'MOCKUMENTARIES' ARE WHERE IT'S AT.

far_2, you might like The Fog of War.. basically a long interview of Robert McNamara talking about American foreign policy over the last half century, why we did what we did, why we fucked up where we did..

He's a real scoop.

Krull!

no seriously... i watch too many documentaries too name one as the best i've seen, but some i've watched lately that stuck is im toten vinkel(aka hitler's secretary), an inconvenient truth(despite the gore-idolising portrait segments in between the interesting stuff), who killed the electric car and a history channel documentary called the rivals of jesus. fog of war was good too.

The Corporation and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

They'll both make you despise most publicly traded companies.

I'm addicted to documentaries too. My friends mum doesn't watch a lot of TV, as she thinks that it's all documentaries. The Sopranos was the most recent thing she didn't watch..... how boring would that have been?

i really enjoyed Who Killed the Electric Car, much more than i expected. Two of my favorites are, Vernon, Florida and The Target Shoots First, it's hard to find, but well worth the watch. I just recently watched Been Rich All My Life, about a group of women in their 80's and 90's who've performed in the Cotton Club and alongside Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington and still perfom today...

anything with david attenborough, or Baraka, which isn't really a documentary exactly.

Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi (I haven't seen the third) by Godfrey Reggio

Capturing the Friedmans and Grizzly Man are the first that spring to mind.

crazy as it may sound....there was this documentary on Beavers that was on HDTV that was awesome...i was mesmerized :)

"Spellbound" was good. As was "An american movie"

Man bites dog (mockumentary) and Grizzly man

"Thin" was really good in a harrowing way.

there was a film a few years ago made by a small operation called "Pixar" about underwater life. I believe it was called Finding Nemo. It puts all of Jacque Cousteau's documentaries to shame.

AHAHAHA...

Running on the Sun

I think that's what it was called, it was goood.

I know I've seen a lot of good ones, but for some reason my mind is blank. Brother's Keeper is really good.

"American Movie". I don't like watching anything too serious, so this one was perfect for me.

The Coconut Revolution

It's kind of old, but it's a really excellent and exciting documentary. Here's the abstract:
This is the modern-day story of a native peoples’ seemingly impossible victory over Western colonial power. A story of resistance, innovation, ans self-help, and the development of an eco-state.

It's basically about how a foreign power colonized this island full of natives, gave them government, imported workers who became the majority voters, then used those voters to give themselves rights to most of the resources of the island.
It didn't sit well with the natives so they retreated to high mountain forests where they used guerilla tactics to steal weapons and equipment from the colonizers and use it against them (ie. they stole guns and after they ran out of ammo, converted them to crossbows; or stole generators and converted them to run on coconut oil, which they harvested in the mountains).
The eventually drove out the colonizers.

I know it's more of a docu-film, but I absolutely loved 'March of the Penguins'

BBC's "Walking With Dinosaurs"

Oh yeah, and "Born Into This" a documentary about Charles Bukowski. Except for the part with Bono reading one of his poems.

Anyone see "A State of Mind," about North Korea? I just saw it a few days ago and it was amazing.

I also recommend

The Yes Men

I second the Blue Planet!!!!!

Do VH1's Rockumentaries count?

you go to GW!


(I went to CU once upon a time)

hands on a hard body -- about a competition to win a truck

American Movie is HILARIOUS!

It's alright, it's ok, there's something to LIVE FOR! Jesus told me sooooo!

Also, The Weather Underground is one of my favorites. Anyone else seen?

Miracle Planet. 5 1-hour shows about how the earth and life was started.

What can i say? I'm uber-geek.

OMG! Jewstice!kirsten were in my dream last night! You guys....AND a live aligator! Weird.

Did anyone see Jesus Camp? The documentary about Evangelical youths who are convinced that Jesus will come back during their lives and that it is up to them to help save the corrupt?

Mezo, you must tell about this dream!

The Mayor of Sunset Strip and American Movie are the only ones that instantly spring to mind.

I have a friend who really likes Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

'Planet Earth' too - that series is amazing!

Also, The Last Waltz if that counts.

Grizzly Man and Crumb.

hoop dreams
bus 174

I thought Jesus Camp wasn't out yet.

You can get in on a torrent.

Grizzly Man
Born Into Brothels
Bowling For Columbine
Murderball

why we fight is great.
in plane sight
loose change
all these small time 'propaganda flix' are turning up what has since been tried to be hidden and so i say these are the best doc's.
murderball was good
fog of war

tarnation....

Grizzly Man and Plastic Disasters are insane.

PS: I know that's a mocku

I am trying to break your heart. (About Wilco)

oh, Grizzly Man wasn't bad. I had forgotten that I'd seen it. Sad and a bit disturbing, but a good documentary.