The Weather Underground
It’s the thought of telling the other side of the story, or at least the side that has been forgotten, that makes the subject matter so refreshing and enthralling.
Tagged: Documentaries
Bus 174
Takes a single event that is compelling on its own and then takes it that much further by raising a question that’s easy to ask but not always easy to answer – why?
Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans is a film that goes beyond what you’re watching on the screen. I left asking questions about how I was viewing it.
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood is the kind of movie I wouldn’t have minded watching in school. It concurrently educates and entertains. While it’s not perfect, it’s still a worthy introduction to an American tragedy.
Roger and Me
While not as good as Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me does show delirious hints of what was yet to come.
Spellbound
Spellbound might follow eight juniors as they try to become champions, but director Jeffrey Blitz is really documenting the American Dream in action.
Triumph of the Will
As sickening as it might be to watch, it’s this alternate point of view that is important in helping us learn from the past.
Winged Migration
Jacques Perrin’s spectacular documentary takes observation a step further as he literally seems to take flight with flocks of birds as they make their annual migration.
Ghosts of the Abyss
Ghosts of the Abyss is all about the spectacle of a six-story screen and the sensory bombardment of a rope flying at you or bubbles heading for the surface right in front of your nose.
Jackass: The Movie
More a surreal experience in the gross and the disturbing than a movie.
