📺 Documentaries

Well big thanks to Cholula for the recommendation on Storyville - Cartel Land. The Mexico story, which thankfully is about 80% of the documentary, was gripping. What an insight into just how totally screwed up that country is, with the normal decent people as ever paying the price.

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You’d have to torrent it, but Still The Enemy Within is well worth a watch. It’s a detailed look at the Miner’s Strike and ia scary glimpse at what could have been.

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The only issue I had with it was the American part. It just seemed a tad pointless? I don’t really know what it added to the film. I would have been perfectly happy with it being just about the Autodefensas, and perhaps more on the process leading up to them becoming the rural defence force, and Mireless’ estrangement from the group - which although mentioned, seemed very rushed and didn’t make much sense.

This is much more interesting than glimpses of some American dude strolling around the desert. There probably is a decent film in following these guys around, but the time given to them made it seem a tad pointless, as there was no depth to it.

Thanks though, Cholula. It was a very enjoyable watch.

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This is still on iPlayer actually. And well worth the watch. Discussed on another thread on here I think.

A couple of other Adam Curtis docs available on YouTube. I like this one:

The Hunt (BBCiplayer) has been awesome.

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Making of a Murderer on Netflix. Currently caning 9.4 IMDB and 85% on Metacritic. Plenty of real life true crime docs out there. This is superior to all of them. Shocking and barely credible but all true. Nuts.

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Grey Gardens, a fascinating documentary about the aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy…

It’s a factual film but uses kind of covert techniques to reveal things, it’s just the trailer but its really worth watching.

Started watching based on your shout, TiCK.

Compelling and a half.

3 episodes in and I just want to get rid of the relatives and keep watching it.

No spoilers please!

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No spoilers from me. I’m 5 episodes down now. It’s taking all my willpower not to Google the outcome. Amazing television.

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Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid

Making of a Murderer on Netflix. Currently caning 9.4 IMDB and 85% on Metacritic. Plenty of real life true crime docs out there. This is superior to all of them. Shocking and barely credible but all true. Nuts.

Watched the first episode and was truly shocked! :astonished:

Orion…a documentary on storyville, not available now, about a Elvis ‘impersonator’…just so happens he sounded exactly like Elvis and was born illegiamatlely (sp) in the deep south…the fathers name on the birth certificate was just Vernon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sh3vrxOAg4

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Werner Herzog movie, it’s more interesting that the guy was a failed US californian actor but sought fame through getting close to Grizzly Bears. Werner Herzog is known as a dour German documentary filmaker. He was eventually maulled to death and Werner documented it.

They look so cute

I went to see grizzly man with a slightly mentally unhinged friend of mine at a local arts cinema. We got shouted at by a serious man as my friend laughed at some of the footage deemed to be sad.

Backcountry, these bears aren’t cute :frowning:

Originally posted by @saintbletch

Started watching based on your shout, TiCK.

Compelling and a half.

3 episodes in and I just want to get rid of the relatives and keep watching it.

No spoilers please!

Where have we got to Bletch? I’m up to episode 8 - been absolutely no let up - am going to try and finish it tonight then it will be really important that I discuss it with strangers on the internet.

Right, finished it. Incredible.

People need to watch this.

TiCK, just finished episode 8, and I am fucking fuming!

I won’t tell you how I felt at the end lest it betray the outcome.

Struggling to think of a better documentary series though.