The best Vanessa Redgrave’s documentary movies

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

30/01/1937 (87 años)
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Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 11/10/1996
  • Character: Herself/Interview
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...
7.1/10
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 11/10/2017
  • Character: Herself
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.

Sea Sorrow

Sea Sorrow
6.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/11/2017
  • Character: Herself
A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners, specially children, where past and present establish a dialogue. A reflection on the importance of human rights.

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/05/2018
  • Character: (archival footage)
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger
6.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/07/2002
  • Character: Self
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Right To Work March

Right To Work March
Young Socialists from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea march to London and discuss their economic struggles en route. Supporting them are Ken Loach, Corin Redgrave, Arnold Wesker and other leading cultural figures of the left of British politics. The march is intercut with scenes dramatising parallel injustices in the English Civil War era and earlier - featuring Frances de la Tour in queenly mode as Elizabeth I. The film's unconventional structure also features frequent extracts of the rousing pop concert, with the band Slade, which culminated the epic march.

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 03/09/2005
  • Character: Herself
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.

Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms

Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
8.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/01/2007
  • Character: Narrator
DEALING AND WHEELING IN SMALL ARMS is a political documentary on the uncontrolled widespread of small arms, which rule and ruin the lives of a growing number of people in developing countries. Through the eyes of different experts whose lives depend on small arms, the film shows the causes and impact of the trade—both legal, 'grey' and illegal—in small arms and its ammunitions, in particular in regions where the European Union and the United Nations are active, such as former Yugoslavia and Congo. Especially interesting for the western audience, the film shows how brokers—often under some 'organized' legal cover—buy weapons collected by the EU and NATO during their mission in Bosnia. These brokers transfer the weapons directly to African battlefields where they continue their killing lifespan unhindered.

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 17/05/2021
  • Character: Sé stessa
The story of the legendary star Alida Valli through the unpublished words of her letters and diaries, enriching it with other exclusive materials: photographs, family film in 8mm, new interviews with her sons, relatives, friends and collaborators, and much more archive material.

The Body

The Body
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/10/1970
  • Character: Narrator
A psychedelic documentary of the body electric, with music by Pink Floyd. The film was directed and produced by Roy Battersby. The film's narrators, Frank Finlay and Vanessa Redgrave, provide commentary that combines the knowledge of human biologists and anatomical experts. The film's soundtrack, Music from the Body, was composed by Ron Geesin and Roger Waters.

The Wound and the Gift

The Wound and the Gift
8.8/10
The Gift is a feature-length film exploring a major transformation in peoples' relationships with animals.

The Fifth War

The Fifth War
A war documentary that stands as an example of both the possibilities of international solidarity and also its dangers. Co-directed by an Iraqi and German filmmaker and starring a British actress, its proximity to the violence of the Litani Operation resulted in the loss of two of its members during filming.

Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
6.8/10
This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.

Director of Devils

Director of Devils
6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/01/1971
  • Character: Herself
Documentary featuring candid Ken Russell interviews and unique footage of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies recording his score.

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