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Please recommend some other documentaries.

posted 14 years ago by robgmiles
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We all know of the big documentary releases but it's often ones like this that are easy to miss unless you look at the tv guide, get lucky whilst changing the channel or get it recommended.

So I'm looking for some recommendations, obviously not stuff like Sicko or March of the Penguins!

I can recommend one that I saw recently, which was incredible. Dancing with the Devil. It was about life in the shanty towns of Rio. It had amazing access to some of the gang leaders of these slums. Highly recommended.

[–] Turfseer 14 years ago

Try "Food Inc."

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[–] tomx1000 14 years ago

if you liked this topic, you should also see "De Nadie" which is also about Central American immigrants.

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[–] itsita-o 14 years ago

I would strongly recommend "Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary", as well as "The Corporation." Both are very eye opening.

[–] onandonandon92 13 years ago

There's a great documentary I saw recently called : "Dear Zachary: a Letter to a son about his father"

A different subject material for sure, but a very riveting film

Incredibly handsome criminal genius and master of all villainy!

[–] EyeDodge 13 years ago

Oh my God Dear Zachary was so screwed up that was such a great film but so sad too!!

[–] gg82 13 years ago

Born Into Brothels. It takes place in the red light district in Calcutta. The documentary follows children of prostitutes. You'll find yourself pulling for those kids just much as the kids in Which Way Home.

[–] EyeDodge 13 years ago

I agree Born Into Brothels or Very Young Girls.

But my favorite documentary of all time was The Cove.

[–] nocakeforyou 11 years ago

It's not a documentary, but is also about a young boy immigrating illegally to the U.S. and is very well done. It's called La Misma Luna, or Under the Same Moon in English.

[–] BlackDog123 10 years ago

I know this is a super old post, but I recently watched Narco Cultura and it was excellent. Covers the drug cartel violence in Juarez, the crime scene investigators and detectives and how they attempt to contain it, and its glamorization across the border in the US.

They're coming to get you, Barbara!