The best George H. W. Bush’s documentary movies

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

12/06/1924- 30/11/2018
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Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 25/06/2004
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

13th

13th
8.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 07/10/2016
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 24/05/2006
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine
8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/10/2002
  • Character: Himself
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

LA 92

LA 92
8.2/10
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.

Inequality for All

Inequality for All
8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 19/01/2013
  • Character: Himself
U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.

Why We Fight

Why We Fight
8/10
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Reversing Roe

Reversing Roe
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/09/2018
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.

Bigger Stronger Faster*

Bigger Stronger Faster*
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 30/05/2008
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

Gaga: Five Foot Two

Gaga: Five Foot Two
7/10
Go behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.

The Words That Built America

The Words That Built America
5.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/07/2017
  • Character: Reader - The Constitution
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foundation for the United States of America.

Lasciateci Fare Vol. 1

Lasciateci Fare Vol. 1
8.8/10
In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the Western world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Lasciateci Fare Vol. 1 offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which Western societies are based.

Shadow World

Shadow World
7.5/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryHistory
  • Release: 14/10/2016
  • Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.

The House I Live In

The House I Live In
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 05/10/2012
  • Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong, and what can be done?

Spin

Spin
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 05/10/1995
  • Character: Himself
A documentary about the 1992 U.S. presidential election based on pirated satellite feeds.

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/08/2008
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1992
  • Character: Self (voice) (archive footage)
A documentary destined to calmly explain and analyze the facts, myths and rumours about John Kennedy's assassination and the overwhelming use of information in Oliver Stone's epic "JFK" (1991), at the same time it presents a behind the scenes documentary on the controversial film. Features interviews with the cast and director, and the personalities who lived and remember the facts concerning the November 22, 1963, like reporters, eyewitnesses and others, and some of the real characters from the movie, like Jim Garrison, Numa Bertel, Lou Ivon and Perry Russo.

41

41
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/06/2012
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.

The War on Democracy

The War on Democracy
8.1/10
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/07/1990
  • Character: Himself ('Read my lips. No new taxes.' news video) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.

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