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 17:00:40 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7458 Lifting the VeilThis film explores the historical role of the Democratic Party as the graveyard of social movements, the massive influence of corporate finance in elections, the absurd disparities of wealth in the United States, the continuity and escalation of neocon policies under Obama, the insufficiency of mere voting

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