Documentary Recommendations – Page 6

Documentary Recommendation: Frank Serpico (2017)

10/07/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Hulu Recommendations

Quote from Frank Serpico by Frank Serpico “I said this to the Knapp Commission over 25 years ago,… We must create an atmosphere where the crooked cop fears the honest cop, and not the other way around.” Executive Producers: Brian Devine Sr. Silvija Devine, and Jonathan Gray Director: Antonino D’Ambrosio Writer: Antonino D’Ambrosio Major Cast:…
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Hulu Documentary Recommendation: Untouchable (2019)

09/30/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Hulu Recommendations

Quote by Harvey Weinstein “People want to see big, escapist fare. They don’t want to be challenged to think.” Executive Producers: Charlie Dorfman, David Gilbery, Hugo Grumbar, Tim Haslam, Tom McDonald, and Simon Young Director: Ursula Macfarlane MMPA Rating: No Rating Given Running Time: 1 hour and 38 minutes Have you ever wondered about the…
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Netflix Docu-Series Recommendation: Dirty Money (2018-)

08/16/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations, U.S. Government

Creator: Alex Gibney Executive Producers: Adam Del Deo, Alex Gibney, Brad Hebert, Yon Motskin, Lisa Nishimura, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Jason Spingarn-Koff, and John Turner Directors: Erin Lee Carr, Alex Gibney, Kristin Jacobson, Brian McGinn, Jesse Moss, and Fisher Stevens MMPA Rating: NA but would say not suitable for young children Episode Running Time: 1…
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TV and Documentary Recommendation: American Masters (1985-)/The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)

08/05/2019

Documentary Recommendations, TV Recommendations

As a precursor, I’ve been in my rewriting phase of one of my novel ideas. It’s been a long process. One year passed, then another, and here I am in 2019. You’d think that me working so long on it, I should have a great masterpiece. I’m telling you 100%, it will not be, but…
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Documentary Recommendation: Water & Power: A California Heist (2017)

06/06/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote by Jeffrey Mount from PPIC Water Policy Center “We’ve been living off borrowed water.” Director: Marina Zenovich Writer: Mark Arax MMPA Rating: PG for thematic elements, some language and brief smoking Running Time: 1 hour and 27 minutes ******* In addition to the problem of homelessness in California especially in the larger cities…
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: My Son the Jihadi (2015)

05/27/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from My Son the Jihadi by Michael Evans (brother of Thomas Evans): “It’s so weird, how someone who’s grown up as your own flesh and blood could do that to somebody. It doesn’t make any sense, I don’t think it ever will make any sense. I’m glad he’s not around to hurt anyone. It’s…
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: The Creative Brain (2019)

05/12/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from The Creative Brain by author Michael Chabon: “There never has been such a thing as true originality.” This was an interesting documentary in that it opened my eyes on that I thought creativity meant in terms of originality and failure. It is based from David Eagleman’s book, The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity…
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Documentary Recommendation: Survivors Guide to Prison (2018)

05/12/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Statistic from Survivors Guide to Prison: “80 percent of former prisoners end up right back in jail.” When I was in school learning all about the criminal justice system, I took the stance of prisons as a necessary evil. I knew they were basically an American experiment, if you will, that failed miserably but knew…
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Netflix Recommendation: ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)

05/10/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Music, Netflix Recommendations

Partial lyrics from Robert Johnson’s song “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom” I’m gonna write a letter Telephone every town I know I’m gonna write a letter Telephone every town I know If I can’t find her in West Helena She must be in East Monroe I know Netflix has these remastered stories about musicians. …
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Documentary Recommendation: The Untold History of the United States (2012-2013)

04/19/2019

Documentary Recommendations, History, Netflix Recommendations, US History

Quote from The Untold History of the United State by Oliver Stone: “Americans, like people everywhere, are in thrall to their visions of the past, rarely realizing the extent to which their understanding of history shapes behavior in the here and now. Historical understanding defines people’s very sense of what is thinkable and achievable. As…
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: Saving Capitalism (2017)

04/16/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Executive Producers: Steven Firestone, Nick Morton, Rick Rosenthal, Justin Schein, Stephen M. Silberstein, and Ryan Smith Directors: Jacob Kornbluth and Sari Gilman Major Cast: Robert Reich Rating: TV-PG Running Time: One hour and 13 minutes ******* The one thing I got from this documentary is that if American politicians as creators and enforcers of policy…
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Netflix TV Mini-series Recommendation: Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)

04/08/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations, US History

Quote from Bobby Kennedy for President by Robert F. Kennedy: “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” Executive Producers: Nestan Behrens, Ben Cotner, Gunnar…
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Documentary Recommendation: Farewell Ferris Wheel (2016)

03/11/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Farewell Ferris Wheel by Carnival Owner : “No one has to tell them what to do, how to do it, they start working.” Writers: Miguel ‘M.i.G’ Martinez and Jamie Sisley Directors: Miguel ‘M.i.G’ Martinez and Jamie Sisley MPAA Rating: Not Rated Running Time: 1 hour and 12 minutes ******* Documentary filmmakers usually sway…
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