Documentary Recommendations – Page 5

Amazon Docuseries Recommendation: The Last Narc (2020)

08/16/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

This docuseries is engaging, to say the least, as it deals with the murder of Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena. It covers the people involved in his murder, the investigation that occurred after he was murdered, and the end result which really wasn’t a result at all. The case is still open and his murder unsolved. Camarena…
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: Athlete A (2020)

08/12/2020

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This is a documentary that makes you think about the behind the closed door happenings you don’t know until it opens and all kinds of skeletons come out. This is about the USA Gymnastics organization and how they punished one gymnast in the running to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her name was Maggie…
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Documentary Recommendation: The Curse of the Elephant Man (2003)

06/04/2020

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Poem used by Joseph Merrick to end his letters, adapted from “False Greatness” by Issac Watts ‘Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God;Could I create myself anewI would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to poleOr grasp the ocean with a span,I would be measured…
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Documentary Recommendation: Finding Oscar (2016)

05/20/2020

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Producers: Scott Greathead, Nick Loud, Frank Marshall, Martin Singer, Stephen D. Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Ryan Suffern Director: Ryan Suffern Writers: Mark Monroe and Ryan Suffern I found out about this documentary by searching worthwhile documentaries to watch because let’s face it, I can only watch so many CSI episodes in any given time period.…
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Documentary Recommendation: Finding Oscar (2016)

05/16/2020

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Producers: Scott Greathead, Nick Loud, Frank Marshall, Martin Singer, Stephen D. Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Ryan Suffern Director: Ryan Suffern Writers: Mark Monroe and Ryan Suffern I found out about this documentary by searching worthwhile documentaries to watch because let’s face it, I can only watch so many CSI episodes in any given time period. …
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Hulu Documentary Recommendation: Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power (2019)

04/21/2020

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Quote by Margaret Atwood “Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up.” Director: Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont Executive Producers: Steve Ord and Peter Pearson Major Cast: Carl Atwood, Harold Atwood, Margaret Atwood, Ruth Atwood, Louise Dennys, Peter Florence, Graeme Gibson,…
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Last Three Documentaries I Watched

02/26/2020

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I decided to do this a little differently this time around. I’m not going to list all the behind the scenes people involved and focus more on the content of each documentary and my short thoughts on each one. Inequality for All (2013) is the first one I watched. It covers the former U.S. Labor…
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Documentary Recommendation: Eating Animals (2018)

01/13/2020

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Quote from Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer “Factory farming, of course, does not cause all the world’s problems, but is is remarkable just how many of them intersect there.” Producers: Jennifer Barrons, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Noam Dromi, Sandra Keats, Jon Levin, Natalie Portman, Christopher Dillon Quinn, Burton Ritchie, Jonathan Safran Foer, Regina K. Scully,…
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Netflix Recommendation: The Movies that Made Us (2019-)

12/13/2019

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Executive Producers: Jay Chapman, Benjamin J. Frost, Cisco Henson, and Brian Volk-Weiss Directors: Brian Volk-Weiss Writers: Benjamin J. Frost and Brian Volk-Weiss TV Rating: TV-MA Running Time: 60 minutes per episode ******* This is a documentary show about the backstory and other information many people don’t know about unless you had the inside scoop or…
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TV Show Recommendation: 30 for 30 (2009-)

11/25/2019

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Creators: Bill Simmons and Conner Schell Main Producers: Bill Simmons, Connor Schell, and John Dahl Number of Seasons so far: Currently in 3rd season Running Time of Each Episode: Varies ******* According to IMDb, 30 for 30 has four seasons, but on Wikipedia it says it has three seasons plus ESPN Films Presents, Shorts, and…
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Documentary Recommendation: Free Solo (2018)

10/29/2019

Documentary Recommendations

Quote by Alex Honnold from Free Solo “I think it’s the best thing in life to be able to take the one thing you love the most and have it, like, work out that you can make a living that way.” Executive Producers: Tim Pastore, Matt Renner, Carson Hood, Laurie MacDonald, Stefan Sonnenfeld, and Walter…
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Documentary Recommendation: Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale (2016)

10/23/2019

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“The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks.” -African Proverb- Executive Producer: Paul G. Allen Director: Ben Bowie and Geoff Luck Cast: Mike Chase, Wellington Jana, Brett Mitchell, Boago Poloko, and Robert O’Brien. Rating: NA Running Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes ******* I’ve never seen an elephant in the wild, but one day…
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Documentary Recommendation: Ballet Now (2018)

10/09/2019

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Executive Producers: Paul Allen, Elisabeth Moss, Alex Blavatnik, Olga Blavatnik, and Simon Perry Director: Steven Cantor Major Cast: Isabella Boylston, Zachary Catazaro, Preston Chamblee, Reece Clarke, Harrison Coll, Lauren Cuthbertson, Jeanette Delgado, Michelle Dorrance, Virgil Gadson, Marcelo Gomes, Rachel Hutsell, Bill Irwin, Lauren King, Claire Kretzschmar, Marc Moreau, Lars Nelson, Tiler Peck, Kleber Rebello, Taylor…
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