Your Favourite Documentaries (With Info)

diddlybit · 19-05-2011 11:57PM

I cannot wait for this to come out. Chewing my arm off with excitment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WI6200GhNg

adox · 21-05-2011 02:28PM

Watched a great documentary last night called The Bridge. It's about suicide jumpers off the Golden Gate bridge. It has extensive interviews with family and friends of the deceased and be warned, it has a lot of footage of people jumping off the bridge. The film makers spent a year filming the bridge during daylight hours and caught a couple of dozen suicides and also some failed attempts.

It all sounds a bit voyeuristic and it is to an extent I suppose. I wasn't sure if I felt comfortable when watching initially but most, if not all of those filmed have extensive stories and back stories told about them from family and friends.

It's mesmerising to watch. I'd highly recommend it but some of the scenes might be upsetting to some or indeed distasteful, but if you go into it with that in mind, it's a fascinating insight into suicide and the people who commit the act and indeed the families and friends they leave behind.
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0799954/?mode=desktop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwl-Pa_QT0M

MagicMarker · 21-05-2011 02:41PM

Sounds really interesting, thanks.

Zascar · 21-05-2011 04:07PM

Watched this last night. Really good, totally not waht I expected. Can't say much as I'd spoil the story but its worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuE98oeL-e0

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/

Andre80Johnson · 13-06-2011 11:07AM

Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog. It is about a guy called Timothy Treadwell who spent 13 summers in wildlife park in Alaska with the bears. The last 5 years of his life he brings a camera to record everything, from the mountains to talking to animals. He unfortunately died the last time he was there. Werner Herzog puts the film together and narrates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYDUmIigw0

dyer · 23-06-2011 05:23PM

The War You Don't See

A compelling insight into the world of media and politics that perpetrate war.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809387/

Deathwish4 · 07-09-2011 07:25PM

This is my favourite Documentary -

A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq talk openly about their loved ones and their grief. Epic in scale and spanning seven years of war, this landmark three-hour film gives a rare insight into the personal impact and legacy of this loss.

Alongside intimate testimonies from families who have lost loved ones, The Fallen names every single serviceman and woman who has died while serving with the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.

Made by acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Matthews, The Fallen takes us across Britain and into the homes of those who have lost loved ones. The film also uses cherished personal home movie footage featuring those who have died as well as archive footage, leaving a lasting impression of their lives both inside and out of the armed forces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyzLr9m1DPs

Paddy Samurai · 09-09-2011 11:23PM

Top notch controversial documentary about the Danes fighting in Afghanistan.Well worth watching.See link below.

A number of critics have expressed concern that the film blurs the divide between fact and fiction. Writing in The Globe and Mail Guy Dixon remarks "there's another controversy of the more cinematic kind: While the footage is expertly photographed, all the different uses of filters and postproduction colour correction (to say nothing of the superb sound) – which gives the film an almost Apocalypse Now quality at times – is disturbing when we're talking not about the mythology and madness of war, but about showing real, dead people in a ditch or actual children running from fighting."
Carsten Jensen said that "After Armadillo, it will not be possible to talk about Afghanistan, in the same way as before.

http://www.channel4.com/search/?q=armadillo

Liisa · 10-10-2011 12:00PM

Even that first clip from The Fallen had me close to tears.

One of my favourites is His and Hers - apart from being Irish, it is beautifully shot and put together. I think we sometimes take our mothers/grandmothers/aunts for granted and after watching this I wanted to just give my own mam a big hug.

http://www.hisandhers.ie/trailer.html

SlipperyPeople · 19-10-2011 12:56PM

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Best not to do any googling about this film and just watch it.

An excellent documentary about a man who is murdered and his friend decides to make a film scrapbook for his unborn son based on interviews with anyone who had known him.

fulhamfanincork · 27-10-2011 02:35PM

Terry Pratchet: Choosing to die

A very good documentary in which he examines the "pros and cons" of euthanasia.

My description doesn't do it justice, it's on youtube and only an hour long

Swissarmyknife · 30-10-2011 12:59PM

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Best not to do any googling about this film and just watch it.

An excellent documentary about a man who is murdered and his friend decides to make a film scrapbook for his unborn son based on interviews with anyone who had known him.

Brilliant,yet disturbing documentary.A must see.

pedantic.pat · 12-11-2011 07:51PM

I highly recommend this documentary on North Korea from Vice.com. The most bizarre documentary i have seen. There are three parts. The third part shows the famous Arian games - choreographed mass gymnastics, amazing to see 100k people performing the show just for the documentary maker. Well worth a watch.

http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3

These guys have loads of videos up that are well worth watching. Even one on Northern Ireland!

dante7744 · 04-12-2011 05:05PM

HBO America Undercover - Bellevue Inside Out (2001)

"Half of the mentally ill people admitted to Bellevue Hospital's emergency psychiatric center are struggling with substance abuse problems. This creates an added challenge for this famous New York City facility that admits 7,000 men and women each year. During this program, actual case histories help illustrate why it's so difficult to provide quality therapy and long-term treatment to transient populations, those battling addictions, and people trying to cope with the most debilitating mental illnesses."

http://www.docmasters.tv/topic/2285-hbo-america-undercover-bellevue-inside-out-2001/

bobbaggio · 07-12-2011 03:32PM

My new favourite thread on boards!! Love it, as I am not much of a movie man......

Exit through the giftshop is one I watched recently.....kind of a mixture of Gonzo journalism and reality, I think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jvr7rdovl4&feature=fvst

bobbaggio · 07-12-2011 03:32PM

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sorry guys, I can't seem to figure out how to put a link on here! wrecking my head

My name is URL · 07-12-2011 04:52PM

bobbaggio wrote: »

sorry guys, I can't seem to figure out how to put a link on here! wrecking my head

You just copy the '4Jvr7rdovl4' (bit after v=) and stick it in Youtube tags

Example - [noparse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jvr7rdovl4

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bobbaggio · 07-12-2011 05:45PM

Legend! Thanks, been having that problem before, figured it was something to do with that but couldn't figure it out! Thanks! And again.... Great thread! Gonna download that grizzly man one now!

D'Agger · 07-12-2011 05:57PM

Exit Through the Giftshop is a very good documentary loved it!

Thought Banksy was hilarious at times!

bobbaggio · 08-12-2011 01:47AM

PaulieC wrote: »

Exit Through the Giftshop is a very good documentary loved it!

Thought Banksy was hilarious at times!

Yeah he was excellent in it! Going home to watch grizzly man now, will let y'all know how it goes

bobbaggio · 10-12-2011 12:40AM

So far I have watched Grizzly Man, which I thought was excellent!

Then I watched 180 degrees south which was the best one. So simply done and not really a whole lot of shocking or interesting stuff going on, just a class documentary with who seem to be really nice guys looking to become more open minded and become better people!

Than I watched Catfish, which is very good. An odd story but very good! Can't really say a whole lot more.

But all great recommendations so far! Have Cocaine Cowboys and Life after People to watch now tomorrow!

bobbaggio · 20-12-2011 11:42AM

Encounters at the End of the World was excellent, although most Documentaries have a goal, he seems to only really want to showcase the antartic, which is fine, werner herzog is insanely cool!

Deathwish4 · 20-12-2011 06:46PM

http://documentaryheaven.com/aokigahara-suicide-forest/

The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza pays homeless people to sneak into the forest and rob the corpses. The authorities sweep for bodies only on an annual basis, as the forest sits at the base of Mt. Fuji and is too dense to patrol more frequently.

Digitaljunkie · 01-02-2012 01:34PM

Two must see ones for me are,

Gene Sharp - How to Start a Revolution. It's based on his book which is been used as a pocket guide for the people of repressive regimes to over throw their dictorators peacefully. Has been associated and blamed for instigating protests within South America - Arab spring etc. Also the making of it is worth seeing as well. A must see for doco heads.The man is a legend............Can't find How to Start a Revolution on the free net yet, or I haven’t found them, but, if you have Current channel 183 on sky their both on their regularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1XbyFv51k

Gas Land is worth a watch as well considering our Government want to allow fracking here in the west if Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phCibwj396I

Dan Chipowski · 10-04-2012 04:07PM

'Solo: Lost at Sea' is my favourite documentary.

It follows the story of Andrew McAuley who tried to cross the Tasman sea in a one man Kayak. Fascinating doc.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/solo-lost-at-sea/

Viale Volta · 13-04-2012 10:30AM

The Most Dangerous Man In America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXlmQeSpqI4

adox · 23-04-2012 08:31PM

Frontline: The Suicide Tourist

Less than an hour long but utterly compelling, the story of a terminally ill American man who decides to end his life through assisted suicide in Switzerland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJwXNyAkM6E

Zascar · 06-05-2012 11:17AM

dyer wrote: »

The War You Don't See

A compelling insight into the world of media and politics that perpetrate war.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809387/

Watched this last night - really brilliant - thanks for the recommendation dyer. The trailer does not do it justice. I've seen loads of these docos but this one was excellent. A lot of very credible people giving honest admissions of their own mistakes in reporting of the war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ah20IAyYxg

Zascar · 06-05-2012 11:25AM

Saw this on Netflix a while back

Cool It (2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZR3gsY98VU

Quite controversial but worth a watch if you don't necessarily believe everything Al Gore says and think there are some better options to what is being done today.