Sol Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Just watched "When We Were Kings", the Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, Rumble in the Jungle Documentary. Great flick, inspiring. Any recommendations on more good documentaries? Trying to take advantage of the WWU audio visual library. Quote
Fairweather Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/ Quote
cj001f Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 If you can tolerate TV mini series "The Prize" and "The World at War" Quote
Toast Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Sketches of Frank Geary, DIG!, The Devil in Daniel Johnston, Why We Fight... Â It's been a banner year for documentary's Quote
curtveld Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Dogtown and the Z-boys - skateboarding The War Room - '92 Clinton campaign Quote
Off_White Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Riding Giants - surfing, including amazing old footage Home Movie - features five odd residences and their odd residents The Natural History of the Chicken - mouth to beak resussitation, the guy with 400 roosters, and more Murderball - quadriplegic rugby players Trekkies - live long and prosper Born Into Brothels - kids growing up in the Calcutta redlight district Dig! - battle of the insufferable self reverential pop bands Hype - remember when grunge was cool? Standing in the Shadows of Motown - the guys who played the hits The Gleaners and I - French, makes the connection between those who used to glean the leftovers from the fields and modern dumpster divers Rivers and Tides - Andy Goldsworthy's stunning sculptures and process. The Refugee All-Stars - Sierra Leone refugees form a reggae band and go home to the place people chopped up their families. The Eyes of Tammy Faye - wish I had her mascara supply contract Rain in a Dry Land - follows African immigrants in the US Workingman's Death - you think your job is tough? The Trials of Darryl Hunt - an effective rebuttal to libertarian claims that there is no racism in America Quote
JayB Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 "The Commanding Heights" Global Econo Stuff "The Smartest Guys in the Room," Enron Story "Triumph of the Geeks" (or something like that) Story Behind PC Revolution. Â Lots of shorter stuff at Nova.com or Frontline.com Quote
crackers Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 i find it highly unlikely you can find it, but Silk Road A La Turka is awesome. Quote
cj001f Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 "Triumph of the Will" "Olympia" Technically excellent, morally repulsive. Â Â www.thefarshore.com the essence of travel Quote
Farrgo Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Fog of War is pretty good and you can find it at almost any video store. Quote
TREETOAD Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Just about anything on Passionate Eye or Frontline, Quote
John Frieh Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Anything about Shackleton  Has anyone ever seen (or better yet know where I could get it) the documentary about Chouinard and friends climb of Fitz Roy? Mountain of Storms by Chris Jones I believe...  Would be stoked to find that Quote
bwrts Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 the "new" one in preproduction about seattle. Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 the "new" one in preproduction about seattle. Â Quote
Sol Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 thanks for all the recommendations folks, . Quote
MisterMo Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Has anyone ever seen (or better yet know where I could get it) the documentary about Chouinard and friends climb of Fitz Roy? Mountain of Storms by Chris Jones I believe...  Would be stoked to find that  Cool movie. Filmed by Lito Tejada-Flores. Try these folks: Here, in Banff They showed it a couple of years ago. Quote
bwrts Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 the "new" one in preproduction about seattle. Â Â Â No. "new" is not singles. stay tuned. Quote
Mos_Chillin Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 I thought "Spellbound" was a great movie, as well. The ones on the making of 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Apocalypse now' are good documentaries on movie-making. Quote
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