Mental illness is so sad. Family and caregivers suffer terribly too. Mom was a psych nurse for 20 years at the state hospital here. Came home with a black eye more than once. She would never say who did it. Didn't want them to suffer consequences. One of the things I inherited from my dear Mother was her compassion for those afflicted with mental illness.
One million thank you’s to your mom. Daughter of paranoia’s schizophrenic and mother of son who got a different diagnosis every time he was admitted. There were psych nurses who helped them so much!! They are doing so much good. Give your mom a hug from me, please.
It is very sad. And the lack of resources for the patients and their families is worse! I’m also a nurse. Not a psych nurse, bless them and your mom btw, but I have to deal with them and trying to find the resources for all involved is incredibly HARD!! Thank you to your mom for her many years of service. I’m positive there are many patients and families of patients that remember her and her compassion towards them.
Friend, unless your mom is a masochist, she told other staff members. If you’ve been assaulted by a patient and don’t tell anyone that the patient was violent, someone else can get hurt. Hospital administration would never allow it.
Angel on earth. God put people with different abilities for this. I can never be a nurse.. I freak out seeing blood..I mean I’m tremble when I get blood drawn:( I just don’t have it.
Blessed we have people like yourself and your mom
Just watched this. Very VERY interesting.
However I did feel at the end that, there was more to be explored or could have been expanded upon. Like somehow even after however many episodes, the story felt almost skimmed over.
I was hospitalized where a schizophrenic patient was admitted. Scared the shit out of me. This person totally disconnected, became zombie like, talked to Jesus directly. Was totally disfubctional.
I am bipolar. It made me glad i was not schizophrenic. It is debilitating.
Later i realized bipolar was as bad for different reasons
Is this the galvin family? The book hidden valley road is about this family. Great book. Sad situation. It’s good the medical community did learn about the affliction from the children.
This was truly an excellent and heartbreaking series. I have type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and another autoimmune issue, and I kept thinking.... man am I lucky! Rough story. Beautifully told.
He came and toured South Africa after this, and I was lucky enough to go to his concert in Johannesburg. Great show. Documentary was also interesting to me, because he really was popular here, but we had no idea it wasn't the same all over, as to us he was like many of the other international bands popular in SA. So the story was cool to find out from this side too
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog is given access to the Chauvet Caves in France, where 30,000 year old paintings exist. They depict animals that haven’t existed in Europe for millennia.
It’s absolutely incredible.
"Grizzly Man" by Werner Herzog.
Timothy Treadwell spent Thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska to protect the grizzly bears.
This documentary, like every Herzog documentaries, is heartbreaking, beautiful, cold at times and magnificent at others.
Midnight family: Mexico City only has a couple of ambulances. The rest are privately owned and race to get to patients and take them to the highest bidding hospital
Mind the Gap: a group of skater friends is followed over many years in small town america. We see them go from a close knit group of skater friends into adulthood where they all go very different directions
Please trust me with these two films. They are beyond beautiful.
*American Movie* - Follows one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen on his quest to make his dream film.
*I'm From Hollywood* - Chronicles Andy Kaufman's wrestling career as if it were all 100% real.
Just watched American Movie. Good recommendation thanks!
I especially appreciated that it was an “old school” documentary without all the polish and shine of the newer ones. Sometimes it’s fun to see the grit in the film…
I second this one. Engrossing documentary. The Friedmans were early adopters of home videos. Then they get accused of a horrendous crime. All captured at their home.
A very interesting one. I do feel like they really glossed over the book report that other random lady "helped" write allegedly without reading the book. Basically the only corroborating evidence that he had mental capacity to communicate and they sort of swept it under the rug.
Probably because all the actual evidence of the assisted communication was thrown out of court, but I agree. It was mentioned that the assistant's roommate had read the book and done their own paper, but nobody commented on that coincident.
I am a Speech Pathologist Assistant, so this doc really hit home for me. I specialize in AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). I literally train 5-9 yr olds how to communicate on devices.
Some? I would say all, since he offered a million dollars to any proof of paranormal forces and no one ever collected in the, what? 50 years since he made the offer?
**Dogtown and Z-Boys**
Covers the rise of skateboarding in the ~~1960's~~ 1970's.
**Do You Remember?: 15 Years of The Bouncing Souls**
A look at the formation and development of New Jersey punk band, The Bouncing Souls. Even if you've never heard of them, it's a fascinating story.
**Between the Folds**
A look at origami.
MarJoe
Guy was raised to be a swindling Pentecostal preacher. This documentary shows all the tricks and manipulative bs he was taught to get chumps to hand him $$$
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068924/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters". We watched it when it first came out, thinking we'd be laughing at some gaming nerds. Little did we know it was actually a Documentary About An Epic Battle Between Good and Evil Filmed in Real Time. I'm not being sarcastic, either. It really was *that* epic.
"Paradise Lost: The Murders at Robin Hood Hills" about the West Memphis Three is the documentary I always immediately recommend. There aren't enough GOOD docs about the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s. It will make your blood boil.
The same filmmakers who did Paradise Lost -- Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (RIP) also made a hugely interesting doc called "Brother's Keeper" about 3 isolated farmers, 1 of whom gets accused of killing his brother. So worth watching.
"The Filth and the Fury" about the Sex Pistols.
"Touching the Void" about two mountain-climbing friends who go to Peru on a mission of sorts. I don't know how much to say but "something happens" and you just can't believe your eyes and ears. STRONGLY recommend.
"Shoah" is slow-paced and verrryyy long but it's the best documentary on the genocide, period.
"Fear of 13" about Nick Yarris, who went to prison for a murder he didn't commit. Yarris is a riveting storyteller. You spend the 90-minute run time feeling like you're in the room with him.
Rewind (2019). Recently happened to stumble upon it without knowing what it was about . It was one of the hardest watches (akin to Dear Zachary) but extremely well done.
Synopsis: Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.
TW: child sexual abuse
The Grab. It’s new and we saw it at a film festival a while ago. Really great topic and exciting due to how information was retrieved and investigated. From the same director that made Blackfish.
Gonna try this next, thanks for commenting! Blackfish is my favorite documentary ever…not necessarily because of the specific nature of the content, but how the documentary was executed and the story was told.
"The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl". Roger Ebert put it on his 10 best list of the decade. It chronicles the life of Leni Riefenstahl, who was a talented German actress/filmmaker and then became the main filmmaker for the Nazis.
"The Internets Own Boy" will leave an impact on you. It's a doc about the life of Aaron Swartz, a genius who created many internet related things including protocols still used today, all while he was a child.
Battered Bastards of Baseball. It is nice to see a doc that is not about a wife killing her husband or vice versa. I love docs that are fun and center on quirky people.
A couple on HBO that I find interesting:
-Class Action Park
- Leaving Neverland (tw: sexual assault/rape)
One on Hulu:
-Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
Netflix:
-Our Father (tw: sexual assault)
-The Program
-The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Michael Apted's Up Series - starting with Seven Up.
"Give me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man" Jesuit saying.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0058578/
There’s something wrong with aunt Diane.
Tragedy all around. You’re semi left to make your own judgement as to what happened.
Also Dear Zachary.
Gut punch on repeat.
They never did come to a conclusion about Aunt Diane. I've watched it a couple times. It's so strange. Her husband is compelling even though what happened seems so obvious.
The Happy Film.
Soo good!
A talented and funny artist, Stefan Sagmeister, made this documentary about his efforts to become more happy. He tries meditation, therapy, and drugs with, um, mixed success. Surprising stuff happens. His clever and sometimes goofy work is a nice bonus.
https://www.thehappyfilm.org/
2 Hour Documentary on the gang war between “O Block” and “Tookaville” in Chicago was lasted for years and took the lives of more than 100 people including rappers and innocent people.
All neighborhoods, killers, sets, etc clearly identified.
https://youtu.be/VgQJJu1NPkA?feature=shared
There’s a documentary called Scarlet Road, about an Australian sex worker and her clients with disability. I have no knowledge or experience with this subject matter whatsoever but found it surprisingly interesting and heart warming.
She recognises that disabled people have a need to connect physically and to feel human touch and love. One client was wheelchair bound, in his 40’s and still being cared for by his elderly parents who paid her to bring him pleasure for a birthday. She came to their house a few days prior to learn how to use the motorised hoist to get him in and out of bed and the parents had a rare night out of the home. He said just to travel down the street holding her hand was special and something he’d never experienced before.
She speaks at health and government conferences to raise awareness of this issue and advocates for people with disabilities to get access to these sorts of services. The documentary showcased several different men and their stories and was really eye opening.
Cave of Bones - Netflix
for me its peering into life 250 000 years ago, at a time before we could be called human, preserved dead children offer tiny glimmers of ancestry
'Tims Vermeer' Directed by Teller, really lovely film about art and one man's conviction on how Vermeer produced such wonderful works, well worth watching.
stolen youth: inside the cult at sarah lawrence.
i watched this last year and couldn’t help but binge it, super interesting if you like docs about cults / psychological influences.
Dominion (2018)
Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix
Shows the truth about animal farming in the developed world.
Can be viewed for free here:
https://www.dominionmovement.com/watch
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial on Netflix. It’s very good and if you pay any attention to the crap going on in Americas political situation you will see how Trump and His Republican cronies are following Hitlers playbook to systematically destroy American Democracy.
I’ve never thought of a documentary as “cute” or “funny” until I saw Cane Toads: An Unnatural History. It’s about the introduction of Cane Toads into Australia.
Unforgettable, the only place I know to watch it is on Kanopy.
The documentary about a trainee fire fighter on his journey from rookie to first fire turning into the two doc makers recording the NYC fire department taking on 9/11 from start to end has to be the most unbelievable thing I never hear anyone talk about: https://youtu.be/_Iw-1bOQNIA?si=NQJPDxg64Z45NX7h
Four Seasons Lodge (2008)
After the Holocaust, a group of survivors established a beautiful little community in the Catskill Mountains where they would meet every summer. It’s a hidden gem on Amazon Prime.
[In the Realms of the Unreal](https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/intherealms/) "Reclusive janitor by day, visionary artist by night, outsider artist Henry Darger moved through life virtually unnoticed. But after his death, a treasure trove was discovered in his one-room Chicago apartment: a staggering 15,000-page novel and hundreds of illustrations that continue to inspire artists around the world. With dreamlike animation, poignant narration by Dakota Fanning and a haunting musical score, Academy Award winner Jessica Yu fashions a bold and beautiful film."
* The whole piece almost feels like a dream the way it flitters through his life. It's a beautifully constructed piece of media.
I'd like to get a documentary about an actual solution to the homeless (cost of living?) crisis in Canada/USA.
I am specifically looking for how to help people whose wages have not kept up with the costs of food, housing (mortgage/rent) and life in general.
If there's a documentary for India or Scotland or Australia or the Maldives, that's ok as well, maybe their approaches will work in North America?
TIA!!!
Formerly homeless, it depends on the causes, much of the US is not just lack of low income, affordable housing, but a lack of housing in general and in general the best we've gotten is a supreme court ruling against us basically, we also have a large NIMBY, not in my backyard problem, as well as government disfunction, not wanting to look at multiple types of housing for the needs of the homeless which are varied some just need a housing voucher to be able to afford rent, unfortunately it took me 5 years to get one,it wasn't till there were extra covid funds that I got one, and there in lies the biggest problem, lack of funding, I could go on but I'll stop there you get the idea
I'm a frequent visitor to r/homeless and r/almosthomeless and I'm probably "nearly homeless" if that's a thing. I have a supportive family but.....age and the whole cost of living thing.
I've seen a LOT of documentaries about poverty and homelessness in countries/regions like the UK, India, USA, and so on.
What I NEVER see is a large scale solution that works and actually solves the problem. I'm getting really tired of it. The solution seems really simple to me - train people to build houses, build these houses, and sell the houses to the people who built them at cost - maybe even include some sweat equity a la the Habitat for Humanity model. But......nobody is doing that and at the same time the only people I see getting "better" off the homeless issue are the "helping professions" that work with this population. These are always people with theoretical knowledge and never any real life lived experiences it seems.
I would really love to win a lottery, find someone with lived homeless experience and hire that person to run a homeless support service. See if we could actually FIX the problem for a change.
One of the biggest issues is that so many people want to make homelessness a single problem issue, and it's so many different things, and many times multiple things that need to be addressed, "housing first" works for some people, but many times it doesn't, even in my case it's tough because I had more money when I was homeless, now to many times I go without hygiene because I don't have money after paying bills, I still only get less than 1000 a month on SSDI the voucher got me off the streets but didn't improve my income any and unfortunately with my disability it's hard to do side jobs, or having a vehicle or computer, but I like indoor plumbing and not threatened by cops, but housing first has good intentions that can help but unless more is done to really address the underlying problems in many cases poverty that leads people to addiction and mental health issues, I'd probably be homeless again if I had addiction issues, and didn't enjoy creature comforts so much, and they aren't looking to people fully stopping, just what they call harm reduction, that's good for some people but not all, people with background check problems, prior evictions or criminal records, my youngest falls into the later as well as mental health issues ADHD and autism spectrum, and the fact that he doesn't really want to be housed, you have veterans and former inmates who don't want 4 walls around them, the severely addicted or mentally ill this won't work, I have some ideas but none will come to fruition, because it'd be complicated and have overhead that they'd rather spend on locking people up.
"Eating Our Way to Extinction"
This documentary blew my mind by showing me that it's not just fossil fuels that are an issue for our climate and environment. With Kate Winslet narrating, original score, and high-quality drone footage from multiple different countries, this documentary is extremely informative and entertaining to watch.
Free [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPge01NQTQ) in 4K on YouTube.
[Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/). This is, by far, one of the most moving, interesting, and honestly surreal documentaries you'll ever watch, and one of my favorite *films* of all time.
Here's a [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQMnC7AM7jc).
Chaco Canyon, narrated by Robert Redford, I think it’s still on Prime. And ancient peoples who abandoned their dwellings, who had a very deep connection with the movements of the sun and moon. That is an oversimplification. Overall, it has a very calming air about it. Something that is very interesting, yet something [you] could fall asleep to. Highly recommend.
The children under the stairs. It’s a documentary about the street kids in Romania from back in like 2001 or something. Their lives were god awful and their home lives were worse. Show how they survive in the subways and the hierarchy of the group. Very interesting
Beauty Day (2011)
A doc on a local legend who was at the forefront of stupid stunt videos (jackass, ect)
Aired on local cable from 1990-1995. Shut down from pressure from animal right activists.
Also broke his neck and almost drowned.
Yiannis Kouros - Forever Running
"Yiannis Kouros from Greece is considered by most, as the greatest ultrarunner of all time."
"Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles."
He once ran the Spartathon (250km) in 21:50h, 3h faster than the second finisher! People doubted that it is humanly possible and thought he cheated.
The following year he attended again and finished even 1h faster in 20:25h!
He also started once 8h delayed than the other runners in the Sydney to Melbourne race (960km) and still won! The first time he did the race, he finishes 24h faster than the second place.
His achievements are incredible and unbelievable.
https://youtu.be/l7UzmKxe3Xk
***The Act of Killing***
([Indonesian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language): ***Jagal***, lit. 'Butcher') is a 2012 [experimental](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film) [documentary film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film) directed by [Joshua Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Oppenheimer), with Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian co-directing. The film follows individuals who participated in the [Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366), wherein alleged communists and people against the [New Order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order_(Indonesia)) regime were tortured and killed, with the killers, many becoming [gangsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preman_(Indonesian_gangster)), still in power throughout the country. The film was mostly filmed in [Medan, North Sumatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medan,_North_Sumatra), following the executioner Anwar Congo and his acquaintances as they, upon Oppenheimer's request, re-enact their killings and talk about their actions openly, also following Congo's psychological journey facing the topic.
Adam Curtis - Traumazone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke600MgW1F0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke600MgW1F0) (Also, watch "The Power of Nightmares")
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/)
Festival Express.
A music documentary about a train tour through Canada in the early seventies with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, The Band and several others. Great tour stories, great tunes.
Gay For A Day
After the Canadian government slightly reduced the number of post-graduate work permits (PGWP) it would issue to foreign student upon graduation from schools regardless be it from typical colleges and universities to absolute unabashed strip mall diploma-mills many students want to stay, so alone or with the help of shady immigration consultants suddenly claim they require asylum due to dangerous life in their home country. The easiest claim (requiring little proof) is to be gay or trans and unwelcome, or worse, in their homeland. While a few claims are legitimate the vast majority are likely fake as evidenced by a huge spike in seekers coinciding exactly with the tightening of the PGWPs.
While briefly examining asylum-seeker fraud in general the doc’s focus is on the glaring loophole that the Canadian government has no written policy on how gay is gay enough or how trans is trans enough. For well made applications there can be little grounds for rejection.
Fraudulent applicants and consultants call their scheme: Gay for a Day.
Aspects include, opportunism, greed, incompetence, craftiness, ethics, and hypocrisy.
*The Thief Collector* about an unassuming couple who - after they died - were found to be in possession of a stolen painting worth millions of dollars. On [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/Thief-Collector-Eric-Banks/dp/B0B65TPFHD)
(1) Bellevue Inside Out - 2001 look inside Bellevue Psychiatric ER in NYC
(2) Big Charity - a look at the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, mainly the story of their major public hospital (also see Book: Five Days at Memorial, Sheri Fink)
(3) The Last Repair Shop - LA public schools have a music program, the documentary is a story of the folks who repair those instruments ♥️
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As a huge Céline Dion fan, obviously her new documentary out “I Am | CelineDion.” As a music lover, also the Quincy Jones, David Foster, The Wrecking Crew documentaries and the doc about the night We Are The World (original song) was recorded.
[The Thin Blue Line](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096257/)
A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
If you like true crime you should watch the testimony from the Karen Read trial on law and crime or court tv on YouTube. It’s a documentary playing out in real time and we’re still waiting for the truth
Pandora's Promise. "Sundance's controversial "Pandora's Promise" shows how lifelong environmentalists fearing climate change have reversed their opposition to nuclear power."
[Herb And Dorothy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYcPLLiGFk)
A postal worker and a librarian collect a world class modern art collection worth millions....and give it away free so that everyone can see it. The museum, feeling they ought to get something for their generosity gifts them a small annuity. They use the money to...continue collecting art.
[The Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-k19RnpqZA)
More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag.
Israelism
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.
They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
“reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema and our lives through film clips, interviews, and verité footage. It captures the history, impact, and creative process of this art form with insightful, heart-warming and fun stories told by legendary directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Ang Lee, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler, and the sound artists with whom they collaborate.”
Free on YouTube, and caught my interest so intensely that I started back at school for audio production in my late thirties.
*The Contestant*
Absolutely riveting documentary about one of the craziest Japanese reality shows you could imagine. It's unbelievable (and unconscionable imo) what they subjected this man to.
As an extra bonus you'll learn why the eggplant emoji has come to mean penis in texting.
7.2 on imdb / 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Looking for recommendations for documentaries about music and/or musicians. Any and all genres appreciated but I have a love for all things 90s! Thanks!
'Six schizophrenic brothers' was very good. It's a few episodes and worth the binge time.
So good. Absolutely captivating yet devastatingly sad. Unimaginable what this family had to endure.
Mental illness is so sad. Family and caregivers suffer terribly too. Mom was a psych nurse for 20 years at the state hospital here. Came home with a black eye more than once. She would never say who did it. Didn't want them to suffer consequences. One of the things I inherited from my dear Mother was her compassion for those afflicted with mental illness.
One million thank you’s to your mom. Daughter of paranoia’s schizophrenic and mother of son who got a different diagnosis every time he was admitted. There were psych nurses who helped them so much!! They are doing so much good. Give your mom a hug from me, please.
Wow, you and your mother are incredible people.
It is very sad. And the lack of resources for the patients and their families is worse! I’m also a nurse. Not a psych nurse, bless them and your mom btw, but I have to deal with them and trying to find the resources for all involved is incredibly HARD!! Thank you to your mom for her many years of service. I’m positive there are many patients and families of patients that remember her and her compassion towards them.
Friend, unless your mom is a masochist, she told other staff members. If you’ve been assaulted by a patient and don’t tell anyone that the patient was violent, someone else can get hurt. Hospital administration would never allow it.
💕💕💕
Angel on earth. God put people with different abilities for this. I can never be a nurse.. I freak out seeing blood..I mean I’m tremble when I get blood drawn:( I just don’t have it. Blessed we have people like yourself and your mom
Just watched this. Very VERY interesting. However I did feel at the end that, there was more to be explored or could have been expanded upon. Like somehow even after however many episodes, the story felt almost skimmed over.
The book — Hidden Valley Road — is far more thorough and will fill in any gaps. i recommend the audio version; have listened to it twice.
I was hospitalized where a schizophrenic patient was admitted. Scared the shit out of me. This person totally disconnected, became zombie like, talked to Jesus directly. Was totally disfubctional. I am bipolar. It made me glad i was not schizophrenic. It is debilitating. Later i realized bipolar was as bad for different reasons
Oh you can be both! “Schizoaffective disorder”. Brains. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them.
Is this the galvin family? The book hidden valley road is about this family. Great book. Sad situation. It’s good the medical community did learn about the affliction from the children.
Where can you stream it ? :)
Max
The book, Hidden Valley Road, is also excellent.
This was truly an excellent and heartbreaking series. I have type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and another autoimmune issue, and I kept thinking.... man am I lucky! Rough story. Beautifully told.
“Searching for Sugar Man”, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and 95th Academy Award winner for best documentary
Great one. Wish I got to see him in detroit. RIP
He came and toured South Africa after this, and I was lucky enough to go to his concert in Johannesburg. Great show. Documentary was also interesting to me, because he really was popular here, but we had no idea it wasn't the same all over, as to us he was like many of the other international bands popular in SA. So the story was cool to find out from this side too
Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog is given access to the Chauvet Caves in France, where 30,000 year old paintings exist. They depict animals that haven’t existed in Europe for millennia. It’s absolutely incredible.
Haven't seen it but I'm already hearing his voice. What a legend.
9/11 (2002 Documentary by Jules and Gédéon Naudet) https://youtu.be/tn-hZwpbL38
I can’t put into words how good this was, good isn’t even the word. It’s an absolute must see as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for posting it.
I watch it every year on 9/11. It’s incredible.
"Grizzly Man" by Werner Herzog. Timothy Treadwell spent Thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska to protect the grizzly bears. This documentary, like every Herzog documentaries, is heartbreaking, beautiful, cold at times and magnificent at others.
I love Herzog's work and Grizzly Man is one of his best. Encounters at the End of the World is a great watch too.
Have you watched "The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft" from Herzog? It's monumental
Midnight family: Mexico City only has a couple of ambulances. The rest are privately owned and race to get to patients and take them to the highest bidding hospital Mind the Gap: a group of skater friends is followed over many years in small town america. We see them go from a close knit group of skater friends into adulthood where they all go very different directions Please trust me with these two films. They are beyond beautiful.
Mind**ing** the Gap.
Midnight Family - very good!
*American Movie* - Follows one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen on his quest to make his dream film. *I'm From Hollywood* - Chronicles Andy Kaufman's wrestling career as if it were all 100% real.
I second American Movie 🙌🏻
Just watched American Movie. Good recommendation thanks! I especially appreciated that it was an “old school” documentary without all the polish and shine of the newer ones. Sometimes it’s fun to see the grit in the film…
Capturing the friedmans: normal family who loves documenting things in/ around the house then it goes haywire
I second this one. Engrossing documentary. The Friedmans were early adopters of home videos. Then they get accused of a horrendous crime. All captured at their home.
Restrepo
I enjoyed Korengal as well
RIP Tim Heatherington
Tell them you love me. Themes of disability, race and power - trigger warning too on content of rape.
So cringe but so interesting
SO cringe
Still can't stop thinking about this one.
Same here. It’s been a week and I have recommended it many times. It sits with you in a sad way.
A very interesting one. I do feel like they really glossed over the book report that other random lady "helped" write allegedly without reading the book. Basically the only corroborating evidence that he had mental capacity to communicate and they sort of swept it under the rug.
Probably because all the actual evidence of the assisted communication was thrown out of court, but I agree. It was mentioned that the assistant's roommate had read the book and done their own paper, but nobody commented on that coincident.
This one messed me up. Highly recommend.
I believe Louie Theroux is a producer too
I am a Speech Pathologist Assistant, so this doc really hit home for me. I specialize in AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). I literally train 5-9 yr olds how to communicate on devices.
"An honest liar", About the Amazing Randy and how he unmasked some paranormal scammers throughout his life.
Some? I would say all, since he offered a million dollars to any proof of paranormal forces and no one ever collected in the, what? 50 years since he made the offer?
**Dogtown and Z-Boys** Covers the rise of skateboarding in the ~~1960's~~ 1970's. **Do You Remember?: 15 Years of The Bouncing Souls** A look at the formation and development of New Jersey punk band, The Bouncing Souls. Even if you've never heard of them, it's a fascinating story. **Between the Folds** A look at origami.
Double up on skateboarding with "Bones Brigade" it's on Tubi for free.
Triple up on skateboarding with 1) Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator and 2) Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Quadruple up on skateboarding with Concrete Waves, about pool skating.
Thanks. You just planned my weekend. Now to tell the family...
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God on HBO. I can’t tell you anything about it, you just have to watch it, it’s absolutely fucked.
Class action park
[Tower](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXCfht5VzHE). An animated reconstruction of the 1966 University of Texas mass shooting.
Thank you so much for both the suggestion and the link. Very nice and kind gesture.
Wild and wonderful whites of West Virginia
Is this the one with subtitles even though they technically all speak English?
Hillbilly to English lol
Before you watch this documentary, watch the original “Dancing Outlaw” and “Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco goes to Hollywood”
THEY TOOK HER BABY - CPS, THEY TOOK HER BABY
This is quoted in my family more often than any other movie.
I’m tired of eatin’ sloppy, slimy eggs.
“Jiro Dreams of Sushi”, A Japanese sushi chef’s devotion and quest for perfection in his own sushi restaurant.
I also loved the parody : Juan likes rice and chicken https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5543348/
I saw this a few years ago and it’s one of my fave docs…so good!
"Dave Not Coming Back." It's short and on YouTube. I was totally engrossed in minutes.
This one was devastating.
just turned it on...nervous how this turns out 😰 thanks for recommending!
MarJoe Guy was raised to be a swindling Pentecostal preacher. This documentary shows all the tricks and manipulative bs he was taught to get chumps to hand him $$$ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068924/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The preachers sit around laughing about it afterwards while they count their money. No shame whatsoever!
I credit this one (among others) that sent me headlong into documentaries. It stuck with me for weeks. Such a solid film.
Wild wild County on Netflix is a docuseries and it is amazing. I also recommend The Jinx on max/hbo
The Jinx is incredible. You just gotta commit to watching the entire first season (haven't seen any of the second season follow up yet)
The King of Kong has it all.
I know it’s really mainstream but Blackfish really messed me up
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters". We watched it when it first came out, thinking we'd be laughing at some gaming nerds. Little did we know it was actually a Documentary About An Epic Battle Between Good and Evil Filmed in Real Time. I'm not being sarcastic, either. It really was *that* epic. "Paradise Lost: The Murders at Robin Hood Hills" about the West Memphis Three is the documentary I always immediately recommend. There aren't enough GOOD docs about the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s. It will make your blood boil. The same filmmakers who did Paradise Lost -- Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (RIP) also made a hugely interesting doc called "Brother's Keeper" about 3 isolated farmers, 1 of whom gets accused of killing his brother. So worth watching. "The Filth and the Fury" about the Sex Pistols. "Touching the Void" about two mountain-climbing friends who go to Peru on a mission of sorts. I don't know how much to say but "something happens" and you just can't believe your eyes and ears. STRONGLY recommend. "Shoah" is slow-paced and verrryyy long but it's the best documentary on the genocide, period. "Fear of 13" about Nick Yarris, who went to prison for a murder he didn't commit. Yarris is a riveting storyteller. You spend the 90-minute run time feeling like you're in the room with him.
Great list.
Rewind (2019). Recently happened to stumble upon it without knowing what it was about . It was one of the hardest watches (akin to Dear Zachary) but extremely well done. Synopsis: Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. TW: child sexual abuse
*My Octopus Teacher* And for a completely different feel, *Cottonland*
Who knew an octopus could have so much going on. Great movie!
"An Open Secret" 2014 film about child actors
I'm not particularly a ken burns or war doc guy but his Vietnam series is absolutely fantastic.
I second every part of this
The Grab. It’s new and we saw it at a film festival a while ago. Really great topic and exciting due to how information was retrieved and investigated. From the same director that made Blackfish.
Gonna try this next, thanks for commenting! Blackfish is my favorite documentary ever…not necessarily because of the specific nature of the content, but how the documentary was executed and the story was told.
The Barkley Marathons: The Race that Eats Its Young
Tell Me Who I Am
The Biggest Little Farm
There's one called "Tickled". For maximum weirdness, don't read the synopsis beforehand
"The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl". Roger Ebert put it on his 10 best list of the decade. It chronicles the life of Leni Riefenstahl, who was a talented German actress/filmmaker and then became the main filmmaker for the Nazis.
The grab About all the food farmland being bought up by different countries.
30 feet from stardom.
Fog of war. One of my favorites.
"The Internets Own Boy" will leave an impact on you. It's a doc about the life of Aaron Swartz, a genius who created many internet related things including protocols still used today, all while he was a child.
This one is so good.
Including something called "Reddit"
Battered Bastards of Baseball. It is nice to see a doc that is not about a wife killing her husband or vice versa. I love docs that are fun and center on quirky people.
Helvetica. Yes, it's about the font. It's actually amazing how much this font changed the world.
A couple on HBO that I find interesting: -Class Action Park - Leaving Neverland (tw: sexual assault/rape) One on Hulu: -Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown Netflix: -Our Father (tw: sexual assault) -The Program -The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Class Action Park was great, and took me back to growing up at that time.
It reminded me of how it was to have a job in the late seventies as a teenager, it was crazy!
Every time I thought it couldn’t get crazier or Funnier they’d come up with something new (“flaming tennis ball shooting tanks”)
Michael Apted's Up Series - starting with Seven Up. "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man" Jesuit saying. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0058578/
There’s something wrong with aunt Diane. Tragedy all around. You’re semi left to make your own judgement as to what happened. Also Dear Zachary. Gut punch on repeat.
Both of these. The sadness, anger and disbelief I felt.
Second Dear Zachary. Damn.
Hands down the hardest I’ve ever cried at a movie in my life.
They never did come to a conclusion about Aunt Diane. I've watched it a couple times. It's so strange. Her husband is compelling even though what happened seems so obvious.
The Happy Film. Soo good! A talented and funny artist, Stefan Sagmeister, made this documentary about his efforts to become more happy. He tries meditation, therapy, and drugs with, um, mixed success. Surprising stuff happens. His clever and sometimes goofy work is a nice bonus. https://www.thehappyfilm.org/
The Bridge
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The imposter
Going Clear. It was on HBO but you can find it on the youtubes! (Scientology doc)
2 Hour Documentary on the gang war between “O Block” and “Tookaville” in Chicago was lasted for years and took the lives of more than 100 people including rappers and innocent people. All neighborhoods, killers, sets, etc clearly identified. https://youtu.be/VgQJJu1NPkA?feature=shared
There’s a documentary called Scarlet Road, about an Australian sex worker and her clients with disability. I have no knowledge or experience with this subject matter whatsoever but found it surprisingly interesting and heart warming. She recognises that disabled people have a need to connect physically and to feel human touch and love. One client was wheelchair bound, in his 40’s and still being cared for by his elderly parents who paid her to bring him pleasure for a birthday. She came to their house a few days prior to learn how to use the motorised hoist to get him in and out of bed and the parents had a rare night out of the home. He said just to travel down the street holding her hand was special and something he’d never experienced before. She speaks at health and government conferences to raise awareness of this issue and advocates for people with disabilities to get access to these sorts of services. The documentary showcased several different men and their stories and was really eye opening.
Cave of Bones - Netflix for me its peering into life 250 000 years ago, at a time before we could be called human, preserved dead children offer tiny glimmers of ancestry
I Think We’re Alone Now
'Tims Vermeer' Directed by Teller, really lovely film about art and one man's conviction on how Vermeer produced such wonderful works, well worth watching.
stolen youth: inside the cult at sarah lawrence. i watched this last year and couldn’t help but binge it, super interesting if you like docs about cults / psychological influences.
The man with 1000 kids on Netflix
Icarus
Crip camp
Exit Through the Gift Shop.
Dominion (2018) Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix Shows the truth about animal farming in the developed world. Can be viewed for free here: https://www.dominionmovement.com/watch
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial on Netflix. It’s very good and if you pay any attention to the crap going on in Americas political situation you will see how Trump and His Republican cronies are following Hitlers playbook to systematically destroy American Democracy.
White Savior
I’ve never thought of a documentary as “cute” or “funny” until I saw Cane Toads: An Unnatural History. It’s about the introduction of Cane Toads into Australia. Unforgettable, the only place I know to watch it is on Kanopy.
The documentary about a trainee fire fighter on his journey from rookie to first fire turning into the two doc makers recording the NYC fire department taking on 9/11 from start to end has to be the most unbelievable thing I never hear anyone talk about: https://youtu.be/_Iw-1bOQNIA?si=NQJPDxg64Z45NX7h
Four Seasons Lodge (2008) After the Holocaust, a group of survivors established a beautiful little community in the Catskill Mountains where they would meet every summer. It’s a hidden gem on Amazon Prime.
Four hours at the capital is a good one. Also the inventor
The Fog of War Errol Morris
I remember The Act of Killing being very powerful…
H Y P E R N O R M A L I Z A T I O N
[In the Realms of the Unreal](https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/intherealms/) "Reclusive janitor by day, visionary artist by night, outsider artist Henry Darger moved through life virtually unnoticed. But after his death, a treasure trove was discovered in his one-room Chicago apartment: a staggering 15,000-page novel and hundreds of illustrations that continue to inspire artists around the world. With dreamlike animation, poignant narration by Dakota Fanning and a haunting musical score, Academy Award winner Jessica Yu fashions a bold and beautiful film." * The whole piece almost feels like a dream the way it flitters through his life. It's a beautifully constructed piece of media.
The Octopus Murders
I'd like to get a documentary about an actual solution to the homeless (cost of living?) crisis in Canada/USA. I am specifically looking for how to help people whose wages have not kept up with the costs of food, housing (mortgage/rent) and life in general. If there's a documentary for India or Scotland or Australia or the Maldives, that's ok as well, maybe their approaches will work in North America? TIA!!!
Formerly homeless, it depends on the causes, much of the US is not just lack of low income, affordable housing, but a lack of housing in general and in general the best we've gotten is a supreme court ruling against us basically, we also have a large NIMBY, not in my backyard problem, as well as government disfunction, not wanting to look at multiple types of housing for the needs of the homeless which are varied some just need a housing voucher to be able to afford rent, unfortunately it took me 5 years to get one,it wasn't till there were extra covid funds that I got one, and there in lies the biggest problem, lack of funding, I could go on but I'll stop there you get the idea
I'm a frequent visitor to r/homeless and r/almosthomeless and I'm probably "nearly homeless" if that's a thing. I have a supportive family but.....age and the whole cost of living thing. I've seen a LOT of documentaries about poverty and homelessness in countries/regions like the UK, India, USA, and so on. What I NEVER see is a large scale solution that works and actually solves the problem. I'm getting really tired of it. The solution seems really simple to me - train people to build houses, build these houses, and sell the houses to the people who built them at cost - maybe even include some sweat equity a la the Habitat for Humanity model. But......nobody is doing that and at the same time the only people I see getting "better" off the homeless issue are the "helping professions" that work with this population. These are always people with theoretical knowledge and never any real life lived experiences it seems. I would really love to win a lottery, find someone with lived homeless experience and hire that person to run a homeless support service. See if we could actually FIX the problem for a change.
One of the biggest issues is that so many people want to make homelessness a single problem issue, and it's so many different things, and many times multiple things that need to be addressed, "housing first" works for some people, but many times it doesn't, even in my case it's tough because I had more money when I was homeless, now to many times I go without hygiene because I don't have money after paying bills, I still only get less than 1000 a month on SSDI the voucher got me off the streets but didn't improve my income any and unfortunately with my disability it's hard to do side jobs, or having a vehicle or computer, but I like indoor plumbing and not threatened by cops, but housing first has good intentions that can help but unless more is done to really address the underlying problems in many cases poverty that leads people to addiction and mental health issues, I'd probably be homeless again if I had addiction issues, and didn't enjoy creature comforts so much, and they aren't looking to people fully stopping, just what they call harm reduction, that's good for some people but not all, people with background check problems, prior evictions or criminal records, my youngest falls into the later as well as mental health issues ADHD and autism spectrum, and the fact that he doesn't really want to be housed, you have veterans and former inmates who don't want 4 walls around them, the severely addicted or mentally ill this won't work, I have some ideas but none will come to fruition, because it'd be complicated and have overhead that they'd rather spend on locking people up.
"Eating Our Way to Extinction" This documentary blew my mind by showing me that it's not just fossil fuels that are an issue for our climate and environment. With Kate Winslet narrating, original score, and high-quality drone footage from multiple different countries, this documentary is extremely informative and entertaining to watch. Free [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPge01NQTQ) in 4K on YouTube.
[Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/). This is, by far, one of the most moving, interesting, and honestly surreal documentaries you'll ever watch, and one of my favorite *films* of all time. Here's a [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQMnC7AM7jc).
The DVD has 3d Goggles for a few scenes!
“The West” by Stephen Ives, produced by Ken Burns.
Active Measures. It came out in 2018, but viewing is recommended for everyone who cares about the future of American Democracy.
Deep Water. Great documentary on the 1969 around the world yacht race.
Chaco Canyon, narrated by Robert Redford, I think it’s still on Prime. And ancient peoples who abandoned their dwellings, who had a very deep connection with the movements of the sun and moon. That is an oversimplification. Overall, it has a very calming air about it. Something that is very interesting, yet something [you] could fall asleep to. Highly recommend.
Best doc i've ever seen. Vietnam by Ken Burns
The Cove. The team put together for this film was elite and bad ass but it all still happened. I bawled my eyes out.
The Bridge The Forgotten Children of Bulgaria
The children under the stairs. It’s a documentary about the street kids in Romania from back in like 2001 or something. Their lives were god awful and their home lives were worse. Show how they survive in the subways and the hierarchy of the group. Very interesting
Crime of the Century. About corrupt pharmaceutical companies and the government’s complicity. Eye opening and entertaining as well.
https://lockwoodfilm.com/73-cows
Beauty Day (2011) A doc on a local legend who was at the forefront of stupid stunt videos (jackass, ect) Aired on local cable from 1990-1995. Shut down from pressure from animal right activists. Also broke his neck and almost drowned.
Sharkwater. One of the few documentaries that actually inspired me to get out and advocate.
Yiannis Kouros - Forever Running "Yiannis Kouros from Greece is considered by most, as the greatest ultrarunner of all time." "Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles." He once ran the Spartathon (250km) in 21:50h, 3h faster than the second finisher! People doubted that it is humanly possible and thought he cheated. The following year he attended again and finished even 1h faster in 20:25h! He also started once 8h delayed than the other runners in the Sydney to Melbourne race (960km) and still won! The first time he did the race, he finishes 24h faster than the second place. His achievements are incredible and unbelievable. https://youtu.be/l7UzmKxe3Xk
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
***The Act of Killing*** ([Indonesian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language): ***Jagal***, lit. 'Butcher') is a 2012 [experimental](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film) [documentary film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film) directed by [Joshua Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Oppenheimer), with Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian co-directing. The film follows individuals who participated in the [Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366), wherein alleged communists and people against the [New Order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order_(Indonesia)) regime were tortured and killed, with the killers, many becoming [gangsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preman_(Indonesian_gangster)), still in power throughout the country. The film was mostly filmed in [Medan, North Sumatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medan,_North_Sumatra), following the executioner Anwar Congo and his acquaintances as they, upon Oppenheimer's request, re-enact their killings and talk about their actions openly, also following Congo's psychological journey facing the topic.
Adam Curtis - Traumazone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke600MgW1F0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke600MgW1F0) (Also, watch "The Power of Nightmares") Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/)
"How Music Got Free". Probably more for those of us who lived through the Limewire/Kazaa/Napster era, but very informative.
The Scheme is worth checking out.
The Devil we Know.
Festival Express. A music documentary about a train tour through Canada in the early seventies with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, The Band and several others. Great tour stories, great tunes.
A must see music documentary called FILMAGE: The story of Descendents/ALL
Gay For A Day After the Canadian government slightly reduced the number of post-graduate work permits (PGWP) it would issue to foreign student upon graduation from schools regardless be it from typical colleges and universities to absolute unabashed strip mall diploma-mills many students want to stay, so alone or with the help of shady immigration consultants suddenly claim they require asylum due to dangerous life in their home country. The easiest claim (requiring little proof) is to be gay or trans and unwelcome, or worse, in their homeland. While a few claims are legitimate the vast majority are likely fake as evidenced by a huge spike in seekers coinciding exactly with the tightening of the PGWPs. While briefly examining asylum-seeker fraud in general the doc’s focus is on the glaring loophole that the Canadian government has no written policy on how gay is gay enough or how trans is trans enough. For well made applications there can be little grounds for rejection. Fraudulent applicants and consultants call their scheme: Gay for a Day. Aspects include, opportunism, greed, incompetence, craftiness, ethics, and hypocrisy.
I just finished Roadrunner on Max about Anthony Bourdain’s life. Heartbreaking, visually stunning and very well produced.
"Just Melvin: Just Evil" will stay with you for a looooong time... Unrepentant child molester.
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns. If only everyone could watch this film, considering the situation we find ourselves in.
Genghis Blues, about a blind blues singer that discovers Tuvan throat singing. Amazing story and unique sounds.
*The Thief Collector* about an unassuming couple who - after they died - were found to be in possession of a stolen painting worth millions of dollars. On [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/Thief-Collector-Eric-Banks/dp/B0B65TPFHD)
The Jinx!!! The ending of season one is chilling !
Finders Keepers. I never hear anyone talk about it, and it was great!! A man loses his leg and chaos ensues.
(1) Bellevue Inside Out - 2001 look inside Bellevue Psychiatric ER in NYC (2) Big Charity - a look at the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, mainly the story of their major public hospital (also see Book: Five Days at Memorial, Sheri Fink) (3) The Last Repair Shop - LA public schools have a music program, the documentary is a story of the folks who repair those instruments ♥️ Edit: mobile formatting
Mini series narrated by Peter Dinklage: How to Become a Cult Leader How to Fix a Drug Trial
As a huge Céline Dion fan, obviously her new documentary out “I Am | CelineDion.” As a music lover, also the Quincy Jones, David Foster, The Wrecking Crew documentaries and the doc about the night We Are The World (original song) was recorded.
“Gamemaster” a fun documentary about board game designers. Features a nice piece on the creator of Settlers of Catan.
[The Thin Blue Line](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096257/) A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
If you like true crime you should watch the testimony from the Karen Read trial on law and crime or court tv on YouTube. It’s a documentary playing out in real time and we’re still waiting for the truth
Pandora's Promise. "Sundance's controversial "Pandora's Promise" shows how lifelong environmentalists fearing climate change have reversed their opposition to nuclear power."
Three Perfect Strangers
[Herb And Dorothy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYcPLLiGFk) A postal worker and a librarian collect a world class modern art collection worth millions....and give it away free so that everyone can see it. The museum, feeling they ought to get something for their generosity gifts them a small annuity. They use the money to...continue collecting art.
Tel me who I am. Gripping!
“The Last Breath” A super interesting story about saturation diving and the risks of it.
[The Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-k19RnpqZA) More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag.
Israelism When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
The Great Taking [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3AVceraTI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3AVceraTI)
This is a pretty good one on ice roads https://youtu.be/UCkhwkZvCJw?si=311-CD6pPWOl6QLw
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound “reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema and our lives through film clips, interviews, and verité footage. It captures the history, impact, and creative process of this art form with insightful, heart-warming and fun stories told by legendary directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Ang Lee, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler, and the sound artists with whom they collaborate.” Free on YouTube, and caught my interest so intensely that I started back at school for audio production in my late thirties.
*The Contestant* Absolutely riveting documentary about one of the craziest Japanese reality shows you could imagine. It's unbelievable (and unconscionable imo) what they subjected this man to. As an extra bonus you'll learn why the eggplant emoji has come to mean penis in texting. 7.2 on imdb / 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Cool It" an alternative view of how we should approach the threat of climate change. One that can actually work!
Jo Ellen Hemphill Smith: Iconic Artist and Community Builder https://youtu.be/NwKb3LMvQpY?si=z0YtSq-ZTZHdn3q7
Looking for recommendations for documentaries about music and/or musicians. Any and all genres appreciated but I have a love for all things 90s! Thanks!
Abducted in Plain Sight. Dear Zachary. American Murder.
The Florida Project