Inc American Documentary
2) Food, Inc
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
3) Street Fight
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32-year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pits the young challenger against an old style political machine.
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Working alone in Iraq over eight months, director/cinematographer Laura Poitras creates an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation.
"Keenly observed...Better than any Iraq doc thus far...Desperately hopeful and unrepentantly cynical."--Time Out New York.
"The definitive non-fiction film about the occupation of Iraq! Indispensable, heartbreaking, and ferociously wise."--Village Voice.
"Illuminating...fascinating"--Hollywood...
7) Food, Inc
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.