"Director: Eugene Jarecki"

• The House I Live In | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £6.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (115.68%)   |  RRP £14.99

  For over forty years, America's 'War on Drugs' has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs in America are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. The House I Live In captures heart-wrenching stories at all levels of America's drug war. Together, these stories pose urgent questions: What caused the war? What perpetuates it? And what can be done to stop it?

• The King | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £4.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki s new film takes the King s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America. From Memphis to New York, Las Vegas, and beyond, the journey traces the rise and fall of Elvis as a metaphor for the country he left behind. In this groundbreaking film, Jarecki paints a visionary portrait of the state of the American Dream and a penetrating look at how the hell we got here. A diverse cast of Americans, both famous and non, join the journey, including Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris, Ethan Hawke, Van Jones, Mike Myers, and Dan Rather, among many others.

• Why We Fight | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £5.98   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech filmmaker Eugene Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military adventures asking how - and telling why - a nation of by and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war. Why We Fight won the Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) at the Sundance Film Festival. It is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the AMerican War Machine weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a 'who's who' of military and Washington insiders. Featuring John McCain Gore Vidal William Kristol Chalmers Johnson Richard Perle and others.

• Freakonomics | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (81.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's finally here: the film with all the answers. The documentary that dares to look at the hidden side of everything! Based on the bestselling book written by famed New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner and rogue economist Steven Levitt Freakonomics The Movie brings together some of the world's most groundbreaking innovative filmmakers to try and find out what really keeps this planet spinning. Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) Alex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter S. Thompson) Seth Gordon (King Of Kong) Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp) have joined forces to bring to life some of the craziest and most controversial social theories. Mixing pop culture with economics the results are shocking humorous and essential. Have you ever wondered if the name of your child can determine their success in life? Does legalised abortion lower the crime rate? Can young school children be bribed into getting better grades? All this and more is expertly tackled in this groundbreaking documentary that's like nothing you've ever seen before.

• The Trials Of Henry Kissinger | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A documentary about the war crimes of the American diplomat Henry Kissinger.