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The Documentary Thread
PBS's Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries. Some of my favorites in no particular order.
Frontline: Spying on the Home Front. This documentary examines the lines that are crossed when trying to eavesdrop on terror cells and how the government scrutinizes people's records and the electronic surveillance of their communications.
Frontline: When Kids get Life. Chronicles 5 teens in Colorado who have committed murder and are serving life without possibility of parole.
Frontline: The Al Qaeda Files. It's a 2 disc set that chronicles the terror group and documents the rise of Osama Bin Laden. The most fascinating part about this documentary is FBI agent John O'Neill's story. He really was the man who knew.
Frontline: The Man who knew. FBI agent John O'neills complete story.
Frontline: The Tank Man. This documentary investigates the happenings at the Tienanmen Square protests in Beijing and the lone man who stood in front of a column of tanks.
If Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries then it's only fair to call Ken Burns documentaries the pinnacle of historymentaries.
Ken Burns: Civil War.
Ken Burns: Lewis and Clark.
Ken Burns: Mark Twain.
Some other documentaries I would suggest include;
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Meerkat Manor (the whole family will love this one.)
Breaking Vegas.
Last edited by Duck Dog; 11-25-2008 at 09:39 AM..
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