Documentary Recommendations

Documentary Recommendation: Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

03/11/2019

Documentary Recommendations

Quote from Exit Through the Gift Shop by Thierry Guetta: “That’s why I call myself Mr. Brainwash. It’s because everything that I do… somewhere… it brainwash your face!” Producers: Zam Baring, Holly Cushing Jaime, D’Cruz, Robert Gastman, James Gay-Rees, Meldoy Howse, and Andrew Palmer Director: Banksy Major Cast: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash (Thierry Guetta), Debora Guetta,…
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Documentary Recommendation: Burt’s Buzz (2013)

11/09/2018

Documentary Recommendations

Quote from Burt’s Bees by Burt Shavitz: “No one has ever accused me of being ambitious.” Producers: Jean Du Toit, Phyllis Laing, Isabella Rossellini, and Jody Shapiro Director: Jody Shapiro Cast: Burt Shavitz Rating: NA Running Time: 1 hour and 22 minutes Burt’s Buzz takes a little while to get to buzzing speed, but when…
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Documentary Recommendation: From the Kill Pen (2016)

07/11/2018

Documentary Recommendations

Quote from From the Kill Pen: “Horse slaughter is more than inhumane. It’s big business.” Producers: Sharon Boeckle, Tony Cane-Honeysett, and Peter D. Roth Director: Sharon Boeckle Writer: Sharon Boeckle Major Cast: Paula Bacon, Milton Bagby, Dean Bolstad, Alex Brown, Phil Carter, Neda DeMayo, A.Blair Dunn, Vickery Eckhoff, Lester Friedlander Rating: NA but not suitable…
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Documentary Recommendation: Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)

12/03/2017

Documentary Recommendations

Produced: Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Verona Meier, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, and Roman Paul Directed: Ari Folman Written: Ari Folman Cast: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Zahava Solomon, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Mikey Leon, and Yehezkel Lazarov ******* Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) is unlike the traditional animation. It is also…
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Documentary Recommendation: Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne

11/04/2017

Documentary Recommendations

This documentary starts in Belgian Congo where Augusta Chiwy was born in 1921 and ends in Belgium where she died in 2015. She was 94 years old. The center of the story is about this courageous and heroic Belgian nurse who volunteered to help the sick and dying soldiers during World War II during the…
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Documentary/Movie Recommendation: Lost in La Mancha/The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

10/16/2017

Documentary Recommendations, Movie Recommendations

Lost in La Mancha is a documentary about Terry Gilliam’s quest to film successfully a script about Don Quixote. The story would’ve shifted back and forth between present London to 17th century La Mancha had it ended the way Gilliam intended. The documentary follows the cast and crew as they encounter disaster after disaster. It…
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Movie/Documentary Recommendation: The Loving Story/Loving

04/30/2017

Documentary Recommendations, Movie Recommendations

Loving Story The life of Richard and Mildred Loving, both reluctant to be the face of interracial marriage, sort of mirrors how well this movie did in the Box Office. Let’s just say the gross total doesn’t cover its production costs as of today. I’m not sure why more people didn’t want to see it…
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Documentary Recommendation: Great Human Odyssey

04/19/2017

Documentary Recommendations

Great Human Odyssey I learned how resilient and strong our Homo sapiens sapiens ancestors were after watching this. The rough terrain, unrelenting weather, and scarcity of food they endured and survived really make us the smartest bipedal animals in existence. I watched all the great peoples of the world with primitive hunting styles and ways…
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Documentary Recommendations

04/11/2017

Documentary Recommendations

It’s Time to Get Serious Again!!! You will get a sense of my interests as many of these are the same subject. While this list doesn’t even scratch the surface, these are the ones that stood the test of time. My apologies for not being able to format it properly, but I did not feel…
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Documentary Recommendation: Be Here Now

03/11/2017

Documentary Recommendations

Andy Whitfield, Cancer, Documentary

I was late in watching the series Spartacus. I wish there were more seasons and wonder what would have occurred had Andy Whitfield continued to live past the age of his prime. I heard of this documentary while watching him and along with the other actors that played gladiators. The tenacity and strength he possessed…
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