Documentary recommendation thread

cloudatlas

Adam Curtis's 'Can't get you out of my head'. Which is mind blowing and very interesting. A six-part BBC documentary television series created by Adam Curtis. Links many cultural a political phenomena, individualism vs collectivism, attempts at change throughout history, nation branding, conspiracy theory, imperialism, power structures. The trailer isn't really self explanatory.

I liked this quote “the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”

― David Graeber,

It's on iplayer and also available on youtube.

Agent Coulson

S.M.B. wrote: »

It's a 12 hour series? Hmmm, hadn't realised it was that long.

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah 3 hrs in myself. Very long and detailed. Fascinating though.

Seems the guide I use had it as a 6 part series, Just had a look on Wikipedia and it's only a two part series.

The Nal

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Seems the guide I use had it as a 6 part series, Just had a look on Wikipedia and it's only a two part series.

Aha, thought there was 8 more hours to follow! Havent watched the last hour yet.

This looks good. Next on the list.

Agent Coulson

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork

Drops June 30th.

S.M.B.

*sees that there is a new post in this thread*



*sees that the recommendation is for another true crime documentary*

RichT

S.M.B. wrote: »

*sees that there is a new post in this thread*



*sees that the recommendation is for another true crime documentary*

It's a recommendation for a documentary that I'm sure a lot of people are waiting for, after so many would have listened to the 'West Cork' podcast.

Perhaps start another thread entitled "Documentary recommendations (that S.M.B would be interested in) thread" and see how that goes for you.

Personally, I think there's a nice mix of recommendations in this thread.

S.M.B.

Agreed, there has been a good spread posted here recently. It's actually a lot worse in the Podcast recommendations thread from what I remember.

Apologies if my post came across as some sort of policing of what should and should not be posted in here as opposed to a failed attempt at simply pointing out my own personal disinterest in what is a very popular sub genre of documentaries right now.

cloudatlas

The silence of others 'El silencio de otros' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8099236/

It's available to rent on Vimeo for U.K Ireland https://vimeo.com/ondemand/silenceofothers

On netflix in the U.S / Spain.

'The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows the survivors as they organize the groundbreaking 'Argentine Lawsuit' and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, and explores a country still divided four decades into democracy. Seven years in the making, The Silence of Others is the second documentary feature by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (Made in L.A.). It is being Executive Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García.'

One of the most memorable documentaries I've seen in recent years with really strong interviews with individuals effected by the aftermath of Franco's dictatorship and the legacy of the Pact of Forgetting and their attempt to have the truth recognised and to try to find catharsis. The Pact of Forgetting was a political decision (by both the leftist and rightist parties) to avoid dealing with the legacy of Francoism after the 1975 death of Francisco Franco.

breezy1985

cloudatlas wrote: »

The silence of others 'El silencio de otros' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8099236/

It's available to rent on Vimeo for U.K Ireland https://vimeo.com/ondemand/silenceofothers

On netflix in the U.S / Spain.

'The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows the survivors as they organize the groundbreaking 'Argentine Lawsuit' and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, and explores a country still divided four decades into democracy. Seven years in the making, The Silence of Others is the second documentary feature by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (Made in L.A.). It is being Executive Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García.'

One of the most memorable documentaries I've seen in recent years with really strong interviews with individuals effected by the aftermath of Franco's dictatorship and the legacy of the Pact of Forgetting and their attempt to have the truth recognised and to try to find catharsis. The Pact of Forgetting was a political decision (by both the leftist and rightist parties) to avoid dealing with the legacy of Francoism after the 1975 death of Francisco Franco.

Really enjoyed it. The first documentary in a while that really hooked me

Atlantic Dawn

Max Mosley - It's Complicated, basically ignore every gutter press story about the man which took place completely consensually in his own private life. Some people like Snickers clothing and a hard hat of a Saturday night and are not led to the gallows, some prefer other 'stuff'. He likely has saved a few 100k lives around the world for his extensive campaigns on car safety, starting off in F1 and progressing in to car crash testing and onwards to this testing in basket case developing countries like India where there's 300 plus people dying a day on the roads. He was involved in the setup of Euro NCAP testing which benchmarks safety for cars sold in the EU today, cars like the Mini Metro which these NCAP tests exposed as complete death traps that were subsequently taken off the road. He said he would finance any of the News International phone hacking cases should any fail, took down Murdoch and Co at the time. Thank you Max for your service to automobiling and life, RIP.

The Nal

Loved Carlos Ghosn The Last Flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKftGmjdZ7w&ab_channel=SheffieldDoc%2FFest

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117779198#Comment_117779198

Watched this tonight, really enjoyed it.

Mantis Toboggan

Just for the day that's in it the national geographic documentary, 9/11 one day in America is excellent.

6 episodes about 45 minutes each. Lots of footage I hadn't previously seem. Story well told.

gmisk

BBC have a top notch documentary available called a killing in tiger bay...it is terrific 3 episodes in total I would recommend going into it blind

gmisk

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Well worth a watch available on sky, only knew the basic about Theranos but this goes pretty in depth.

Ben Done

The Last Mountain on iPlayer.

I love climbing docs, but this is one of the best I've seen.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117876120#Comment_117876120

Watched this over the last few nights, really enjoyed it. So many lives destroyed, you have to wonder how many other cases were like this, lots may never have seen justice. I'd never heard of this case growing up, not sure how much coverage it got on this side of the water.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054976#Comment_118054976

Which player is this on, can't find it? Looked in RTE and BBC players.

S.M.B.

I see it on the BBC iPlayer. I'm UK based though so not sure if that makes a difference.

Ben Done

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118065748#Comment_118065748

BBC - you might need a DNS / VPN to view..

The Black Oil

Some stuff coming down the line from Netflix and HBO.

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Nov 29.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QH5hBOoz08&ab_channel=Netflix

Jagged - Nov 18.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWtvC5a5TB0&ab_channel=HBO

Adrienne - Dec 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7X1gw-2URc&ab_channel=HBO

lucalux

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118065748#Comment_118065748

Found the three episodes on YouTube in case anyone can't find them elsewhere.

Episode 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztTCUHjBr-M&t=10s

Episode 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SphNeslaOZw

Episode 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAoAUZqSu_Y

The Black Oil

Street Gang, from HBO. Dec 13. Sesame Street's own Youtube has 22 million subscribers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQEFS6aKXCU&ab_channel=HBO

PilotHole

Hotel Coolgardie,

Watched this last week,

I'd recommend it but its a very unconformable watch .

Would be interested to see some other opinions.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5723774/

The Black Oil

The Murders at Starved Rock from HBO. Dec 14. Tough going, by the look of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZL2pAnaZU&ab_channel=HBO

Agent Coulson

The Line

When a Navy Seal is just murder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7iIHB6j72k&ab_channel=AppleTV

Agent Coulson

If you were of that age in the early 90's you more than likely had a copy of this.

Alanis didn't like how they portrayed her and refused to do any media for it.

Now I really liked it and I didn't think it showed her in a bad light in anyway quiet the opposite I though myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWtvC5a5TB0&ab_channel=HBO

S.M.B.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118260243#Comment_118260243

I failed to see exactly why Alanis felt so betrayed by the final edit to the extent that I'm very curious to hear where her issues lie. I'm assuming certain elements were given more weight than she'd have liked?

Overall I thought it was average enough to be honest. A little scattered I guess.

Agent Coulson

The Rescue on Disney+ is fantastic.

From Academy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, THE RESCUE chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Kw5kAPSbk

the whole year inn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118260243#Comment_118260243

Can this be streamed anywhere?

the whole year inn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118266366#Comment_118266366

I m glad I watched it , but did nothing happen after that album , it just seem to not show anything else and briefly show her kids.

She does across good in it and very likeable so not sure why she didn't like how she was portrayed

Sugarlumps

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118214769#Comment_118214769

Enjoyed this, mad ending.

Mike Litoris

Old one but a goodun'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33i52ZtC8w

gmisk

Not sure if I recommended it before but just noticed the terrific "next goal wins" is available on now TV.

It's about the American Samoa national football team who suffered the biggest defeat in international football (31-0 to Australia) it focuses a lot on a Dutch coach called Thomas Rongen who comes into coach them, really excellent imo

Worth watching before the Hollywood film version comes out, it has been long delayed (I am guessing due to Armie Hammer being in the cast - Michael Fassbender is the lead and it is directed by Taika Watiti)

Zak Flaps

Some of my favourites:

The Jinx

Making a Murderer (1st Series)

Don't F*ck With Cats

The Imposter

Searching For Sugar Man

The Inventor - Out For Blood In Silicon Valley

Touching The Void

My Octopus Teacher

Man On Wire

Anvil

Capturing The Friedmans

Going Clear

Grizzly Man

Agent Coulson

Two more Music Box doc's that both end the same way sadly for the both artists filmed over the last year of their lifes one at the height if his career and one trying to rebuild his.

Juice World Into the Abyss.

I can't say I knew him or his music and he died aged 21, However watching this he seemed a genuinely good and decent guy who had a lot of talent and sadly addiction got the best of him when the money came rolling in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L05rpeHslpo&ab_channel=HBO

DMX Don't try to Understand.

DMX I did know and his music who died at 50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fjywXu_KW8&ab_channel=HBO

The Nal

Good list here. Varietys best docs of 2021.

https://variety.com/lists/2021-best-documentaries/

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118409472#Comment_118409472

Some excellent stuff on there...I adored the truffle hunters doc!

santana75

Watched "Slaying the badger" on Disney+ the other night......Great documentary about the 1986 tour de France battle between Greg la monde and Bernard hinault. A must for cycling fans

The Black Oil

The Puppet Master: Hunting The Ultimate Conman, coming on Jan 18. Very personal to those interviewed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsVjVu31KL0&ab_channel=Netflix

robwen

The Man Who Bought Cricket, on Sky Documentaries is very good

You don't have to be into cricket

https://youtu.be/I1jPPZdhGRw

Agent Coulson

14 Peaks Nothing is Impossible.

An amazing doc on Netflix about Nirmal Purja who climbed all 14 of the worlds 8000 meters mountains in 7 months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WROgyrGF4Fs&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTV

Agent Coulson

I would have gone to it and still would go if it was still operating.

Class Action Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqg48h_uKYM&ab_channel=HBOMax

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118445637#Comment_118445637

I watched this one on sky a while back it is very good fun!

I don't think I could deal with the broken limbs!

olestoepoke

Not sure if it's been said but I am a killer on Netflix is very good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57au_a4PqG4

Mike Litoris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118260243#Comment_118260243

I really liked this. It was a nice trip down memory lane with some great music. She came across as decent, grounded, humorous and brutally honest about herself without looking for any sympathies.

The Black Oil

The Tinder Swindler, Feb 2. This might get the masses talking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3LWM_Vt70&ab_channel=Netflix

S.M.B.

Sky Documentaries on NOW are so bad at highlighting new additions to the channel. I have to browse through their entire catalogue to identify recent releases.

I had no idea that there have been some major additions in recent weeks.

The entire Music Box series including the Alanis episode talked about above. I'm guessing that's why more people are discussing that episode lately.

Val, the Val Kilmer documentary, which is on Amazon Prime in the US but has now popped up here.

And the Hulu WeWork documentary is now available to view too.

These all seem like pretty high profile releases but even as someone who goes out of their way to try track this, I find the lack of visibility very frustrating.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457041#Comment_118457041

Now is just bad full stop when it comes to navigating the site

S.M.B.

Problem solved. Just Watch have finally decided to split NOWs entertainment and cinema packages so all of a sudden I am no longer reliant on their own software. Turns out a few have been added to Sky Arts without me knowing too (David Byrnes American Utopia and The Painter and the Thief).