50 Documentaries To See Before You Die
Morgan Spurlock is joining Current TV to count down "50 Docs to See Before You Die," taking a look at some of the modern documentary era's most influential and provocative films.
The five-part special will premiere on Aug. 1, and 10 films will be counted down in each hourlong episode on the way to naming the ultimate documentary you need to see before you die.
Modern docs have ranged from films examining politics and issues facing our society to those that explore a subculture or part of the natural world we don't normally see.
What documentaries have changed your world? Which films do you think are a must-see before you die?
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Jessica_Banks
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Why We Fight
Bowling for Columbine
Devil's Playground
Jesus Camp
Naked World (about the work of photographer Spencer Tunick)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Gasland...the list goes on and on. I taught Freshman Rhetoric for years, and I used Why We Fight to teach construction of an effective argument. It's brilliant, and it has aged very well.
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Jessica_Banks
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lordsbassman
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The Cove
King Corn
Food Inc
Exit through the gift shop
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Garden
Tapped
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within*I Like Killing Flies.. but the camera work was horrible
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lordsbassman
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notsure
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The Thin Blue Line.
The Bombing of West Philly. - 12 months ago
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notsure
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Varex_Sythe
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Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room,
Jesus Camp,
The Corporation,
Capitalism, A Love Story,
Uncounted,
Religulous,
OutFOXed, Rupert Murdock's War on Journalism,
FUCK,
the PBS documentary series, Eyes on the Prize - 12 months ago
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Varex_Sythe
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lucretius
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Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk,
The Beautiful Truth,
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,
Tesla: Master of Lightning,
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Modern Marvels: The Manhattan Project
What Would Jesus Buy?
Frontline: College, Inc.
Stupidity
Decisions That Shook the World
At Close Range
American Photography: A Century of Images
10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America
Restrepo
Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story - 1 year ago
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lucretius
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AbsurdHero
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Food Inc., King Corn, Burning The Future: Coal In America, Garbage Warrior, Who Killed The Electric Car?
And it probably goes without saying, but Super Size Me and An Inconvenient Truth definitely should be there.
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AbsurdHero
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tverdell
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The Money Masters
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tverdell
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Lil_Pete
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We Live in Public was really interesting and worth including in this Social Networking world. Then for sheer prevalence, Zeitgeist should be included, although I despised it myself.
- 1 year ago
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Lil_Pete
