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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is your favorite Documentary?
I can start.
"My Octopus Teacher" {viewed on Netflix}
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)Scrivener7
(50,774 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)definitely tops my list of Political/Historical Documentary which really is an entirely different category:
also American Experience LBJ is a fascinating look at one of the most complicated Presidents in History-you love and hate him. I love JFK and Clinton but their President's series aren't half as good as LBJ
can't go wrong with Huey Long either although parts are flawed
Most underrated is American Experience George Wallace-Setting the Woods on Fire--if you want to understand the genesis of Trump watch this. Trump just patterned himself after Wallace
I just realized all 3 of these guys have a common denominator-all are deeply complex with contradicting and evolving political personalities
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)Followed by The Corporation, which needs updating, but should be required viewing, & Inside Job, which explains the financial crash of 2008.
Great thread! Coming back to add to my documentaries list!
mysteryowl
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lastlib
(22,981 posts)(I have BILLIONS & BILLIONS & BILLIONS of reasons for liking it so much....)
Dr. Sagan could make science sound so much like just a walk in the forest!
Walleye
(30,723 posts)Academy award winner for 1956 short film category about winos in New York City
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)I liked Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11 a lot too.
CharleyDog
(755 posts)A Good American (about William Binney)
Chicken People
The Business of Birthing (parts I and II)
Deli Man (joys of good food at a Brooklyn delicatessen.
God Knows I'm Here (a mentally ill woman slowly starves to death is isolation because she is afraid of people)
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore)
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
Ocelot II
(115,280 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and it makes me sad that I'll never be able to eat this man's food.
GumboYaYa
(5,941 posts)My Octopus teacher is a beautiful movie.
Unmentioned docs that I loved include: Honeyland (2019), Kiss the Ground (2020), I am Not Your Negro (2016), Amy (2015), Food Inc (2008), and Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010). I could go on and on. I love documentaries.