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(47,245 posts) Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:57 PM Aug 2013

What was the last really GOOD documentary you've seen? [View all]

One without re-enactments, or liberties taken with the story for "artistic license?"

I can think of a very good one.

"The World At War" from the BBC.

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What was the last really GOOD documentary you've seen? [View all] Archae Aug 2013 OP

Shoah . . . Journeyman Aug 2013 #1

King Corn. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #2

that's a good one Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #48

What creeped me out was how the farmers growing the corn would not eat it. Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #66

One excellent one I like is Moon Machines Savannahmann Aug 2013 #3

Exit Through the Gift Shop NoOneMan Aug 2013 #4

I really enjoyed that one. Was a nice surprise. Whisp Aug 2013 #8

Brilliant - but not exactly sure it's a documentary n/t sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #55

It's been too long burnodo Aug 2013 #5

some end on hopeful note or are more educational than depressing Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #47

Crossfire Hurricane. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #6

"The Botany of Desire" (PBS- you can watch it online!) NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #7

Noted! arcane1 Aug 2013 #23

''WEED'' by Dr Sanjay Gupta, FULL documentary below Tx4obama Aug 2013 #9

Ah yes. That one too! n/t Triana Aug 2013 #37

That was shown on CNN this morning. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #73

Here is a great site that has just about any documentary you would want to see. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #74

Thanks... Deuce Aug 2013 #85

+1 Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #117

Gasland I and II madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #10

Agree Champion Jack Aug 2013 #84

Children of the Tsunami Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #11

Searching for SugerMan. Great flic. applegrove Aug 2013 #12

Flow Agony Aug 2013 #13

26 episodes! Wow you ruined my plans for the weekend! Agony Aug 2013 #14

he best part is they talk to actual people who were involved in WW2. Archae Aug 2013 #20

A Band called Death Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #15

I've heard about this one. Really interested in seeing it. Initech Aug 2013 #19

We Steal Secrets. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #16

Chasing Ice, and The Flat. (nt) enough Aug 2013 #17

Chasing Ice was amazing. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #46

whats it about? Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #50

Here is the trailer Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #51

Sound City Initech Aug 2013 #18

Have you seen "It Might Get Loud"? sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #58

Have not heard of this one, I shall check it out! Initech Aug 2013 #60

I love that. Got my own copy. I like Jack White and his kid. n/t brewens Aug 2013 #103

That was by far my favorite part of the movie :) arcane1 Aug 2013 #111

saw it last night napkinz Aug 2013 #83

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The Zeitgeist movies sucked arcane1 Aug 2013 #24

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #38

The 8-part series "The Human Planet" arcane1 Aug 2013 #22

'I knew it was You' KG Aug 2013 #25

Circo BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #26

kick & rec for recommendations so I can find them later :) ....nt Voice for Peace Aug 2013 #27

The Dust Bowl on PBS. Inkfreak Aug 2013 #28

dust Bowl Book dem in texas Aug 2013 #79

Yeah. I had this image of poor "Okie" farmers with mules just not knowing proper brewens Aug 2013 #113

The Cove, chervilant Aug 2013 #29

I walked out of the cove. It was too upsetting. applegrove Aug 2013 #91

One of my art students chervilant Aug 2013 #100

Red Dawn Gore1FL Aug 2013 #30

Manufactured Landscapes Mz Pip Aug 2013 #31

The Cheshire Murders Atman Aug 2013 #32

Here are two: Brigid Aug 2013 #33

Crude: The Real Price of Oil IDemo Aug 2013 #34

Just watched Katy Perry's "Part of Me" LuvLoogie Aug 2013 #35

Gasland 2 n/t Triana Aug 2013 #36

You Don't Know Bo. The Link Aug 2013 #39

Whore's Glory XemaSab Aug 2013 #40

I watch Mayday all the time... Agschmid Aug 2013 #41

No Direction Home mythology Aug 2013 #42

War with Gwynne Dyer JVS Aug 2013 #43

+100 lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #49

One that is not polemic? March of the Penguins Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #44

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Kennah Aug 2013 #45

I have about 400 BBC documentaries. They're beyond compare. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #52

Simple, yet compelling jberryhill Aug 2013 #53

That's a joke, right? (nt) Call Me Wesley Aug 2013 #69

No, it's a documentary jberryhill Aug 2013 #75

"Southern Comfort" (2001) Heidi Aug 2013 #54

The Dust Bowl was well worth watching. lpbk2713 Aug 2013 #56

I loved it too. My dad told us stories about the depression B Calm Aug 2013 #61

Not sure if it counts, but Werner Herzog's new PSA about texting while driving is chilling sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #57

Peace, Propaganda And The Promised Land Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #59

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father bettyellen Aug 2013 #62

Honor Flight Samurai_Writer Aug 2013 #63

FYI, "The World at War" was made by Thames, part of the commercial ITV network in the UK muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #64

Ok, thanks for the info. Archae Aug 2013 #72

Gasland 2 davidpdx Aug 2013 #65

I saw a documentary on psychedelic drugs. Scuba Aug 2013 #67

"Slavery By Another Name." Call Me Wesley Aug 2013 #68

If "last" means "most recent," LWolf Aug 2013 #70

Have you seen "Reclaiming Their Voice" Coyotl Aug 2013 #71

When The Levees Broke JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #76

A buddy of mine just directed a movie about Napster entitled DOWNLOADED zappaman Aug 2013 #77

Sound City .... by Dave Grohl Trajan Aug 2013 #78

Agreed! zappaman Aug 2013 #80

Dave Grohl is awesome. Initech Aug 2013 #92

So awesome. nt RiffRandell Aug 2013 #96

Loved it. nt RiffRandell Aug 2013 #94

This message was self-deleted by its author RiffRandell Aug 2013 #95

The Flat. An Israeli sleeper from 2012. Not just another Holocaust re-hash. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #81

Whatever the last David Attenborough piece I saw was. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #82

Scott Noble soryang Aug 2013 #86

"Little Dieter Needs to Fly" by Werner Herog FSogol Aug 2013 #87

Senna Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #88

"Fahrenheit 9/11" leveymg Aug 2013 #89

When the Levees Broke nt maryellen99 Aug 2013 #90

The Boogeyman LearningCurve Aug 2013 #93

Sound City and before that was How to Die in Oregon about physician assisted RiffRandell Aug 2013 #97

I liked How to Die in Oregon Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #115

Chasing Ice, Pandora's Promise. nt wtmusic Aug 2013 #98

Ameican Winter olddots Aug 2013 #99

Most recently, The Dust Bowl and Prohibition. You can add several brewens Aug 2013 #101

500 Nations riverwalker Aug 2013 #102

Baseball Blaspherian Aug 2013 #104

Lost Angels PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #105

Triple Divide, grntuscarora Aug 2013 #106

Bidder70... good one, everybody should know Tim DeChristopher's story Agony Aug 2013 #112

possum living CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #107

The Corporation typeviic Aug 2013 #108

An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore jdaniels4824 Aug 2013 #109

Wal-mart: The High Cost of Low Prices npk Aug 2013 #110

I saw one on meth narrated by Val Klimer bigwillq Aug 2013 #114

Catfish. eom Jamaal510 Aug 2013 #116