Great Documentaries

[Bubble Boy]

Shit, I'm blanking on the name...
It was a recent documentary on this war photographer guy who photographed Rwanda, and Kosovo, etc.
The name will come to me...

[Le Tigre]

Originally Posted by dr quincy

Seems like your idea of the all time greatest documentaries only goes back to the 90s.
And 2, 3, 5 and 6 should be nowhere near a list of great documentaries. In fact I could easily argue that Bowling for Columbine isn't even a documentary at all.

I agree with you sentiment about them not being on a top 10 list of documentaries, but Bowling for Columbine is a documentary (an average one). It is a series of interviews, scenes of Michael Moore doing shit with people around different towns, and is like every doc he makes.

[Right_Cross]

Originally Posted by Le Tigre

DIG!
Why We Fight
The Fog of War
The Corporation
The Kids Are Alright
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Street Fight

I could name a thousand more...

I've watched "Why We Fight", The Fog of War", and "The Corporation". All very good. I've seen so many docs, I couldn't name them all. I watch PBS all the time just because of the numerous docs they show. I consider "Frontline" to be the greatest show ever made and each episode is a documentary on its own.

Just wanted to add,...you have great tastes my friend.

[Voltaire]

Grizzly Man
Baghdad ER
The War Tapes
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

[Phaedrus]

9/11 Mysteries- Part 1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...2F11+mysteries

[tankfan]

1. bowling for columbine

2. fahrenheit 911

3. hype

4. life in the cage

5. forever hardcore

6. rites of passage

[ISM]

Originally Posted by dr quincy

Seems like your idea of the all time greatest documentaries only goes back to the 90s.
And 2, 3, 5 and 6 should be nowhere near a list of great documentaries. In fact I could easily argue that Bowling for Columbine isn't even a documentary at all.

Firstly it's all a matter of opinion. Secondly, I haven't seen an awful lot of docs and I won't pretend toknow alot about any pre-90's docs. I am merely stating what my favorites are and asking other to post thiers. But, yes, Bowling for Columbine is a great documentary IMO.......so aside from critising my list, what do you have to add?

[ShaolinSubz]

Fevela Rising.

I can't stand posting this title when I know you guys ae not going to bother trying to look it up. Its a masterpiece!!! Go track it down!!!

'When the Levees broke' is good and an important film to have made.

[ShaolinSubz]

here is the trailer to FAVELA RISING:
http://favelarising.com/


Another very good film is 'CHOKA', about street kids in Zambia.

Here is a link:
http://www.familycare.org/network/f28.htm

Another very good doc by the same team who did Choka is called 'On The Frontline':
http://www.planetinfocus.org/onthefrontline

(The two above films I am a little bias about seeing as they are both set in Zambia)

And

[Francis Rossi]

Originally Posted by ShaolinSubz

Fevela Rising.

I can't stand posting this title when I know you guys ae not going to bother trying to look it up. Its a masterpiece!!! Go track it down!!!

'When the Levees broke' is good and an important film to have made.

That sounds pretty good. Shame it's not on DVD. I'll have to look for a digital version...