Favourite Documentary/Documentaries??
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Hearts of Darkness - I've always thought it was better than the movie itself; 'Apocalypse Now'.
Grizzly Man- Werner Herzog doc about Timothy Treadwell, the man who spent 13 seasons living with bears in Alaska before he and his girlfriend were attacked and killed by a bear and partially eaten.
Unmistaken Child A Tibetan Buddhist monk goes in search of the reincarnation of his recently deceased master
The Filth and The Fury - The Sex Pistols documentary
My Best Fiend - charts the relationship between Director Werner Herzog and the actor Klaus Kinski
Incident at Oglala - Documentary covering the 1975 Pine Ridge shooting incident and subsequent trial and false imprisonment of Leonard Peltier
The Panama Deception - The 1989 U.S invasion of Panama
Unforgivable Blackness- Ken Burns documentary on the life of the first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson
The Civil War - Ken Burns' doc on the American Civil War
When We Were Kings - The Rumble in the Jungle
The Ordinary Madness of Charles Bukowski - BBC doc on Hank
No Direction Home - Scorcese's doc on Bob Dylan
Occupation 101 - The Israel-Palestine conflict
Hearts and Minds - The Vietnam War
God Grew Tired of Us - About the experiences of some Sudanese refugees who were relocated to the U.S after fleeing a civil war.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers - The story of the whistle blower who exposed the lies of the U.S government during the Vietnam war.
The Expedition to the End of the World - About a disparate group of scientists and artists who travel to a remote area of Greenland in search of...adventure/enlightenment/inspiration.
Grizzly Man- Werner Herzog doc about Timothy Treadwell, the man who spent 13 seasons living with bears in Alaska before he and his girlfriend were attacked and killed by a bear and partially eaten.
Unmistaken Child A Tibetan Buddhist monk goes in search of the reincarnation of his recently deceased master
The Filth and The Fury - The Sex Pistols documentary
My Best Fiend - charts the relationship between Director Werner Herzog and the actor Klaus Kinski
Incident at Oglala - Documentary covering the 1975 Pine Ridge shooting incident and subsequent trial and false imprisonment of Leonard Peltier
The Panama Deception - The 1989 U.S invasion of Panama
Unforgivable Blackness- Ken Burns documentary on the life of the first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson
The Civil War - Ken Burns' doc on the American Civil War
When We Were Kings - The Rumble in the Jungle
The Ordinary Madness of Charles Bukowski - BBC doc on Hank
No Direction Home - Scorcese's doc on Bob Dylan
Occupation 101 - The Israel-Palestine conflict
Hearts and Minds - The Vietnam War
God Grew Tired of Us - About the experiences of some Sudanese refugees who were relocated to the U.S after fleeing a civil war.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers - The story of the whistle blower who exposed the lies of the U.S government during the Vietnam war.
The Expedition to the End of the World - About a disparate group of scientists and artists who travel to a remote area of Greenland in search of...adventure/enlightenment/inspiration.
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2. Hoop Dreams
3. When We Were Kings
4. Fahrenheit 9/11
5. Woodstock
6. Who Killed The Electric Car
7. An Inconvenient Truth
8. Zeitgeist I & II
9. March Of The Penguins
10. Super Size Me
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick? - 7 part series about the social determinants of health.
Lake of Fire - About the abortion debate in the U.S.
Born into Brothels - About child sex labor in India.
Senorita Extraviada - About the femicide in Jaurez.
american movie
gonzo
I've not seen this one. I'll check it out.
man on wire
a decade under the influence
the battle over citizen kane
the decline of the western civilization part 2
startup.com
winged migration
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
American Movie
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
I liked part one better, but part two was great as well ... the scene with Chris Holmes of WASP in the pool was both hilarious and sad at the same time.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
We thought he was nuts to go to Baghdad and film what he saw but he did and went back a year later to shoot more footage. Here's a opening footage from his documentary...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsbk7o5Y_MA&NR=1
Peace & Stay Human
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Zeitgeist
Grey Gardens
Bowling for Comunbine
Roger and Me
The Celluloid Closet
(and a personal plug... I directed a documentary called "Fratmen Going Down" about a porn movie we shot in Australia. It wasn't a "making of" but a movie about the guys themselves, the kind of guys they were and a sort of snapshot of their lives at that moment. I'm very proud of it, and yes.. it's still available on DVD at a fine adult store near you)
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.
I have seen a good few docs on this subject and i found this one fascinating...
Good few torrents out there that can be downloaded...
Saw quiet a few global warming ones also lately which were very informative.
The name of them escape me but one on greenland glacier was excellent.
The World At War
narrated by Olivier
The Nazis - A Warning From History
Auschwitz - The Final Solution
History of Britain - Simon Schama
World War 2 - Behind Closed Doors (great docudrama about Stalin mostly... it was on very recently)
No Direction Home - Scorsese
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Is Street Thief considered a documentary? I've never been able to find out.
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5/17/2010 - Boston, MA
9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
9/4/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
I still need to see this.
Great series that.
An Inconvenient Truth
Lake of Fire
Sicko
Super Size Me
Maxed Out
March of the Penguins
'Instrument: Ten Years With The Band Fugazi' - http://www.allmovie.com/work/instrument ... azi-184634
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'Ramones: End of The Century' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_the_Century
Edit: Also, has anyone seen the unofficial Rolling Stones Documentary 'Cocksucker Blues'? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocksucker_Blues
THE KING OF KONG:A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS - Probably the best documentary I have ever seen. It's about one man's quest to beat the Donkey Kong world record.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father - Absolutely incredible. The director made this movie in tribute of his deceased best friend.
THE BRIDGE - The Golden Gate Bridge is the #1 place in the world to commit suicide. Over the course of a year the makers of this movie set up 24 hour cameras on the bridge and follow several people to their final plunge and follow up on the ones they left behind. Gripping and a unique plot. Phenominal!
Super size me - A guy eats only McDonalds for a month to see how it effects him. Hilarious movie. Super high me, the weed version of this movie was pretty funny too.
Harlan County U.S.A. - A documentary about a coal mining union strike (I know sounds like the most boring subject ever) but you will start to get gripped into the film. Very emotional film.
Dogtown and Z-Boys - Great as everyone mentioned, that said, if you have seen lords of dogtown already, you know the story.
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I'm downloading it now.
I saw this on t.v in England a couple of years ago. I still remember the dude at the end - they focus on him throughout the film, pacing up and down the bridge - but the way he finally throws himself over is pretty...dramatic? (With some of these people you can see that there's some trepidation there, but this dude had no doubts about what he was doing).
seen bits of it... is it the one which has scenes of Keef after OD'ing? or at least shots of him taking heroin?
Yeah, there's footage of him shooting up, and then nodding off. It's very messy.
You won't be disappointed on Dear Zachary. On the bridge it really was remarkable how it was filmed. I should have mentioned the "special features" on the Bridge make the movie even better. Following how they filmed it was a very cool bonus feature.
I should add...
Darkon - About live action role playing. I expected to just laugh my head off at nerds, but oddly enough I started rooting for one of the "countries". Also there is a documentary called "Monster Camp" about the same subject, both are good, but Darkon was a bit better IMO.
Wordplay - Pretty awesome documentary on crossword puzzles and the crossword puzzle championship. Tons of celebs in it too, Bill Clinton, John Stewart, etc. Spellbound is kinda similar (a documentary on the national spelling bee) and worth checking out too.
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You are a docuholic
Big time! It's my favorite part of netflix! Netflix by the way is probably the best thing to happen to the internet, next to this message board
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Others that haven't been mentioned:
The Thin Blue Line
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Enron: Smartest guys in the room
Tyson
Wow never seen (or heard of those) looked at both on netflix and putting them on my queue! Great thread!
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My Kid Could Paint That - About a 4 year old who paints paintings that cost about $300,000... pollock style. It goes in a direction you don't see coming and really leaves you scratching your head. Watch the extra features... you probably can't help yourself after you finish the movie!
"Who the &*$% is Jackson Pollock" is pretty good along similar topic. An old lady truck driver finds a painting, buys it for 5 bucks and discovers it may be a Jackson Pollock painting. The film goes through all the testing, interviews, and artist opinions on the painting. Really interesting stuff.
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