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Duck Dog · 11-25-2008, 09:23 AM

PBS's Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries. Some of my favorites in no particular order.

Frontline: Spying on the Home Front. This documentary examines the lines that are crossed when trying to eavesdrop on terror cells and how the government scrutinizes people's records and the electronic surveillance of their communications.

Frontline: When Kids get Life. Chronicles 5 teens in Colorado who have committed murder and are serving life without possibility of parole.

Frontline: The Al Qaeda Files. It's a 2 disc set that chronicles the terror group and documents the rise of Osama Bin Laden. The most fascinating part about this documentary is FBI agent John O'Neill's story. He really was the man who knew.

Frontline: The Man who knew. FBI agent John O'neills complete story.

Frontline: The Tank Man. This documentary investigates the happenings at the Tienanmen Square protests in Beijing and the lone man who stood in front of a column of tanks.

If Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries then it's only fair to call Ken Burns documentaries the pinnacle of historymentaries.

Ken Burns: Civil War.

Ken Burns: Lewis and Clark.

Ken Burns: Mark Twain.

Some other documentaries I would suggest include;

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Meerkat Manor (the whole family will love this one.)

Breaking Vegas.

phisherman · 11-27-2008, 09:07 AM

salesman and grey gardens are incredible. the maysles brothers can make a documentary, that's for sure.

if you like grey gardens, check out the next companion doc, The Beales of Grey Gardens

**Baby Lee** · 11-27-2008, 09:15 AM

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salesman and grey gardens are incredible. the maysles brothers can make a documentary, that's for sure.

if you like grey gardens, check out the next companion doc, The Beales of Grey Gardens

I have it, haven't watched yet.

If it sways, you, they did Gimme Shelter, too.

Duck Dog · 12-02-2008, 09:52 AM

Free online documentaries. Just watched Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder.

http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/

Jenson71 · 12-02-2008, 01:30 PM

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The Fog of War

This is the greatest documentary I've seen yet.

TrickyNicky · 12-02-2008, 02:02 PM

I definitely have MUCH more respect for McNamara with regards to Vietnam after seeing it.

jidar · 12-02-2008, 05:12 PM

Maxed Out (2006) -
About the debt driven consumer economy and a bit about the national budget. Considering it came out in 2006 it's become rather prophetic since then.

**Baby Lee** · 04-06-2018, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

salesman and grey gardens are incredible. the maysles brothers can make a documentary, that's for sure.

if you like grey gardens, check out the next companion doc, The Beales of Grey Gardens

Well this is just odd

**Baby Lee** · 04-06-2018, 04:27 AM

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Murder on a Sunday Morning - one of the most compelling cross-examinations ever caught on tape. black kid corralled on a sketchy description and bullied into a confession. The cross-examination lays out all the abuses the interrogator employed through his own uncomfortable admissions.

A summation on youtube these days

Full footage [other sections can be seen by clicking on the submitting author, Leticia Lorenzo]

Mmm, hm. . . . Okay. . .

**Baby Lee** · 04-06-2018, 04:38 AM

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and set apart as the masterpiece it is;
Planet Earth

Today seems to be a day for documentary updates

Korowai treetop house building sequence faked in Human Planet.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ked-bbc-admits

11-25-2008, 09:23 AM
Duck Dog Reap the whirlwind Duck Dog's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Olathe	The Documentary Thread PBS's Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries. Some of my favorites in no particular order. Frontline: Spying on the Home Front. This documentary examines the lines that are crossed when trying to eavesdrop on terror cells and how the government scrutinizes people's records and the electronic surveillance of their communications. Frontline: When Kids get Life. Chronicles 5 teens in Colorado who have committed murder and are serving life without possibility of parole. Frontline: The Al Qaeda Files. It's a 2 disc set that chronicles the terror group and documents the rise of Osama Bin Laden. The most fascinating part about this documentary is FBI agent John O'Neill's story. He really was the man who knew. Frontline: The Man who knew. FBI agent John O'neills complete story. Frontline: The Tank Man. This documentary investigates the happenings at the Tienanmen Square protests in Beijing and the lone man who stood in front of a column of tanks. If Frontline is the pinnacle of fascinating documentaries then it's only fair to call Ken Burns documentaries the pinnacle of historymentaries. Ken Burns: Civil War. Ken Burns: Lewis and Clark. Ken Burns: Mark Twain. Some other documentaries I would suggest include; Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Paradise Lost 2: Revelations Meerkat Manor (the whole family will love this one.) Breaking Vegas. Last edited by Duck Dog; 11-25-2008 at 09:39 AM..
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Duck Dog Reap the whirlwind Duck Dog's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Olathe	Free online documentaries. Just watched Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder. http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/
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