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The Battle of Chile is a three part documentary about the military coup against Salvador Allende in the 1970s. Patricio Guzman and his associates recognized that crazy things were about to happen and took to the streets to capture as much footage as they could, knowing that a record needed to be kept. One of the cameramen was disappeared, tortured, and presumably killed, while the others smuggled the footage out to Cuba.

It may feel too prescient for American audiences now. Gods, it was plenty powerful to me as an American watching in 2012. It is well worth your time.

I watched Lemmy(2010) yesterday.

Key points.

Lemmy Kilmister was a gamer.

Lemmy(social network) is named after Lemmy Kilmister.

A well produced documentary about a hugely influential man.

Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3XGZ5rreE

Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck 5

If you like rock docs this is a good one.

Kneecap. Say no more.

Dave not coming back

I have a bit of an ocean/diving fear and some mild claustrophobia, so this is the perfect doc to scare the crap out of me

I found The Ambassador by Mads Brügger to be particularly gripping, he goes too far and realizes that he's gone too far and many uncomfortable truths are revealed:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048877/

God Loves Uganda - about the impact of American Christian missionaries from megachurches on the people and politics of Uganda. It's from 2013 and is in desperate need of an update, but it's still very good.
The Punk Singer - documentary about the life and music of Kathleen Hanna, pioneer of "riot grrrl" punk feminism. I love the music and vibes, and Kathleen Hanna is also just a really interesting [real-life] character.

The Last Repair Shop.

• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4

Earth: The Biography

How The Earth Changed History

The Cove

Craigslist Joe

Senna

Murderball

The Dust Bowl (2-part series)

I love documentaries. There are so many amazing ones and I regret that they don't get as much attention as the biggest fiction films, even though I love those too.

Here are two documentaries that immediately spring to mind because they made a big impression on me:

Dark Days (2000)

The Act of Killing (2012)

• The Farthest (about NASA’s Voyager missions)
• Hurt Locker Hero / The Deminer (about Fakhir Berwari, a bomb disposal expert who disarmed thousands of landmines in Iraq with just a pocket knife and a pair of wire clippers)
• The Devil We Know (tells the story of DuPont’s decades-long cover-up of the harm caused by chemicals used to make its popular non-stick Teflon products)

All three are very good, very moving documentaries.

How to Die in Oregon

Very moving documentary about assisted suicide.

Pig butchering scams

https://youtu.be/bW4wYV0V-5s

My co-worker was a victim of one of these scams for 5 years, and she wouldn't listen when we tried to tell her because in her mind the guy was totally real

Heres a list of documentaries i made (loosely) of a niche genre. They are all documentaries that started about one thing but ended up being about something else.

9/11 (2001)

American Movie

An Honest Liar

As the Palaces Burn

Calabasas 1/26/20

Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Light

Citizenfour

Collective

Dave Not Coming Back

Dear Zachary

Dig! It

Fairytale of Kathmandu

Gimme Shelter

Grizzly Man

Hearts of Darkness

Hoop Dreams

Hurricane on the Bayou

I am Trying to Break Your Heart

Icarus

In the Jinx

Into the Deep

Into the Inferno

Life With Murder

Lost in La Mancha

Marjoe

Minding the Gap

My Kid Could Paint That

Operation Odessa

Overnight

Rock and Roll Nerd

Sasquatch

Savile

Searching for Sugarman

Seaspiracy

Shemans March (1985)

Sherpa

Stevies

The Estonia

The Hamiltons

The Imposter

The Jinx

The Queen of Versailles

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

The Sweatbox

The Thin Blue Line

The Woman Who Wasn't There

There Are No Fakes

Tickled

Vernon, Florida

Weiner

Wrestling With Shadows