Pls give a reason as to why you like it
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I really liked Behind the Curve. A crew follows around some flat earthers to see how they got into it and what it’s like living your life believing the Earth is flat. All of them talk about the friendship and comradery of the group more than why they believe the earth is flat. In fact, one of the members explains that if he was given definitive proof the Earth wasn’t flat, he’d still pretend it was because he wouldn’t want to lose his friends.
It really shows how people who hold extreme views often hold them because it gives them a group to be a part of. You’ll never be able to get someone to leave an extremist organization without giving them another group to be a part of.
The “Alone in the Wilderness” videos by Dick Proenekke. Middle-aged guy gives up on the rat race and heads to a remote spot in Alaska, builds a cabin, chills there for 30-years.
The man is amazing. Using hand tools he packed in by himself, he builds a nice cabin, hunts and fishes, all that. Dick needs a spoon or a table or a shelf? He makes one. He makes everything he needs.
No video has ever brought me such peace as listening to the narrator.
He’s my hero but have you seen the one’s he narrated himself? His voice is a little funny
An Honest Liar.
World-renowned magician and escape artist James “the Amazing” Randi dedicates his life to exposing fake psychics and others who claim paranormal powers, while keeping a secret of his own that takes up the latter portion of the Documentary.
Searching for Sugar Man
It’s like a modern fairytale. An aging Latino day labourer from detroit with an assumed failed 1970’s music career is unearthed to be utterly successful in South Africa without knowing it. And the music is great.
https://youtu.be/sRlvDKcDvsI?si=C6nf9dL3A7j32tEL
The Realms of the Unreal. It’s a documentary about a hermit named Henry Darger who created his own little world while living alone all his life. The guy could read and write, but lacked an education on just about everything else.
I just find it neat that this entire world he created could have been easily thrown away, never to be discovered if his landlord wasn’t curious. The guy had some serious mental issues, but it’s still fascinating.
Does This Is Spinal Tap count? It’s hilarious!
Earthlings (2005) was life-changing for me, opening my eyes to veganism. A more recent version is Dominion (2018).
But these deal with a gruesome topic. Planet Earth (2006) is more suitable for “favorite”. It blew me away, because I’ve never seen wildlife footage like this before.
King Corn great documentary couple guys lease an arce of corn and go through the process of how the majority of corn produce in this country (USA) is unbeatable and used for producing corn syrup.
This was going to be my recommendation, so I’m happy to see it.
Around the same time I also watched The Besieged Fortress. It’s about an ant colony attacking a termite mound. It’s staged, but handled as it might happen in real life, and narrated as if it’s some massive siege in medieval times. It’s fantastic.
Wow never heard of that one.
A homely, DIY look at Siberian wildlife, people, country, and culture. I like the view into an area I am so far from, and previously knew nothing about.
- It is 20yrs old and in Russian language. Not meant to push any agenda, I just like the animals and countryside.
I enjoy documentaries where the footage comes from people who are shooting without a very good reason to be doing so. Top picks are likely:
- Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Grizzly Man
Very different reasons I liked these. And liked is maybe the wrong word for Grizzly Man.
Would love to suggestions of similar if anybody in this thread has favs.
Recently found out about Toxic Puzzle, a doc about how a guy, searching through cultural medicines for cancer cures, switched to finding causes & help against ALS & how that search led to new information about cause of Alzheimers.
Cyano-bacteria is a terror!
Vital Medical information & forward movement not pursued by pharmaceuticals (cause they can’t figure out how to market it).
Senna. I care not for formula 1 or any other racing but that was amazing. Brilliant music too. I always think it’s the best documentary I’ve seen because of how little I care for the subject topic and how much I got from the movie. The guy was just really cool and the film makers told his story so well.
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American Movie. Sweet film about a quirky but determined film maker to make a movie and hit it big. The characters are fantastic slices of Americana.
Anvil. Film about a heavy metal band who almost made it and try one last time. The crazy part is the night I watched it they were playing in my home town. I regret not going to see them. They are just a few normal guys who are lived by their community and once rocked out on the same stage as Metallica.
Kind of an obvious one, but Free Solo. Even knowing what happens, it’s one of the most tense things you’ll ever watch.
BBC The People’s Century. Goes over history from 1900-2000. Has actual interviews with 100 year olds at the time, like a guy who stormed the palace with Lenin.
This sounds fantastic… and it’s on YouTube. Sweet.
