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25 min documentary on YouTube about Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis. She had a huge lead in the 2006 Olympics and lost the gold by doing a showboat trick and falling at the end. I remember the fall but had no idea she went through so much shit over the years afterwards. 

 

On 4/4/2024 at 9:49 PM, rage-a-holic said:

surprised no one mentioned Koyaanisqatsi yet

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Saw this at either Texas Union theater or Hogg, high af, and blew my mind.

On 3/29/2024 at 12:39 PM, DixonHur said:

I'll go...

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Fun doc following a long-distance swimmer taking on the Amazon River.

I mean that was interesting..  Between Martin and the river guide they poached from Walmart that didn’t know how to use gps.  It’s amazing he survived.  

Since we're posting older ones, this documentary is one of the most emotionally gripping, upsetting, and outraging I've seen.

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There is no better documentary about raising teen daughters than “The Exorcist”, from the 1970s. 

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On 3/29/2024 at 4:23 PM, TexLonghorn said:

 

Heard this one was good.

On 4/9/2024 at 12:24 PM, South Austin said:

Since we're posting older ones, this documentary is one of the most emotionally gripping, upsetting, and outraging I've seen.

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And a good subject for CR

Just dropped on CNN about the Columbia shuttle last flight.

If you want to see one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever, the 7 Up Series is for you.  Starting in 1964 when they were 7, they have visited with the same 15 or so people every 7 years to see how they have changed.  They aired 63 Up in 2019, so they have done 9 episodes.  It's enthralling and unexpected every time.  Some depressing and sad parts, but also some beautiful changes throughout their lives.  
 

The overall concept is that you can show a child at 7 and you can tell who they will be when they are older.  Basically a nature/nurture experiment for the last 60 years.  Some of that has seemed the same while others have varied wildly.  It's truly incredible to watch the whole thing.  The main filmmaker (Michael Apted) died a couple of years ago, but I really hope they keep it going.     

It can be hard to find them all, but it's worth it.

Bloody Boston on Tubi is probably the best documentary I’ve seen on the Irish Mob War of the 1960’s. The first episode focuses on the war and Winter Hill. The second episode of course all Whitey Bulger. 

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On 3/29/2024 at 4:23 PM, TexLonghorn said:

 

Really liked this.  Damn stressful.

This one and the one on The Whittakers, a crazy inbred family in the backwoods are strange and interesting.  
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Got to throw out Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

Taco Bell scene is always with me.
Since it was brought back up because a woman finished the race, I’ll add The Barclay Marathons

This is a great rec. Never heard of it and really enjoyed it.

This is a great rec. Never heard of it and really enjoyed it.

Lots of follow up docs on YouTube including one about Gary Robbins called “Where Dreams Go Go Die.”

Has "American Movie" been mentioned?

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If any of y’all still have Peacock. 

 

OJ Simpson’s death prompted me to revisit OJ: Made in America on Netflix. Such a great documentary. 

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On 4/9/2024 at 2:21 PM, Hook1997 said:

I mean that was interesting..  Between Martin and the river guide they poached from Walmart that didn’t know how to use gps.  It’s amazing he survived.  

It's like if Colonel Kurtz took his son with him on his descent into madness.

The Walmart guy kinda became the Dennis Hopper character.

Clearly the son fancies himself a better film maker than he is, but I found the whole thing quite fascinating.

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Really well done. I recalled quite a bit of the evidence against McVeigh and Nichols, but this is a much deeper dive into the rise of the right wing extremists.

I going to watch this one. If you’ve never been to the memorial in okc it’s very sobering.

Reading a book about the Sentinelese so I decided to watch this.  I came away thinking that there are plenty of terrible people in this doc, and they aren't the people who ultimately killed John Chau.

 

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The Jinx 2 is out. If you are a true crime fan it’s Christmas.

Here are some of my favorites:

- Dear Zachary (always been #1, I’ve been on all the social media updates since it came out.)
- Capturing the Friedman’s (approaching a messed up family from the outside in)
- Grizzly Man (big WH fan)
- Nathan for You - Finding Francis
- Some Kind of Heaven
- Beyond Utopia
- The Staircase (all of them)
- Harlan County USA
- King of Kong
- Paradise Lost 1-3
- The Keepers
- Cheshire Murders (rough)

19 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Reading a book about the Sentinelese so I decided to watch this.  I came away thinking that there are plenty of terrible people in this doc, and they aren't the people who ultimately killed John Chau.

 

This was a really good watch. Fuck missionaries 

On 4/18/2024 at 12:54 PM, wutang75 said:


Got to throw out Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

Taco Bell scene is always with me.


got any FEEESTUZZ?!? 
 

HER!… They took her baaabbyyyy

TANNER! HEY TANNER

 

On 4/18/2024 at 9:43 PM, TonyTexas said:

OJ Simpson’s death prompted me to revisit OJ: Made in America on Netflix. Such a great documentary. 

Got stuck in this lately, great damn watch. That prosecution team was so over matched. 

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George Washington hung alongside swastikas, underlining the organizers' belief that Nazism was entirely consistent with American ideals.

NAZI TOWN, USA tells the largely unknown story of the German American Bund, an organization of Nazi sympathizers on American soil. 
 

 

On 3/29/2024 at 6:09 PM, usmc0331horn said:

Shoah by Lanzmann is basically the gold standard for documentaries, 9 hours long but really worth the watch if you love history and want to learn a lot more about witnessing genocide from all sides. Some of the interviews are chilling and devastating.

I watched Shoah several months ago when I was ill and stuck on the couch and it was indeed worth the watch and yes, devastating and heartbreaking. Long, but nine hours is nothing when one thinks of the time cut from millions of lives taken.

For a different theme, Roko Belic's Happy (2011) is a good view. Very uplifting.

I agree that anything nature related with Richard Attenborough is worth a watch. The Ken Burns films, too.

We enjoyed the 2020 doc on the Bee Gees, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart when it came out on HBO.

Some other older ones, Manufacturing Consent (about Noam Chomsky and media); Hoop Dreams (obv. basketball)Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Mr. Rogers but it's not the one with Tom Hanks); March of the Penguins.

On 4/17/2024 at 8:22 PM, Bevo&Pevo said:

Upvote for Buried.

 

On 4/9/2024 at 12:36 AM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

This is pretty good, on Netflix now. 

 

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This is one where the emotional impact is better if you don't know much about everyone involved going into it.

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Three parter.  Watched the first part last night.  You forget that in the wake of 9/11, everyone thought this was a Muslim terrorist attack.

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I’m not a documentary fan but watched this on Hulu the other day.  It’s about Punky Brewster and a bunch of celebrity kid actors reminiscing on the rougher parts of growing up in the industry.  
 

One thing that comes through is they all appeared to really like Soleil Moon Frye in a sincere “we just loved hanging out with you” kind of way (who shot it and I guess could have easily shaped it that way).  

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Synanon The Fix on Max is great. Amazing but typical story of a small thing becoming a big thing and the founder turning into a murderous scumbag. Very well done.

Secrets of the Octopus on Hulu.

Just fascinating animals and smart af.

Favorite scene so far is a fight between an octopus and boxer shrimp.

The octopus uses a clam shell as a shield and blasts the little bastard with dirt until it swims away.

“Severe Clear”. Documentary by Marine Lt. during Operation Iraqi Freedom

 

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34 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Secrets of the Octopus on Hulu.

Just fascinating animals and smart af.

Favorite scene so far is a fight between an octopus and boxer shrimp.

The octopus uses a clam shell as a shield and blasts the little bastard with dirt until it swims away.

I saw the commercial.  Looks good.

If you are into climbing docs like Free Solo then Valley Uprising is excellent - young Alex Honnold is in it.

 

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Secrets of the Octopus on Hulu.

Just fascinating animals and smart af.

Favorite scene so far is a fight between an octopus and boxer shrimp.

The octopus uses a clam shell as a shield and blasts the little bastard with dirt until it swims away.

I read “The Mind of an Octopus” recently and would rec that if you haven’t. 

3 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Secrets of the Octopus on Hulu.

Just fascinating animals and smart af.

Favorite scene so far is a fight between an octopus and boxer shrimp.

The octopus uses a clam shell as a shield and blasts the little bastard with dirt until it swims away.

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2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I read “The Mind of an Octopus” recently and would rec that if you haven’t. 

Sorry, The Soul of an Octopus. 

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