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Recommend me some documentaries
minirhyder
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I've recently gotten into documentaries. Specifically documentaries that talk about and expose problems in our world today.
I've watched Super Size me recently and just finished Inside Job.
Can you guys recommend me some more of this stuff?
Docudramas are OK too.
I've watched Super Size me recently and just finished Inside Job.
Can you guys recommend me some more of this stuff?
Docudramas are OK too.
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Supposedly Religulous was really good.
I'll definitely check out Moore's stuff and Corporation.
Thanks so far!
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Other fantastic documentaries:
Restrepo
Man on Wire
Harvard Beats Yale
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
I found this absolutely fascinating. Essentially, these guys just go around Punking corporate America. But they are just so erstwhile doing it, yet so completely misguided that the whole thing seems like a train wreck.
fascinating view about one of Osaka's host club
Very odd stuff, but compelling documentary
It's the same with Religulous. Yes, religionlol and all that, but it's hardly a documentary; there's no real point to it, other than laughing at some really misguided people.
I've also got a long and exhaustive list of good docs, but I'll only post a few, after seconding both Yes Men movies, Jesus Camp, and Man on Wire.
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Tyson is allright if you can handle tyson's monotome voice.
I just finished watching The Tillman story, powerfull stuff about how the gov't covered up a friendly fire death.
Exit trough the gift shop is very, very well done. a must if you have even the slightest interest in street art or banksy.
edit; and if you're into art: "the art of the steal" about the city of philadelphia screwing over a millionare's will by trying to "steal" his art collection.
No Crossover: The Trial of Alan Iverson - race, the criminal justice system)
The Best That Never Was - race again, exploitation of young athletes
June 17, 1994 - Covers a packed day in the sporting world, but most notably the OJ White Bronco chase, and how in a lot of ways, that day was the birth of the modern American media; it's a gimmicky doc with absolutely no narration, just the clips cut together.
The U - the merger of Miami Hurricanes football and the hip hop culture of the late 80s and early 90s; this will likely be repeated in this Sunday's doc The Fab Five about the 1991-1994 Michigan basketball team.
Not quite as good a doc, but still good and looking at the breakup of Yugoslavia from the perspective of a Serbian and a Croat NBA player whose friendship was destroyed by the civil war: Once Brothers
If you just like sports, almost the entire series is worth checking out. Most critics thought that other than The Two Escobars, the best was Winning Time: Reggie Miller Versus the New York Knicks.
So good.
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hundreds and thousands of documentaries, some of which you've never heard of
I also watched Catfish which was sort of interesting. Its about a guy who starts an internet relationship with the family member of a facebook friend he makes when the friend paints a photograph he took. Then weird things happen and it all sort of unravels.
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Also Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. They range from the fairly light and trivial (UFO enthusiasts, Pro Wrestling) to fairly gritty stuff (Extreme Zionists, Black Nationalism, South African Boer Separatists) so you might want to be selective. He's a far better documentarian then a lot of people give him credit for, he's a master at insinuating himself into the confidence of wildly disparate groups of people and tends to conduct very interesting interviews.
EDIT: Also there appears to be several of the Louis Theroux docs on that site Rane linked
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
But watch it no matter what.
I'll throw out Paradise Lost 1 & 2 because I used to run internet communities based on them.
I disagree. He really asks questions and demands answers from the people he asks. He challenges bad answers. It is great.
but they're listening to every word I say
great film about homelessness
Came here to recommend these, and his specials too. Full list here (specials at the bottom). Think you can find most on youtube.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Louis_Theroux_Documentaries
He has a pretty amazing ability to find the humanity in groups of people most of the public would detest without being condescending.
The Vice Guide to North Korea is pretty good, too. Both are (legally) available for free online, on either youtube or the website.
The Human Turbine covers the lives of a group of Palestinians that refused to leave their homeland, living in caves and without most-any technology due to the IDF not allowing new construction on what they consider illegally occupied land. A group of professors from varios Israeli universities help them set up an independant electrical grid using wind and solar power.
I've watched The Corporation and loved it, in a very depressing infuriating way.
Also watched Restrepo and wished it was longer; the 15 month deployment seemed to fly by veryyy quickly on screen. Otherwise it was pretty great.
Probably gonna check out some Moore documentaries next, but rest assured I'll get to all the suggestions eventually!
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I haven't watched it in a while because I've had issues with it running at work, but some of the ones I enjoyed were the Tank Man, the Persuaders, and the Merchants of Cool.
Some of the classic documentaries the Corporation and Manufactuing Consent
Lately, I've liked a lot of the oddball character documentaries. I'm going to have to second Exit Through the Gift Shop and the King of Kong. I also enjoyed Confessions of a Super Hero on the same out there and interesting characters documentaries.
Also, Jon Ronson does a great series on conspiracy theorists titled The Secret Rulers of the World. He also does a great film named Stanley Kubrick's boxes, which gives excellent insight into the mind of a talented, eccentric film maker.
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I would not recommend this movie for anyone involved in the teaching profession, as it seems every instructor I've asked about it (who works in pedagogy in some way) hasn't had the most flattering things to say about it. Still a bit eye-opening to see whats going on in some of the worst classrooms/school districts in the country.
My girlfriend's a public school teacher and we saw together along with 6 or 7 other public school teachers on it's opening night in NY. While they certainly had some issues with it, everyone seemed to really like it overall.
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The War On Kids
Recently I watched I Think We're Alone Now. It's about obsessive Debbie Gibson fans. At first it seems kind of funny, then it's mostly creepy and sad. Not the best made doc ever, certainly not the same caliber as The Farm or Restrepo or Paradise Lost, but it's neat. It's on Netflix Instant.
With Moore, I find his subjects interesting. I really like his first film, and I seem to like him a little less with each picture. It's not that they're worse, I just think I'm more forgiving of his earlier work. Docs are his thing now, and I just think he should be better at making them at this point. However, I wouldn't say that any of them aren't worth watching.
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is great, and you should watch it even if you don't give a shit about Joan Rivers or stand up comedy in general. It's on Netflix Instant, too.
I had heard a lot about Restrepo. I watched it this weekend and it was very 'meh.' Interesting subject matter but poorly put together.
What's good?
The Cove was a very interesting and well put together doc, even if it was a bit emotionally overwrought in a few places. I think it's something everyone should at least be familiar with if you at all care about animal rights.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated is excellent.
Anything from Frontline, and I believe you can watch most (if not all!) of it on their website for free.
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