What is your favorite documentary of all time?

Documentary: Display of truth. Any.

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Maybe not the favorite but most interesting is End:Civ Resist or Die.

Story Of The Weeping Camel, humanity at its most civil

there are so many amazing documentaries, my favorite is The Story Of The Weeping Camel.

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#1: The Wobblies (1979)
Directed by Stewart Bird & Deborah Shaffer
89 minutes

An incredible documentary about the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), a radical labor union (open to all, regardless of "race" or sex) active in the early twentieth century.The DVD special features are pretty good too.

At the time it was made, there were still a number of ex-Wobblies alive, and of course, they were interviewed extensively. In fact, there is no narrator at all. Very well done!!!

#2: Social Genocide (aka Memoria del saqueo)
2004
Director: Fernando E. Solanas
120 minutes
Language: Spanish

Synopsis (from Rotten Tomatoes): "After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin."

orson welles : f for fake
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson

Exit Through the Gift Shop. It made me think about art in ways I never had before.

restrepo on the afganistan war it was great

restrepo on the afganistan war it was great

"The Power of Myth" - Bill Moyers.

I chose Fahrenheit 911 as the 'favorite of all time' - but would also like to recommend:
Stupidity
Food Matters
Fuel
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
What Would Jesus Buy
The Atomic Cafe
King Corn

I watch a lot of documentaries!

Farenheit 911

" Who killed the EV1 electric car in California ? " GM leased 500 EV1s
to people in the Los Angeles area in 1997 on a test market program.
The propulsion system was engineered by an inventor living in the next
town over from me. Los Angeles built charging stations strategily placed to accomodate reenergizing these cars. Some of the actors in Baywatch, and Brimstone rented them and all their leasers were satisfied with them. A new California law required auto manufacturers to market less than 10% of all
the vehicles sold in California as alternative energy powered. The electric
car was nearly flawless, and all 500 staged a public demonstration asking
to buy them from GM for Millions oif dollars. Big Oil puppeteered GM to
pull the plug on them, and they were recalled with the trailers hauling them
to a shredder to have all 500 destroyed overnight as if they were some
public safety menace. When people die of the toxic air pollution every year
in California, this was a serious scandle, and still is. Thugs telephoned
the families of the members on the Clean Air Board to make death threats
if the Government pressed on with an investigation into the matter. I have
the Documentary on old style VHS tape, but I plan to transfer it to disc so
that I can keep in in memory. I would have liked to see the History channel
fgollow up with a documentary of their own to expand on all I saw. The
evil behind the scenes put the USA back nearly 15 years in making all
ekectric cars conventional. No gas engined cars are supposed to be
driven on the roads of Portugal in 2011. And none in Germany by 2020.

exit through the gift shop

March of the Penguins! They are so freaking cute!

my favorite documentary is Eternal Enemies from National Geographic. A must buy i think.

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Sicko. awesome flick.

"Night and Fog" by Alain Renais

i know it's an oldie but i saw it again recently and was awestruck how well it still stands up. it's a rare instance of a real good film-maker making a documentary. part of what makes it so shocking is the beauty of the cinematography.

Spellbound

Food Inc. is my favorite. Very interesting look into how we get our food on the table. How it's farmed, processed and priced. It's cheaper to buy soda than bottled water???

Search for the Battleship Bismark

The Civil War by Ken Burns is an unbelievable documentary on how the Union was preserved. Told from a man who was able to depict the true horrors and triumphs of war.

All the docs from the 30 for 30 series were incredible.
My all time favorites were:
Run Ricky Run about Ricky Williams
Four Days in October highlighting the best comeback in sports history- the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees in 2004.

Waiting for Superman.

so many to choose from! but will have to go with The Cove, at least from the past few years...

My fav doc is...........
"AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH!" lol

Incident at Oglala.

I Am a Promise.

Roger & Me

Ken Burns Baseball and the Civil War

Very hard. So in this order, An Inconvenient Truth, The World According to Monsanto, The Corporation, The Future of Food, The Fog Of War. From this past year, Gasland.

I'll go with Jesus Camp. It's the film that got me interested in documentaries in the first place.

I loved Exit Through the Gift Shop, but I think my favorite documentary has to be the PBS POV documentary called The Way We Get By. An amazing documentary on the greeters in Augusta. Definitely a must watch.

Animals are Beautiful People (1974)
by Jamie Uys
awsome to watch alone or with a crowd, always touching.

This is a tough call! I'm not sure if I can pick just one! Here are three that y'all should see:
1) Exit Through the Gift Shop -- Banksy and the street art movement
2) The Cove -- Dolphin massacre occurring in Japan as we speak
3) King of Kong -- Arcade game competition

The groundbreaking PBS documentary series "Eyes On the Prizes." The series document the struggle for civil rights in America (1950-1985).

I'm a peak oiler so I can name a few from that category:

The End of Suburbia
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

The Cove comes highly recommended but I don't think I can watch it myself.

The Power of Nightmares, BBC.

One of the 1st memorable docs I watched was
Harlen Co. USA (Coal Strikers)
The Cove (Unnecessary dolphin slaughter, like any dolphin slaughter is necessary)
Winter Soldier (vietnam war atrocities)
Art of the Steal (the illegal stealing of the Barnes art collection by pa politicians and the upper class)

Couldn't narrow it down. It seems like all I watch anymore is docs, I wonder why?

Ken Burns still remains the reigning king.

... I am forever bonded with two choices.. "The Cruise" and "American Movie"

Previously "Sergio," but now Kevin Sites' "A World of Conflict."

Anything by Bill Moyers. :)

Oh man...
I'mma documentary junkie :]

Has to be Gonzo.

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