Your Favourite Documentaries (With Info)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787837/

Absolutely awesome doc about the arrival of HIV/AIDS in the gay community in san francisco in the 70's and 80's, those who died and those that survived and especially those that gave care to the early victims despite huge public condemnation. Cant Believe it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/i-am-fishead-are-corporate-leaders-psychopaths/

Watch the first minute of it as a preview. Well worth watching 8/10

Has anybody seen Salute?

The black power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights movement. What part did the white Australian who ran second play and what price did these athletes pay for standing up for their beliefs?

Was mentioned on Off The Ball (didn't hear the piece the did though) and it sounded really interesting.

Supposed to have been released 6th July 2012 in Ireland.

http://salutethemovie.com

Gorgeous short biography of Chess master Raschid Nezhmetdinov (1912 - 1974) who had a reknown attacking reputation and played some of the top players in Soviet Chess.
Nezhmetdinov born in Kazhachstan SSR, lived with brother in Tartarstan SSR and Lake Baikal and Odessa Ukraine SSR.
Alot of Historical context with footage you won't see anywhere else.
Narrated beautifully by heavily accented Richard Dewoskin.
Music is appropriate but not all associated with central asia.
The opening two minutes is suberb.








The same youtube account jessicafischerqueen also has a comprehensive Chess Biography of New Orleans born Paul Morphy who had a whirlwind 3-year chess career when he spent time in Europe and Cuba in the 1850's. Again choc-full of appropriate if not quite contemporary music and many, many photographs. There are other lesser chess biographies in the same account.

marwelie wrote: »

It was on bbc4 recently. Fascinating stuff.

Ah no way. I still haven't seen it yet.

marwelie wrote: »

http://www.freedocumentary.tv/salute/

Brilliant! Thanks

Just watched exit through the gift shop which is a documentary on Street Art and about Banksy. Quiet a good documentary, especially if you are into street art.

Many of my favourites have already been mentioned, Dear Zachery, The Think Blue Line, and Grizzly Man are among them.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog) is another fascinating film. It has stayed with me several months after watching, I felt a real sadness at how detached from nature we have become. Amazing and incomprehensible at times!

adrian grenier's- teenage paparazzo

Great little documentary. Only 20 minutes long.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn%3A10365079

On July 27, 1996, a terrorist's bomb exploded in a crowded Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Olympic Games. The death toll might have been far higher if not for security guard Richard Jewell, who hours after his heroism was called a murderer.

documentary investigating Nigerian musician William Onyeabor, a man shrouded in mystery and myth. Directed by Jake Sumner (Alldayeveryday) the film tells the story of a label's attempt to track William down, speaking to fans such as Damon Albarn, Caribou and Femi Kuti and travelling to Nigeria to meet those who've worked with him in a bid to uncover the truth about his story.

great link posted above - thanks zascar

Watched 3 excellent documentaries on Netflix over the weekend:

The House I live in.

Probably been discussed on here before but basically it takes a look at the U.S. war on drugs policy of the last 30 years, its origins and it effects on communities and their society as a whole.

It doesnt pull any punches and comes from the narrative that the policy is lunacy and its hard to disagree. Seeing people incarcerated for such huge amounts of time(a lot for the rest of their natural life)and in such huge numbers for crimes that are in no way deserving of such severity is really depressing to watch.

I ate up every minute of this. A really sensational watch. I did like that it had its clear viewpoint from the start and its up to the viewer whether you agree or not.





The Devil Came On Horseback

Another gut wrenching documentary, this one is the story of an ex US marine who takes a job as an independent observer in the civil war in Sudan and in particular the region of Darfur and the population, where the rebels are based.
What unfolds it truly shocking as the government and its militia target the population of "Africans" and slaughter them in their hundreds of thousands in the most unthinkable ways. The marine feels powerless and has no mandate to intervene but keeps documenting as much as he can before returning to The States to try and raise awareness and help the population of Darfur from being removed completely from Sudan through displacement and genocide.

I was shattered after watching this and utterly depressed about humanity. I do think of myself as not naive and fairly life savvy(Im 47) but I just despaired at the cruelty and inhumanity that man could inflict upon itself. With current events going on in the world today it does not paint man in a good light at all.






The Central Park Five.

I`m old enough to remember these events but never knew until I watched this documentary that the five were innocent(Not a spoiler).
Its the story of a vicious assault and rape of a 28 year old white woman in Central Park New York in 1989. Left for dead, five black and hispanic teenagers are arrested and through confessions given to the police are charged and convicted of attempted murder and rape. Four of the five are charged as juveniles(they were 14-15) and one charged as an adult(16 year old). I wont go on with the story as it would possible be a spoiler but, like the above two, its a fascinating social look at human behaviour and how the collective can so easily get things so horribly wrong, be it through ill judged thinking they are doing the right thing to out and out brutality and savagery. The lines are actually blurred on some occasions and one or other decription might fit one of the above three that you mightnt automatically think.



Three fantastic peaces of film making imo, all very bleak stories but hugely enjoyable if that makes sense. i`m sure many have seen some, if not all of the above but if you havent I would have no hesitation in recommending all three.