La Commune (Paris, 1871): Directed by Peter Watkins. With Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue. In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
Peter Watkins is fascinating, a great comrade, as far as I can tell.
Was fascinated with him a while back.
His analysis about how often film can be so easily used for cloying, predictable mainstream ends is really great.
Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins