Documentaries from 2000 - 2004

 

2004

  • A Touch of Greatness***** (link to the PBS website for A Touch of Greatness)
  • Arna's Children**
  • Awful Normal** (more exploration of their father's role in all of this seems necessary)
  • Born Into Brothels*****
  • Bright Leaves****
  • Brothers in Arms**
  • The Conscientious Objector*****(one of the best Doc's that I've seen)
  • Deadline**** (Official Deadline website)
  • Death in Gaza*****
  • Decisions that Shook the World****
  • Farmingville*****
  • Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor*****
  • Going Upriver: The Long River of John Kerry*** (A well made and intriguing John Kerry commercial)
  • Hiding and Seeking*****
  • Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train****
  • In the Realms of the Unreal***(The Official Realms website)
  • Michael Moore Hates America****(The tone of the title and the tone of the film don't really fit. Luckily, the film seems actually very balanced and honest)
  • Outfoxed: Murdock's War on Journalism***
  • Overnight****
  • Paper Clips*****
  • S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine****
  • Sister Helen*****
  • Slasher**
  • Super Size Me***** (Official Super Size Me website)
  • The Corporation***** (Official The Corporation website)
  • The Fight*** (Official The Fight website at PBS)
  • The Hunting of the President***
  • The Lost Boys of Sudan***** (Official Lost Boys of Sudan website)
  • Weapons of Mass Deception** (Starts out ridiculously obnoxious but makes a nice turn-around)
  • Word Wars**** (The principle characters aren't as likeable as those on Spellbound, but this is still an interesting personality study)
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    2003

  • A Certain Kind of Death***
  • A Decade Under the Influence****(Sparked my interest in films of the 1970s and late-60's)
  • Be Good, Smile Pretty***
  • Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary***
  • Bonhoeffer** (International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society link)
  • Bright Leaves****
  • Bukowski: Born Into This **
  • Capturing the Friedmans ***** (Official Capturing the Friedmans website)
  • Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music****
  • Distorted Morality *** (Documentary covers a lecture Chomsky gives at MIT pertaining to the current war on terrorism)
  • Flag Wars*****
  • Flight from Death: The Quest  for Immortality****
  • Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine ***
  • Girlhood ***
  • Hooked ** (Official Hooked website)
  • My Architect: A Son's Journey***** (Official My Architect website)
  • Rivers and Tides***
  • See How They Run***
  • Shane McGowan: If I Should Fall From Grace**
  • Spellbound *****
  • Stalingrad***
  • Stevie ***** (A must-see)
  • The Fog of War *****
  • The Last Round: Chuvali vs. Ali ****
  • The Legacy of Rosina Lhevinne***
  • The Letter: An American Town and Somali "Invasion" **** (Official The Letter website)
  • The Murder of Emmett Till ****
  • The Stone Reader ***** (Official The Stone Reader website)
  • To Be and To Have****
  • Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War**
  • Weather Underground *****
  • Wheel of Time*****
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    2002

  • Bowling for Columbine **(Is this really a documentary?)
  • Chiefs*****
  • Comedian ****
  • Daughter from Danang ***
  • Devil's Playground ****
  • Family Fundamentals****
  • Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder***
  • Hell House **** (What you should avoid doing as a church fund-raiser)
  • Hitler's Britain***
  • How to Draw a Bunny**** (An interesting look at the life, art, and death - these terms may all represent the same thing - of Ray Johnson: Unfortunately, the drum infused soundtrack is incredibly annoying) (http://www.rayjohnsonestate.com/)
  • Journeys with George***
  • The Execution of Wanda Jean **
  • The Last Game*****
  • The Smashing Machine ****
  • The True Meaning of Pictures ***
  • Trials of Henry Kissinger****
  • War Photographer ***** (A must-see)
  • You See Me Laughing****(link to Fat Possum Records)
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    2001

  • Aftermath: The Remnants of War*****
  • Children Underground ***** (A must-see)
  • Go Tigers *****
  • Hidden Wars of Desert Storm ***
  • Keep the River on the Right *****
  • Murder on a Sunday Morning ****
  • Scottsboro: An American Tragedy ***
  • Southern Comfort *****
  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures*****
  • Starwoids **** (like I would miss this one?!?!?!?)
  • The Natural History of the Chicken ***
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    2000

  • American Nightmare **
  • Dark Days *****
  • The Mark of Cain****
  • One Day in September *****
  • Paragraph 175 ***
  • Sound and Fury *****
  • The First Year *****