What is your favorite documentary film?

[JackBeck]

Mine is "Paris Is Burning". Back when PBS was really good, I remember seeing this late one night as a teenager. It was the first time as a closeted gay teen that I felt like I had found some family. I would never be allowed at the balls, but will always find this part of the gay community fascinating and empowering.

[AlCzervik]

1. Hoop Dreams.

[JackBeck]

3. Any reason in particular?

I haven't seen it, so I'm curious what type of impression it left on you.

[AlCzervik]

5. i found it riveting, it was sad, touching and bleak all at the same time.

you really want the best for the 2 boys, you become their cheering section.

[stanwyck]

140. Another vote for "Hoop Dreams"

so much of that film has stayed with me since I saw it years ago. "Hoop Dreams" really had an impact. Both of the mothers really affected me. I teared up when the one young man was leaving for Marquette and his mother was crying. There's also that remarkable sequence when the other young man and his family visit the University of Illinois campus. I guess because I grew up in Illinois, and visited the U. of I. often, as well as Chicago, those scenes of the family having this very unusual experience made me realize how differently many people live. The two young men, boys actually, were just so honest, as was the entire film. One of the best films ever - documentary or otherwise.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. The Corporation, or The Decline of Western Civilization.

[JackBeck]

7. This is good.

I love new recommendations.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. The Corporation is about, well, corporations. The Decline of Western Civilization is about...

The 1980 LA punk scene.

[AlCzervik]

28. i saw that on IFC or Sundance, really good.

They were actually running just a few months ago.

[Rhythm]

93. Decline is good...

Did you see Penelope Spheeris' film "Suburbia"? (released in 1984)
I haven't seen it in about 15 yrs, though i just found it in the queue at Blockbuster Online...

[susanna]

100. Love both Decline and Suburbia... n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

115. Nope, aside from Decline, the only Spheeris film I've seen is Wayne's World, haha.

[mitchum]

128. Look for her film "The Boys Next Door"...

a taut disturbing film about two teenagers from the valley who come to LA for a weekend of mayhem and murder. Maxwell Caulfield turns in one of the best performances I have ever seen. Great soundtrack also.

[Downtown Hound]

136. I've met the guy that made The Corporation

My friend used to be neighbors with him. He's awesome, and so is that film. It should be required viewing for all high-school kids.

[LostInAnomie]

4. Paradise Lost

It's about three kids from a fanatically religious town that are railroaded in a murder trial because they wore black and looked different. Click the link in my sig line to find out more about the case.

[AlCzervik]

8. the robin hood hills murder! I've been following that case off and on since the

1st doc came out, i read they were going to make a 3rd installment but that was back in 2004, do you know if thats going to happen?

[LostInAnomie]

19. From what I've heard not a lot is happening.

The last I heard they were exhausting the last of their state appeals, and hoping for better luck in the federal courts.

I'm hoping for the best, but I expect the worst.

[AlCzervik]

24. i hope something will break for them, there is no way they are guilty

imo. I can't believe there is something that can be done. I wish the innocence project would take their case.

[JackBeck]

18. I had no idea.

Thanks for the recommendation.

[AlCzervik]

27. rent both installments if you can, the second one is Paradise lost 2 revelations.

[terrya]

6. I do like "The Celluoid Closet"

Years ago, I read Vito Russo's excellent book about how gay men and lesbians have been portrayed on film. It was an absolutely fascinating book.

The film is just as interesting. For those who haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look.

BTW: I'm sorry to say that I haven't, until now, seen "Paris is Burning". But I put it on my Netflix queue...and it arrived today. :-)

[JackBeck]

10. OMG.

I love "The Celluloid Closet". When I bartended, I used to show that one all the time. Easy way to keep the boys around for hours. The most fascinating part for me is when they show clip after clip of movies that called us "fags" or "sissies", etc.

I hope you enjoy "Paris". If I ever stumble across it changing channels I end up watching it until the end.

[terrya]

17. It's interesting to see how we've been portrayed over the decades.

Intersting...and sad. And the scene you're referring to is fascinating.

I'm sure I'm going to enjoy "Paris". Thank you.

[JackBeck]

21. That scene

feels like it goes on forever. "Back To The Future"??? WTF!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear JackBeck!

Mine is called "Fly Away Home" I think......

It's about the young Canada geese who are orphaned, and who are taught how to fly to their winter home by a guy with an ultralight plane.

Oh God, now I'm thinking this wasn't a documentary!

Still worth seeing though...

But there was a documentary several years ago, that got the Oscar that was about birds and their migrations...

It was amazing.....

I recommend it highly!

[JackBeck]

15. We bought that docu for Mr. JackBeck's mom a few years ago.

It was excellent. I would recommend it as well.

[flvegan]

11. "Behind the Mask"

by Uncaged Films.

"the documentary about people who risk their lives and freedom to save animals."



Trailer here:
http://www.uncagedfilms.com/trailer.php

[JackBeck]

16. I can't even watch "Pet Detectives" without either crying or getting angry.

I can't imagine how this one would make me feel. :grr:

[flvegan]

20. Split pretty evenly between both, but I've done lots of toasting and cheering

to this one, as well.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. The Corporation

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Good taste.

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

29. you...

:spank:

[JackBeck]

26. I haven't seen it yet.

Looks like I need to. Thanks for the recommendation! I'm in he mood to rent some documentaries. I have Monday and Tuesday (comp day for working today) off. Docs tend to make my hubby go to sleep, while I eat them up.

[bicentennial_baby]

30. It's intense and fascinating....

And I thought that before I became an Econ major, so there! :P

:hi:

[nuxvomica]

51. I enjoyed the DVD but I thought the book was much better

Have you read the book?

[bicentennial_baby]

65. No, not yet..

I keep meaning to get that...

[Shakespeare]

13. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

A behind-the-scenes doc on the making of Apocalypse Now, shot mostly by Coppola's wife. It's beyond fascinating.

[JackBeck]

31. I will have to check that out.

That movie scares the jeebus out of me.

[darkstar]

103. Love it. It is one of my favotite movies of all time, much less docs.

George Hickenlooper worked on that too and directed another one of my alltime favorite docs, Mayor of Sunset Strip.

[querelle]

14. Daddy & Papa

A PBS documentary about gay male couples adopting children. It was very moving. These couples had so much love to give and made their kids so happy. I defy anyone to watch this documentary and say that gay people don't love in the same way as anybody else.

A link:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa/

Q

[JackBeck]

41. I've seen that one.

Just another reminder that my biological clock keeps ticking so loud.

[querelle]

49. Do You Want Children?

Myself? I don't know yet. I'm single right now and would want a partner before I embarked on such a huge resposibility. I would love to have children, but doubt my capabilities of doing it on my own.

Q

[JackBeck]

53. Mr. JackBeck and I have been together almost 10 years.

And we talked about wanting kids on our first date! We might be going to an adoption seminar in Vermont at the end of the month. The only thing holding us back from attending is $$$ right now. We want to adopt (I was adopted) and have biological children of our own.

[dropkickpa]

127. That one was very good!

Logo has been showing a lot of documentaries, and this one hits their regular rotation fairly often. I have to say, I get so steamed when I watch this movie though. How dare ANYONE (I'm talking to you, Florida!) deny a child a loving home for such a stupid and regressive reason as the parents just happen to be gay? Another good documentary is We Are Dad, watching that one makes me even more angy at people who are actively seeking to deny children their right to a good and loving permanent home.

[JanMichael]

22. Recently "The Take".

Amazing.

[JackBeck]

44. What's it about?

[JanMichael]

94. It's a pro-worker anti-WTO movie

http://www.thetake.org/

[u4ic]

116. I saw Avi Lewis speak 2 weeks ago

He was fantastic; covered so many different topics; and does that man know how to rant! No, this isn't a stiff Keith Olbermann rant, his is pure passion. It's obvious whatever he's involved in, he fully throws himself into it.

He used to be the host/moderator on a wonderful debate show on cbc called "counterSpin"...and it was great to see this 'socialist', as he calls himself, butting heads with the leading conservatives/republicans in the US - and stumping them completely. :D (there were 4 panellists - 2 representing the left, the other 2 the right) - damn, he could out argue any of them! (Chomsky seemed to be a favoured guest on there)


Did you know this is his father: http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/

[laundry_queen]

144. I did not know they were related. Very cool. I love Avi. n/t

[bridgit]

32. Burden of Dreams (1982) - A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic:

'Fitzcarraldo' , showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzcarraldo

Crumb, is also oddly/strangely hypnotic http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=133874

[JackBeck]

45. Thanks.

I'll look for those.

[darkstar]

101. Was about to add to thread. Love it.

Have you seen My Best Fiend? I like it as a doc too, and it covers all the kinskis/hertzogs as well.
:hi:

[darkstar]

106. Mayor of Sunset Strip.

Put together by Hickenlooper who also had a hand in the aforementioned Hearts of Darkness. This is a meditation of rock and roll celebrity via the Zelig like figure of Rodney Bingenheimer, a LA rock radio fixture.

[bridgit]

120. Mayor of Sunset Strip is a good one too, Rodney is one of a kind...

impresario deluxe

[bridgit]

119. haven't seen My Best Friend but will check for it...the Fitz Doc is a trippy one...

the things they did to accomplish getting that film shot (a waaay lot of over the top stuff), and the Kinski/Herzog relationship is a mighty one to observe even from a distance ot the comfort of a chair :thumbsup: :hi:

[mitchum]

129. I also recommend "My Best Fiend"...

besides being an astonishing looking creature, Kinski was one of the most gifted actors ever. I also believe he was truly insane. Fascinating and tragic.
Herzog's "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" is my favorite film of all time.

[bridgit]

134. ha! i had it spelled wrong, but i just put Fiend in our nexflix queue...

:thumbsup: :hi:

[trof]

33. 9/11-The Press for Truth. Just watching on Link-TV.

[JackBeck]

46. Those are pretty fascinating.

When I visited the in-laws in Ohio, we hung out with my husband's friends one night. Many of them still question the events of that day. And they don't visit any of the progressive websites.

[itsmesgd]

34. Incident at Oglala- The Leonard Peltier Story

[JackBeck]

48. When you get a chance,

could you fill me in on that one?

[itsmesgd]

58. Do you know who Leonard Peltier is?

If not it is a long story

http://www.leonardpeltier.net/theman.htm

Basically he was railroaded into a false murder conviction on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation

[JackBeck]

62. Now that rings a bell.

It was either here or americablog or dailykos I remember reading snippets from the book. FBI was involved and such.

[itsmesgd]

70. um, yes involved

They stormed a ranch on Pine Ridge Reservation and began shooting at a house from their car. Members of AIM shot back and one Native and two feds were killed. The FBI then lied about ballistics, forced confessions and witness statements from people who were not present at the time, and illegally extradicted Leonard from Canada. Leonard was tried with two others, but he was found guilty. They have later said that there was no evidence, but that someone had to pay.

It was classic fbi bully tactics and lying. Still Leonard sits in a jail cell in poor health some 30 years later.

[fishwax]

109. that is a really great movie

I loved that movie. Not as easy to find, unfortunately, as Thunderheart, which was a companion piece of sorts, but well worth seeking out. :thumbsup:

[LeftyMom]

35. I don't really want to say favorite, because I fucking hate watching it, it's gut wrenching

but Earthlings is by far the most effective documentary I've seen. It's just unrelentingly brutally honest.

[JackBeck]

50. Hey LeftyMom...

what's it about? Too lazy to google or imdb it. Also, getting dinner ready and putting away groceries.

[LeftyMom]

59. It's about humankind's relationship with animals.

web page here: http://www.isawearthlings.com/about.html

[Rhythm]

97. "Murderball"

... a doc about the US ParaOlympic Rugby Team.
i saw the trailer when i rented something else, and it intrigued the hell out of me.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

36. Pripyat

It's a documentary about those still living in the Dead Zone around Chernobyl, and the funny thing is, it's anything but dead. It's full of radiation, yes, but plant and animal life is flourishing. Apparently people still work in there too. Anyway, the interview a lady who used to live there, and they walk through her old neighborhood and she takes them on a tour of how her morning used to happen, dropping off the kids at school and walking to work at the power plant. They also talk to several other people around there. They do it in Winter, when apparently it's safest to go through there. It's really great. It comes on Sundance Channel occasionally. I wish they'd put it on DVD here, but the only place I've seen it is on German Amazon.
Duckie

[JackBeck]

56. Wow.

I'll look for it on Sundance.

[Crabby Appleton]

37. Ken Burns, the Civil War

[querelle]

39. That Was A Great Documentary

Everything that Ken Burns does is fantastic. A truly great American historian.

Q

[susanna]

102. Agreed. n/t

[JackBeck]

57. Ken Burns does amazing work.

I love his walk through NYC series.

[sarge43]

61. That one was amazing

I'd add Baseball and Jazz. Interesting all three had so much to say about African-American history.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. my brother and willyninja were really good friends. and dated for a bit.

his death hit my brother very hard

[JackBeck]

43. Really?

His death hit me, too, but in a different way. My co-worker is still active in the ball scene. I also miss going to clubs and watching those queens dance. When I was in Little Rock a few weeks ago, I went to a club and those kids have picked-up right where their predecessors have left off. It was mesmerizing.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. yeah my brother is in the house of ninja and occasionally does drag

he really misses willy

[Tikki]

40. ANGER ME....NNMF but one I had been looking forward to....

being made most of my adult life:

http://www.angerme.com/eng/credits.html




Excellent and as provocative as I hoped it would be.

Tikki

[JackBeck]

60. Cool.

I tend to rent political documentaries. But it looks like I've got a lot of catching up to do.

[mitchum]

105. Wow, I wasn't aware of that film's existence

thanks

[mitchum]

107. "Salesman"

with "Little Deiter Needs to Fly" as a close second

[enigmatic]

42. Gates Of Heaven

http://www.errolmorris.com/content/review/gates_ebert.html

[JackBeck]

64. Never heard of this one.

Looks very interesting!

[enigmatic]

69. It's a profound film

After Ebert (who I heard about the film on his original PBS series), I'm probably it's biggest fan...

[begin_within]

47. 'Daughter from Danang' is brilliant.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303281/

[JackBeck]

66. Will this one

make me bawl my eyes out? Reunited after so many years...:cry:

[begin_within]

84. It does pack an emotional wallop. There are happy scenes and sad scenes.

I would say that it's "bittersweet." Yes, if you cry at movies, you'll want a full box of Kleenex for this one.

[sweetheart]

52. "Downfall" - wow

http://imdb.com/title/tt0363163/

[JackBeck]

74. I've heard this one is excellent.

Will definitely check it out.

[nuxvomica]

54. "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"

A great docu about the Depression from many years ago.

[JackBeck]

76. Thanks.

It looks like I've got lots of catching up to do.

[1gobluedem]

55. Ken Burns Jazz

I really learned a lot from that documentary.

[JackBeck]

77. This one keeps getting mentioned.

I enjoyed his walk through NYC series. This one must be just as good.

[Madspirit]

63. Salt of the Earth

It's about women farm workers. It's really old.
Lee

[JackBeck]

78. Another one I haven't heard of before.

Thanks.

[martymar64]

125. Salt of the Earth wasn't a documentary

But it was a damned fine movie. It was banned for many years. Most of the actors, writers and the director were blacklisted.

[begin_within]

132. That's a great film

It is a re-enactment of an actual strike at a zinc mine in New Mexico. The wives and girlfriends of the workers took over the picket line. That film was made during the blacklist era and the production values are shoestring - particularly the sound which is really lo-fi. That is the one film that is most deserving of a remake today with full-scale production values. But the original is a great film anyway

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047443/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salt_of_the_earth/

[Madspirit]

133. Better memory

Thanks you guys for having a better memory than me. I've seen it more than once but all over 25 years ago. It was a docudrama. It had actors and stuff but was about something real and done like a documentary.

All the men are in jail so the women have to take over the striking.

It's absolutely worth seeing. ...and I obviously need to see it again.
Lee

[JanMichael]

145. We just watched it and it was great! Not really a documentary tho'

It was based on real events and had some of the real participants in it but it was an actual movie.

That said it was fantastic and the only banned film in the US at the time.

[oustemnow]

67. Grey Gardens, at the moment

A friend of mine just turned me on to it, and my mind was pretty much blown.

[JackBeck]

75. I finally saw it a few months ago.

I'm dying to see the musical on Broadway.

If you've seen Madonna's video for "Hung Up", then you might get a hoot out this mash-up.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CG_30gJ6LTY

[oustemnow]

85. Dang, Jack, I'm on dial-up

I'll have to bookmark this thread and save it for Tuesday, when I'm on my boss's more sophisticated Internet connection.

I myself am curious about the Broadway production; I just am not sure how those two can be accurately re-created. And, supposedly, Drew Barrymore is optioning a dramatic re-enactment of the movie, which should be at the very least interesting.

[JackBeck]

86. I've heard nothing but rave reviews.

The first act is all about their lives when things were "normal". The rest of the show is more like the documentary.

[Poiuyt]

71. Day After Trinity

The story of the Manhattan Project and the first nukuular bomb. It's eerie and suspenseful at the same time. It is riveting

[JackBeck]

79. Sounds like it.

Thanks for the recommendation.

[maveric]

72. "The Endless Summer".

I'm a sucker for surf flicks.

[JackBeck]

80. Dude, people always think I'm from Cali.

When in fact, I'm a Jersey boy. Don't get good waves at the shore around here, but sounds like a good flick, nonetheless.

[Katherine Brengle]

73. I don't think I can decide...

documentaries are my favorite...

Mobutu was really good.

[JackBeck]

81. I'll have to look for that one.

I'm digging hearing about all these films I'd never heard of before.

[Katherine Brengle]

92. I think it's Belgian --

it was a really long time ago that I saw it... It came out in 1999.

It was particularly cool because it was about a subject about which I knew absolutely nothing.

[dixiechik]

82. What is your favorite documentary film?

Who Are the Debolts and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids.

It's from the 70's. This couple had six children and adopted 13 additional special needs children. It was amazing. I remember thinking what special people they were. If you ever get the chance to view it, you won't be sorry.

[JackBeck]

87. Welcome to DU.

And thanks for the suggestion. Another movie which I'll probably cry while watching.

[Corgigal]

83. HBO's Dealing dogs

A preview at the link

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/dealingdogs/index.html

[JackBeck]

88. How sad.

I'll look for it on HBO.

[flvegan]

131. That's one that I won't watch.

I'd fear for my television's safety.

I do hope that lots of folks that don't know about this practice (and pound seizure, etc) DO see it, though.

[swag]

89. Titicut Follies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titicut_follies

Titicut Follies is a black and white 1967 documentary film by Frederick Wiseman about the treatment of patients at Bridgewater State Hospital in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from a talent show put on by the hospital's inmates.

Titicut Follies is widely considered to be a masterpiece of the direct cinema form in documentary film, portraying the existence of occupants of Bridgewater, some of them catatonic, holed up in unlit cells, only periodically washed down with a hose and taken out in order to receive force feeding. It also portrays the indifference and bullying on the part of the institution's staff. As such, it makes an implicit statement about the power of authority and total institutions. The stark black and white photography and unflinching cinéma vérité presentation, make this film a particularly powerful experience.

The film's release was banned (outside of the field of education) in the United States from 1967-1992 by a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that, since it was filmed in a hospital, it violated the patients' rights to privacy. Wiseman, the film's director, however, has pointed out that he received permission from all of the people portrayed in the film or else their legal guardian, in this case the superintendent of Bridgewater. He believes that the Massachusetts Government, feeling concerned that it portrayed a state instiution in a bad light, took the film out of circulation to protect their own reputation. In 1992, it was allowed to be shown on PBS. The film is now legally available through the distributor (Zipporah Films, Inc.), for purchase or rental on VHS or 16mm film for educational license only.

[w8liftinglady]

90. toss-up Farenheit 9/11 and Strong at the Broken Places

I think we are all familiar with farenheit 9/11
Here is a link to Strong at the Broken Places..or a piece of it,anyway
http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/Strong.html

[w8liftinglady]

91. I see they are charging $210 for DVD...it shows on Link TV from time to time

I hav it tivoed...pm me if you haven't seen it...I will pass on three copies

[w8liftinglady]

95. Flame away-I loved "Wigstock"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114937/

[JackBeck]

112. My first Gay Pride in NYC I saw Wigstock.

Nothing to flame there, my friend.

[Seabiscuit]

96. "JFK"

Can't believe no one's mentioned it yet.

[JackBeck]

113. R U talking about

the non-Sharon Stone one?

I'll plead ignorance here because if there's a docu about him I'd love to see it.

My hubby's boss is friends with Bobby K, so I'd like to see this one.

[Seabiscuit]

117. It's more of a docu-drama film than a pure documentary.

It won 2 Oscars, and Sharon Stone wasn't in it.

Debuted in 1991, starring Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison, Sissy Spacek as Liz Garrison, Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw/Bertrand, Kevin Bacon as Willie O'Keefe, Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald, Joe Pesci as David Ferrie and Donald Sutherland as Mr. X.

For pure documentary, I'd have to nominate "Watergate" a five-hour TV documentary directed by Mick Gold, narrated by Daniel Schorr, broadcast Aug. 7, 1994 by the Discovery Channel.

[dropkickpa]

98. Right now

Born Into Brothels and New York Doll have been recurring favorites lately.

[JackBeck]

114. I have heard about Born Into Brothels.

It's been on my short list of must sees.

[dropkickpa]

126. Watch it

It is very good!

[Mrs. Venation]

99. Harlan County, USA

A film by Barbara Koppel about a UMWA strike specifically, and life in coal mining country in general.




The film won an Oscar for Ms. Koppel.

[idgiehkt]

104. I'd like to see that

I realized reading this thread that I either haven't seen alot of docs or I just don't remember them.

[Dastard Stepchild]

137. Seconded...

This was really well done.

[fishwax]

108. I saw that for the first time a few months ago

good movie :toast:

[hughee99]

110. Porn Star: the legend of Ron Jeremy...

Look, I'm not saying that he's the most important person, or has contributed a whole lot to society, but personally, I thought the story was fascinating.

I'm also a big fan of the Ken Burns stuff (Jazz and the Civil War) but I just thought this was more entertaining.

[MoseyWalker]

111. my brother made one about

the beauty and joy expressed by those who have limited mental abilities.

It was a good'un.

[u4ic]

118. Shake Hands with the Devil

It certainly had a profound effect on me. http://www.amazon.com/Shake-Hands-Devil-Journey-Dallaire/dp/B00005JO3M

Another one was called "Prostitution: Behind the Veil". http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/ProstitutionVeil.htm



And I'll recommend this one I just saw a week or two ago: "Bougainville Sky".

This interview describes it well: http://standanddeliver.blogs.com/dombo/2005/05/ibougainville_s.html

It is quite a fascinating story, and the chap was talented indeed. The Unitarians caught him for a free concert, then the next night was the showing of the documentary about him.


Here's his site. http://www.iaincampbellsmith.com/pages/listen.html When She Cries is such a haunting song...

[benny05]

121. Two mediums to answer your question

On TV: Ken Burns--almost anything, but the Civil War series was stellar.

On film, probably Michael Moore's "Roger and Me"

[pokerfan]

122. When We Were Kings

I almost went with Hoop Dreams.

[usaftmo]

123. Fahreinheit 9/11

Honorable Mention goes to Bowling for Columbine.

[Mendocino]

124. "The Making of a Continent"

A PBS presentation, from about 25 years ago.

[Gatchaman]

130. The Dancing Outlaw

A West Virginia Public Broadcasting documentary on Jesco White. A sympathetic look at a train-wreck of a life. Oh, for the days when PBS had the balls to air the word "motherfucker" without bleeping it.

[bridgit]

135. kick...

:kick:

[AngryAmish]

138. This Is Spinal Tap

[martymar64]

139. The Yes Men

I especially love the part where they pose as McDonalds marketing people trying to sell the idea of selling "recycled" hamburgers (aka hamburgers made of shit). I nver laughed so hard in my life.

[TheMightyFavog]

141. Jesus Camp

It's a very important film that Every American Should see.

Sorry, Al, I'm rooting for this one at the Oscars. IMHO, The extreme fundies are more of a threat than global warming right now. (But in a way, the extreme fundies are part of the problem).

[slj0101]

142. Just watched that last night.

Scary.

Despite her abhorrent vision of politics, Christianity and American society, I don't think the filmmakers portrayed Becky Fischer in an unflattering light. I almost felt a bit sorry for her because she is just out and out delusional.

[JackBeck]

143. I really want to see this.

Out of all the recommendations on here, I think this will be my next docu.

[BuelahWitch]

146. Hollywood: The Pioneers

Film historian Kevin Brownlow's 13 part series done in the late '70s about silent movies. Many of the pioneers were still around when he made the film.

[ripmolly]

147. Inconvenient Truth

;)


It's a great film.

[WI_DEM]

148. "Fahrenheit 9/11"

[stuntcat]

149. SuperSize Me (.. )

not my favorite exactly, I can't think of which one is right now but I didn't see this listed and it's really good.
I can't call F-9/11 a favorite either, I have it but I'm afraid to watch it because it'll upset me so much :(