The Documentary Thread

[Cen1aur 1963]

Last night I was watching some story about the Roswell incident, and Area 51. I caught it in the middle, so I missed most of it. I thought it was interesting. It kind of reminded me of Men in Black LOL. I also checked out this one about the Mayans and this 2012 mass extinction shit LOL. I remember just a few months ago, some dude was claiming that the world was going to end, and folks started quitting their jobs. Now, that was some funny shit LOL.

Does anybody else watch documentary programs? I saw some interesting threads on here. Moonshiners, which I watch occasionally. I thought it would be cool to post all "documentaries watched" over here.

[amanda6035]

I've been watching some documentaries on Netflix recently. Forks Over Knives, Food Inc, IOUSA are 3 that I strongly recommend.

[Cen1aur 1963]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

I've been watching some documentaries on Netflix recently. Forks Over Knives, Food Inc, IOUSA are 3 that I strongly recommend.

I watched one on Netflix about a volcano that killed a bunch of folks. It was a long time ago, so I can't remember the name of it. Apparently it happened back in the day.

[Munchkin03]

• The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia--loved this.
• Food, Inc.--it was okay.
• An Inconvenient Truth--eh, okay.
• A Life Apart: Hasidic in America--it looks older than it is.
• The Business of Being Born--about home births vs. hospital births. I was not expecting to see nekkid Ricki Lake.
• The Modernism of Julius Shulman
• The Fog of War
• When the Levees Broke--full disclosure, almost had a panic attack during this, during the actual Katrina footage.
• Grey Gardens
• The Unforeseen--highly recommended for Texas folks.
• Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired--regardless of how you feel about Polanski, this was an unbiased look at what really happened.
• Supersize Me--who hasn't seen this?
• Crazy Love

[Cen1aur 1963]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

• The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia--loved this.

What's this one about?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963

I watched one on Netflix about a volcano that killed a bunch of folks. It was a long time ago, so I can't remember the name of it. Apparently it happened back in the day.

Mt. Vesuvius, in Pompeii?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963

What's this one about?

It's about a family in West Virginia that's pretty infamous for being bad.

[knight_shadow]

Waiting for Superman was very good

And I agree with Munchkin03 - When The Levees Broke was very powerful

[Shellfish]

Seconded on When the Levees Broke, but also 4 Little Girls. Spike Lee is really good at documentaries. Another great documentary filmmaker is Barbara Kopple. I've watched Harlan County USA about a million times, and American Dream also won her an Oscar.

HBO has a lot of good ones: the Paradise Lost films, Hot Coffee, Breaking the Huddle, etc.

[KSUViolet06]

I'm a documentary junkie.

I challenge anyone to watch Dear Zachary (on Netflix) without breaking into the ugly cry.

See also:

Selling God.
Jesus Camp.
Body of War.

[cheerfulgreek]

Animal Planet “Monsters Inside Me”
Predators
Insects/Spiders DVD
National Geographic
The Universe
Black Holes
Worm Holes
Physics of the Universe
Known Universe “End of the World”
How the Universe Works
Comets and Asteroids
Crash Landing on Mars
The Planets
A Traveler’s Guide to the Planets
Journey to the edge of the Universe
The Universe “Science Fiction, Science Fact”
Life after People
The Bible
Crime Investigation
The Military Channel “WWII The color of war”, Vietnam, and aviation Dog Fights
Time Machine “Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War”
VH1 “behind the music” documentaries
Gangland
Dollhouses

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963

Last night I was watching some story about the Roswell incident, and Area 51. .

I don't watch UFO documentaries, but I've watched some about Area 51. I won't watch the Area 51 documentaries if they're talking about UFOs and aliens, because I don't believe UFOs are coming here to Earth. However, I do believe there is other life besides us, possibly in another galaxy.

[NutBrnHair]

One of my high school friends won an Academy Award for her documentary, "Big Mama."

Tracy Seretean is an American filmmaker who directed and co-produced Big Mama (2000), which won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.

Seretean's documentary about 89-year-old Viola's fight to retain custody of her grandson illustrates many of the difficulties facing an increasing number of grandparents raising their grandchildren in the USA today.

[Cen1aur 1963]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Mt. Vesuvius, in Pompeii?

I think you're right, I just can't remember. It was something like that.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

It's about a family in West Virginia that's pretty infamous for being bad.

LOL and here I was thinking it was a documentary about slavery.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I don't watch UFO documentaries, but I've watched some about Area 51. I won't watch the Area 51 documentaries if they're talking about UFOs and aliens, because I don't believe UFOs are coming here to Earth. However, I do believe there is other life besides us, possibly in another galaxy.

I just checked out your list. You have a wide array of interests. I'm trippin that you have a whole laundry list about the universe, but don't believe in UFOs, though. How so? You don't believe the Roswell story? I'm not trying to open this up for debate, I'm just trying to see where your mind is. Have you ever seen the movie "Fire in the Sky"? I think that was the name of it. It was about an abduction, and dude passed the lie detector test 3 times or something like that. Lie detector tests can be passed, but I kind of believe his story. I also don't think our government is telling us everything they know about UFOs visiting us.

[knight_shadow]

I watched "Trouble The Water" last night on Netflix. Another interesting perspective on Katrina (from the POV of one group as opposed to N.O. as a whole)

I enjoyed it.