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Snowden 2016
Película
Basada en el libro "The Snowden files. The inside story of the world's most wanted man" escrito por Luke Harding, y en un libro escrito por Anatoly Kucherena, el abogado ruso de Edward Snowden. Narra los acontecimientos que acompañaron la publicación por parte del diario The Guardian de los documentos clasificados que aportó Edward Snowden sobre el programa de vigilancia mundial secreto de la NSA (Agencia de Seguridad Nacional) en 2013.
Las caras de Snowden
- Un contratista de la CIA que filtra archivos secretos
- Una habitación de hotel en Hong Kong con periodistas
- La vigilancia masiva de la NSA
Buena para ti si
- quieres la historia real de las filtraciones de Edward Snowden.
- te gusta ver cómo un gobierno vigila a sus propios ciudadanos.
- te gusta la espera en una habitación de hotel de Hong Kong antes de que estalle la noticia.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas persecuciones y peleas en una película de espías.
- prefieres evitar una historia de amor en una película sobre un denunciante. Su vida con Lindsay Mills ocupa buena parte.
Temas: la privacidad · la conciencia · la vigilancia
The Dissident 2020
Documentary
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
The sides of The Dissident
- A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
- His fiancée waiting outside
- Dissidents fighting a state online
Good for you if
- you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
- you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
- you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
- you can't hear the details of a killing described.
About: free speech · surveillance · impunity
Zero Days 2016
Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.
The sides of Zero Days
- A computer worm aimed at Iran's nuclear program
- Officials who won't speak on record
- Alex Gibney chasing who built Stuxnet
Good for you if
- you like a true story about the first cyberweapon to break real machines.
- you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.
- you like an investigation that feels like a spy thriller.
Bad for you if
- you want things blowing up, and this is mostly interviews and lines of code.
- you need clear answers, and many people here refuse to give them.
About: secrecy · cyberwar · state power
Citizenfour 2014
Documentary
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
The sides of Citizenfour
- Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
- Journalists deciding what to publish
- A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze
Good for you if
- you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
- you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
- you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
- you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.
About: surveillance · privacy · courage
The Great Hack 2019
Documentary
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
The sides of The Great Hack
- Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data
- A former insider who turns whistleblower
- Brexit and the 2016 US election
Good for you if
- you want to understand the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- you like stories about who controls elections and how.
- you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, not a worrying look at your own data.
- you lose track when a film follows Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll and a journalist all at once.
About: privacy · democracy · manipulation
Dirty Wars 2013
Documentary
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
The sides of Dirty Wars
- A journalist following covert US operations
- A night raid in Afghanistan
- Families of victims telling their story
Good for you if
- you want to see what happens far from official statements.
- you like asking who decides on secret wars.
- you like following Jeremy Scahill from one lead to the next.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grieving families talking about their dead.
- you need a film that ends with some hope.
About: secrecy · accountability · war
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror 2021
Documentary
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
- The September 11 attacks
- Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
- Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering
Good for you if
- you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
- you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
- you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021
Documentary
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
The sides of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
- Oliver Stone back on the Kennedy case
- Declassified files from the assassination
- Dallas, November 22, 1963
Good for you if
- you want to go through the real documents released decades after Dallas.
- you like going back over who shot Kennedy, piece by piece.
- you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the Zapruder footage of the shooting played again.
- you need a final, settled answer about who killed Kennedy.
About: political assassination · government secrecy · american history
The Unknown Known 2013
Documentary
Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The sides of The Unknown Known
- Donald Rumsfeld facing the camera
- His thousands of office memos
- The road to the Iraq war
Good for you if
- you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.
- you like Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words.
- you're fine ending a film without a clear answer about the man.
Bad for you if
- you need more than one man talking for an hour and a half.
- you'd rather not revisit the Iraq war through the man who planned it.
About: power · language · responsibility
Los archivos del Pentágono 2017
Película
En junio de 1971, los principales periódicos de EE.UU., entre los que se encontraban 'The New York Times' y 'The Washington Post', tomaron una valiente posición en favor de la libertad de expresión, informando sobre los documentos del Pentágono y el encubrimiento masivo de secretos por parte del gobierno, que había durado cuatro décadas y cuatro presidencias estadounidenses. En ese momento, Katherine Graham, primera mujer editora del Post, y el director Ben Bradlee intentaban relanzar un periódico en decadencia. Juntos decidieron tomar la audaz decisión de apoyar al 'The New York Times' y luchar contra el intento de la Administración Nixon de restringir la primera enmienda. Historia basada en los documentos del Post que recogían información clasificada sobre la Guerra de Vietnam.
Las caras de Los archivos del Pentágono
- Katharine Graham al frente de The Washington Post
- Los Papeles del Pentágono sobre la guerra de Vietnam
- Editores que desafían una orden judicial para publicar
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la historia real de los Papeles del Pentágono.
- te gusta un periódico que se planta ante la Casa Blanca de Nixon.
- te gustan las discusiones de redacción entre Meryl Streep y Tom Hanks.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas algo más que llamadas telefónicas e imprentas.
- pones los ojos en blanco ante los discursos sobre la libertad de prensa.
Temas: la libertad de prensa · el coraje · las mujeres en el poder
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004
Documentary
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.
The sides of Fahrenheit 9/11
- The 2000 election and September 11
- A president in a classroom after the attacks
- A mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq
Good for you if
- you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.
- you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
- you like Michael Moore's mocking edits and pop songs over politicians.
Bad for you if
- a mother reading her dead son's last letter is too much for you.
- you can't watch real footage of wounded civilians and soldiers in Iraq.
About: war · grief · politics
Navalny 2022
Documentary
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
The sides of Navalny
- Russia's opposition leader recovering in Germany
- An investigation into his own poisoning
- A phone call to one of the agents
Good for you if
- you want to see a real investigation unfold on camera.
- you like a phone call to a secret agent that plays like a thriller.
- you want to understand what it costs to stand up to the Kremlin.
Bad for you if
- you need hope, and knowing how his story ended weighs on every scene.
- you want something light tonight.
About: courage · dictatorship · truth · home
The Fog of War 2003
Documentary
Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.
The sides of The Fog of War
- Robert McNamara looking back at his life
- The Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam
- White House recordings
Good for you if
- you like hearing a man in power explain his own decisions.
- you want the Cold War told from inside the room.
- you want to think about how wars are decided and why they go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you want a clear verdict on McNamara, and the film leaves you to judge him.
- you need momentum, and this is one man talking to the camera.
About: responsibility · war · memory · power

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side
- An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
- Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
- Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders
Good for you if
- you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
- you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
- you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
- you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.
About: torture · responsibility · justice
Virunga 2014
Documentary
Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.
The sides of Virunga
- Rangers guarding Africa's oldest national park
- Orphaned mountain gorillas and their keeper
- Hidden camera footage of an oil company's dealings
Good for you if
- you love the mountain gorillas and the man who raises them.
- you like hidden cameras catching bribes as they happen.
- you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real gunfire and war footage.
- you roll your eyes at a documentary built as a call to save the park.
About: conservation · courage · greed · war
Collective 2019
Documentary
In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.
The sides of Collective
- A nightclub fire in Bucharest
- Sports journalists investigating hospitals
- A new health minister inside the system
Good for you if
- you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
- you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
- you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
- you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.
About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health

The Untold History Of The United States 2012
Documentary
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
The sides of The Untold History Of The United States
- Oliver Stone narrating American history
- From the Second World War to the present
- Presidents, bombs and the Cold War
Good for you if
- you like a sweeping run through the American century.
- you like asking who really made the big decisions.
- you like archive footage of real leaders and real events.
Bad for you if
- you find almost ten hours too much for one documentary.
- you'd rather not spend hours on wars and bombs.
About: empire · power · memory
Hitler: A Career 1977
Documentary
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
The sides of Hitler: A Career
- Archive footage of Hitler's rise
- Crowds at Nazi rallies
- The Weimar Republic sliding into dictatorship
Good for you if
- you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.
- you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.
- you want the story told through footage from the time.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of archive footage is too much for you.
- you can't sit through so many images of Nazi crowds and war.
About: propaganda · mass psychology · dictatorship
Oppenheimer 2023
Película
Película sobre el físico J. Robert Oppenheimer y su papel como desarrollador de la bomba atómica. Basada en el libro 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird y Martin J. Sherwin.
Las caras de Oppenheimer
- El hombre que construyó la bomba
- Un pueblo secreto en el desierto
- Una audiencia que decide su destino
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación protagonista sostenida por la mirada.
- te gustan las salas llenas de gente brillante discutiendo.
- quieres sentir la primera prueba en el pecho.
Mala para ti si
- tres horas de conversación son demasiado para una sola noche.
- quieres acción. Son sobre todo reuniones y audiencias.
- quieres una historia contada en orden. Salta entre épocas.
Temas: la culpa · el poder · la ciencia
NAZA 2026
Documentary
Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
The sides of NAZA
- Night footage from Tel Aviv rooftops
- Anonymous testimonies from former soldiers
- Civilian deaths in Gaza
Good for you if
- you want firsthand testimony about real lives lost in Gaza.
- you want to understand how a war is waged from the inside.
- you want to look at the systems behind targeted killings.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear accounts of civilian deaths.
- you need some hope at the end of a film.
About: war · responsibility · testimony