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Best Documentaries you have seen?

Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:46 pm
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:46 pm
List ones i should watch.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57230 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:46 pm to
The Last Jedi
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:50 pm to
Ken Burns "Jazz" and the one about the dust bowl.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51237 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:52 pm to
Last Days in Vietnam...It is on Netflix last I checked
This post was edited on 8/23/18 at 4:54 pm
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26440 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 4:54 pm to
Baseball and Civil War
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
112552 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:17 pm to
Smartest Guys in the Room, about Enron's rise and fall
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:19 pm to


i have probably watched 300 documentaries and this one is hands down the best
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:21 pm to
these threads were always so much better back before Netflix started to suck major dick

#2 GOAT Documentary:



re-watched this one about 2 months ago and it was still $$$$$
This post was edited on 8/23/18 at 5:21 pm
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36008 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:24 pm to
Obit
Crazy Love
Capturing the Friedmans

Best Fake Documentaries:
Catfish
Supersize Me
Searching for Sugar Man
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38636 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:27 pm to
going clear
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
12718 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:27 pm to
Does hoop dreams count?
Posted by emanresu
Member since Dec 2009
9355 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:28 pm to
Zero Days.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
27659 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:29 pm to
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
47577 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:34 pm to
Grizzly Man
Dear Zachary
The Central Park Five
Jesus Camp
Restrepo
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Posted by stapuffmarshy
lower 9
Member since Apr 2010
17507 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:36 pm to
Good ones already mentioned.


I've never been as moved as I was watching Newtown though.

Painful to even think about it right now.
Posted by McChowder
Hammond
Member since Dec 2006
5217 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:42 pm to
Wild wild country was fascinating because I wasnt familiar with the events. One of those "Holy shyt! That happened in the US?"
Posted by TigerAlum1982
Member since Sep 2011
1437 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 5:53 pm to
I really liked the Buena Vista Social Club.

quote:

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141632 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 6:03 pm to
My all time favorite documentary series:

Hollywood: A Celebration of American Silent Film





Hollywood, produced in the '70s by the great British film historian Kevin Brownlow, is a "celebration of American silent film". Narrated by James Mason, it contains great clips as well as interviews with many silent film stars, directors, writers, and even stuntmen, some of whom died before the series aired; Brownlow was able to record their stories in the nick of time.

It's full of fascinating detail, such as how the chariot race in Ben-Hur was shot, and how stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Harold Lloyd filmed their thrilling stunts. The episode devoted to stuntmen is especially memorable, as it contains interviewees recalling how some of their colleagues were killed doing stunts for films.

I believe most if not all Hollywood episodes are on YouTube (one episode is sometimes taken down due to copyright issues). All the episodes are great, but if you can only watch two, make them "Comedy: A Serious Business", and "Hollywood goes to War", of special interest during this centennial of WWI.









Kevin Brownlow



Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
40868 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 6:05 pm to
American Movie is a masterpiece

Mike Shank rulz
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 8/23/18 at 6:10 pm to
Grizzly Man
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