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Old 11-25-2008, 09:23 AM   Topic Starter
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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.
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Old 11-25-2008, 10:04 AM   #2
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Old 11-25-2008, 10:10 AM   #3
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Old 11-25-2008, 10:13 AM   #4
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Old 11-25-2008, 10:31 AM   #5
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My three favorites are:

Ken Burns - The War

Why We Fight

The Fog of War
I should have added the War. A great piece of WWII work. Also Shooting War. Hanks and Speilberg team up too examine WWII Combat Photographers.
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The Fog of War
This is the greatest documentary I've seen yet.
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Crumb: about the weirdo R. Crumb.
Grizzly Man: about the weirdo who got eaten by grizzlies in Alaska.
Dig: about the weirdo behind Brian Jonestown Massacre
Furious Freaks: about the weirdos that make up the Flaming Lips
The Dancing Outlaw: about the weirdo Jessico White, a schizophrenic mountain clogger.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston: about the weirdo Daniel Johnston.


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Crumb: about the weirdo R. Crumb.

Yes, I like movies about weirdos.
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Devil's Playground: about bad Amish kids.
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I am Trying to Break Your Heart: about Wilco making the YHF album.
Dog Town and the Z Boys: the documentary, not the movie.
Born to Brothels: about child prostitution in India and a lady who tries to make a difference.
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My wife ordered this one on Netflix. I was skeptical about it, but ended up enjoying it somewhat. She was also the one who ordered Meerkat Manor. I really thought that would be dumb, but I was hooked after the first few minutes of watching.
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