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The best documentary films
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The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 1:16 pm
I thought I`ll just open a thread posting information on some awsome documentaries, and hoping to receive recomendations. These are not only on the subject of religion but cover various different subjects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efI6T8lovqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8J37X7umY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvlfRKBIG...RklR2SUJrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niPV2SAXML4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOnt2BbQ...re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXjaeajqCPg

these I own on DVD and Blue Ray and recomend for watching.

The Green Wave - by Ali Samadi Ahadi
Armadillo - by Janus Metz
Man on Wire - by Simon Chinn
No End in Sight - by Charles Ferguson
Deliver us from Evil - by Amy Berg
Enron: The smartest guys in the room - by Alex Gibney
Darwins Nightmare - by Hubert Sauper
We feed the World - by Erwin Wagenhofer
Let`s make money - by Erwin Wagenhofer
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:08 pm



You need to slow it down, dude. Post a few at a time. Save some for later.


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I found this documentary to be deeply moving. The description from Wikipedia is a little misleading. It's about the conflict between very backward people, outside of mainstream society, coping as best they can with horrible problems, and being in some sense blamed for not coming up with better answers even when their answer was the best that they could do in trying to "do the right thing." It is about our modern world being forced upon people who aren't ready for it, didn't ask for it, and can't be expected to do anything but come out on the bottom, crushed by the weight of our world as a result.

Wikipedia Wrote:William Ward, who had been ill for years, was found dead one morning. Delbert was accused of killing him, perhaps by smothering. The prosecution's theory at trial was that Delbert had performed a mercy killing in order to put William out of his misery after a period of severe headaches and declining health.
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:13 pm
(October 8, 2012 at 2:08 pm)apophenia Wrote: You need to slow it down, dude. Post a few at a time. Save some for later.

i dont know how to make "spoilers" in my posts
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm
My favourite is probably It Might Get Loud.

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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm
I Just look for this name, Werner Herzog
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm
(October 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm)jonb Wrote: I Just look for this name, Werner Herzog

I couldnt agree more!
I think this is probably the best documentary ever made:
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm (This post was last modified: October 8, 2012 at 2:59 pm by jonb.)
This takes me into a world, that is both horrible, and funny (if that is the right word)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8Ll7x08Vk
The BBC in the fifties sixties and seventies, still allowed film-makers to make make original programmes like this from Ken Russell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbVTEW7w...re=related
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 3:36 pm
(October 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote:
(October 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm)jonb Wrote: I Just look for this name, Werner Herzog

I couldnt agree more!
I think this is probably the best documentary ever made:
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Aaw, I was going to post that.
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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm
I'm into nature documentaries, and these ones are my absolute favorites:

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When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: The best documentary films
October 8, 2012 at 7:31 pm
If this qualifies as a documentry it is my number one.
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