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Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
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#22Harlan County, USA
Classic documentary about coal miners going on strike in the 70s. Deeply moving images, and incredible soundtrack from local artists. Won an Oscar too.
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#23Black Fish
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#24Most Ken Burns stuff... Especially the ww2 one. Also, released in the last year, the Beatles: get back documentary is fascinating to watch the creative process and dedication to the task, if you're so dedicated to sit for all 8 hours of it.
I honestly want to watch the Beatles doc but haven’t committed to the time yet though. My mother and her friends who were Beatles fans in their peak seemed to have enjoyed it.
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#25The Internet's Own Boy.
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#26The World at War - BBC documentary series about WWII. Shows humanity simultaneously at it's best and worst.
The Vietnam War - Ken Burns documentary series. Very balanced and sobering take on the Vietnam war, events leading to the Vietnam war, and unrest in the US during that period.
The Fog of War - Errol Morris doc about Robert McNamara.
The Salt of the Earth - Doc about photographer Sebastião Salgado
Alone in the Wilderness - Dick Proenneke films himself building and living in a remote cabin in Alaska
Also can't go wrong with Adam Curtis.
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#27I'll start. My favorite is Cosmos, starring Neil deGrasse Tyson. Another favorite of mine is the BBC's Planet Earth series.
I don’t know what the popular opinion is on this one, but it felt like there was something missing in his version. I enjoyed it, but Sagan’s original series, strikes a different chord.
I don’t think it’s nostalgia too since I was too young to catch the original series.
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#28Spin (1995)
https://youtu.be/Uock08dy19s
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#29Freedom to choose by Multon Friedman
Black gold saga — a 4 hour documentary about oil, from discovery to the present. It really helps to understand how short sighted were some EU countries with Russian gas.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#30I'll start. My favorite is Cosmos, starring Neil deGrasse Tyson. Another favorite of mine is the BBC's Planet Earth series.
I don’t know what the popular opinion is on this one, but it felt like there was something missing in his version. I enjoyed it, but Sagan’s original series, strikes a different chord. I don’t think it’s nostalgia too since I was too young to catch the original series.
That is so fascinating. I almost never see the Tyson Cosmos recommended. But see Sagan's everywhere. And somehow still didn't watch it.