Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
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#202Wow. I'm a bog Doc fan. I'll list a few of my favs:
Touch the Sound. For me this was life changing. The story of a deaf percussionist. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424509/
Man on Wire. Also life changing. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Winnebago Man. Fascinating!You've probably seen his vids on youtube. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396557/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Anvil: The Story of Anvil. I worked in the music scene in the 80s and heard of these guys, and always wondered what happened. This film answers that question. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157605/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
My Architect. A sons journey learning about his dad, through his dad's architecture. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373175/
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#203stewart brand how buildings learn - free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqfg2sIH0 (uploaded by the man himself)
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#204Paris is Burning: a classic that explores the "ball culture" of New York in the 80s, and the impact it had on the city's gay, transgender, black and Latino communities. It's great for how it follows the various characters as they prepare for balls, while explaining the subculture and its slang/practices along the way. Very entertaining and historically important too. In the same vein, does anyone have any other recom…
Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3840830
Back in 1995 warez demos were one of the things that most drove my interest in programming.
Tangent: 'BBS: The Documentary'. Great film, I only wish it were about 4 hours longer -- it seems much too brief.
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#205"Crime + Punishment" is a very strong one. It includes hidden camera and hidden microphone documentation of what goes on inside the New York City police and justice system and documents how hard it is to make anything better nowadays.
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#206Grizzly Man: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/ -- the folly of humans when it comes to interacting with wild animals well illustrated The Fog of War: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ -- whoa. Just: whoa. The Thin Blue Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(1988_film) -- when a conviction goes wrong. I guess I really like Errol Morris and Herzog? Probably.
Grizzly Man was a tough watch for me. Treadwell clearly had massive self-esteem and likely mental health issues, which were on display in this film.
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#207I'm surprised no one has mentioned HBO's 'Going Clear', which dives deep into what's happening in the Church of Scientology. Granted, the topic is probably not the most surprising, but it covers a wide range of issues and scary on-goings within the group. Maybe I'm just young, but I didn't know the full extent of what they do and how they do it. 'Going Clear' does a fantastic job of informing the viewer while giving…
Jesus Camp is another one if you want to be frightened by cultists and religion.
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#208"The Cove", (2009) about the secret practice of commercial Cetacea (dolphins, mainly) hunting in Japan (a Metascore value == 84, fwiw). And +1 for "Grizzly Man."
The Cove was a tough watch, but necessary.
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#209My favourite is probably This is Spinal Tap . It really captured the creative power of a rock band on tour.
Watch the Anvil doc for a sorta-of real-life Spinal Tap type story.
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