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Does not make for easy viewing at all. Essentially a narrated compilation of Australian journalist Michael Ware's footage (first and second hand) from his time in Iraq throughout the conflict.
Captivating storytelling by the subject of the story. It's the life story of a man who spent 21 years on death row for a murder he had nothing to do with. He eventually cancelled all his appeals and requested his sentence be carried out.
She has an exquisite ability to get access to and interview people involved in recent historical events. I recommend her documentaries on Putin’s Russia, the Iranian revolution, the Iraq war, and the Israel/Palestine conflict.
The film maker later said the number 1 question people asked him on the way out was, "How come we never saw any of this on TV?"
I saw it in the theater on opening night. It got about 20 seconds of applause at the end.
I'd have never even gave it a 2nd thought except it is narrated by Gene Wilder and he retired in the late 80s so I though "wow, I wonder how this would bring him out of retirement???"
The first 10 mins are hokie but it was great after that.
It's about the 1893 Chicago Exposition (think Worlds Fair) where electricity was introduced to the public and many other things
The Act of Killing - it's hard to even describe the premise. Its a present-day (2012) profile on participants in the 1960s mass killings in Indonesia. An absolutely brutal look into human nature.
I'm going to list just a few of the best I have seen so far: - The Last Dance [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/ ] - Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13651632/ ] - Indie Game: The Movie [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942884/ ] - The Staircase [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/ ] - Making a Murderer [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189670/ ] - Icarus [ https://www.im…
I absolutely loved the Last Dance but I really like basketball. I wouldn’t recommend it to non-fans of basketball though (basing this off a small sample size of friends).
I don't like documentaries that much as most documentaries tend to paint a one-sided picture. That said, the people they argue against generally also like to paint one-sided pictures.