Anthropology (Documentaries)

• Dead Birds
• Nanook of the North (watch to critique)
• Forest of Bliss
• Leviathan
• Sweetgrass
• Ongka's Big Moka
• Framing the Other
• Secrets of the Tribe

Must-watch Documentaries. POLITICS AND HISTORY

• “Why We Fight” (BBC, 2005)
• “Fahrenheit 9/11” (Michael Moore, 2004)
• “War on Democracy” (John Pilger, 2007)
• “Hijacking Catastrophe” (Sut Jhally, 2004)
• “Breaking the Silence” (John Pilger, 2003)
• “Fog of War” (Robert McNamara, 2003)

HEALTH, FOOD, AND NATURE

• “Food Inc.” (Robert Kenner, 2008)
• “Super Size Me” (Morgan Spurlock, 2004)
• “Planet Earth” (Discovery Channel, 2006)

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

• “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People” (Jack Shaheen, 2006)
• “Control Room” (Magnolia Pictures, 2004)
• “Hearts and Minds” (Peter Davis, 1974)
• “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media” (Herman, 1992)
• “Weapons of Mass Deception” (Danny Schechter, 2004)
• “The War You Don’t See” (John Pilger, 2010)

SOCIETY AND CULTURE

• “The Century of the Self” (BBC, 2004)
• “Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech” (HBO, 2009)
• “Debate: Political Islam – Is it a threat to the West?” (Doha Debates, 2009)
• “Bowling for Columbine” (Michael Moore, 2002)
• “Hamza Tzortzis: Liberalism & Islam” (LSESU, 2011)
• “Jesus Camp” (A&E Indiefilms, 2006)
• “A Time for Burning” (William C. Jersey, 1966)
• “Malcolm X: Make it Plain” (AE, 1994)

PALESTINE

• “Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land” (Sut Jhally, 2004)
• “The Israel Lobby” (Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer)
• “Defamation” (Norman Finkelstein, 2009)
• “Palestine Is Still the Issue” (John Pilger, 2003)
• “Occupation 101” (Abdallah Omeish, 2006)

HUMAN RIGHTS

• “The Road to Guantanamo” (Michael Winterbottom, 2006)
• “Taxi to the Dark Side” (Moazzam Begg, 2007)
• “Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre” (Italy, 2005)
• “Generation Kill” (Journeyman Pictures, 2004)
• “The War Tapes” (Deborah Scranton, 2006)

ECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION

• “Commanding Height: Battle for the World Economy” (PBS, 2002)
• “The Corporation” (Noam Chomsky, 2003)
• “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices” (Brave New Films, 2005)
• “Money as Debt” (Paul Grignon, 2006)
• “Darwin’s Nightmare” (Hubert Sauper, 2004)
• “End of Suburbia” (Gregory Greene, 2004)
• “Life + Debt” (Stephanie Black, 2001)
• “Smartest Guys in the Room” (Alex Gibney, 2005)

MISCELLANEOUS

• “Inside Islam: What a billion Muslim really think” (Dalia Mogahed, 2009)
• “Islam: Empire of Faith” (PBS, 2000)
• “Inside Mecca” (National Geographic, 2003)
• “Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple” (PBS, 2006)
• “Death of the Freedom Fighter” (Al Jazeera, 2009)
• “The Trouble With Atheism” (Dimitri Collingridge, 2006)
• “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” (Premise, 2008)
• “To Catch a Predator” (Dateline, NBC)
• “An Islamic History of Europe” (Omaar Rageh, BBC)
• “Free Fahad” (Siraj Wahaj, 2008)