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Post a documentary that you recommend and suspect most folks haven't seen.

Posted by TFox Feb 17 '09, 07:02

I'll go with "Scratch", which will give you a better appreciation for hip-hop music and the evolution of the DJ and the positive side of hip-hop.

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I haven't seen it, but I've heard great things about My Kid Could Paint That. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:39
A lot of folks nowadays haven't seen Hoop Dreams, but it still holds up extremely well. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 07:38
Ring of Fire (the Blair brothers) -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:35 1
- I almost DVRed the other Ring of Fire the other day, but making SheFox page past it every day seemed way too cruel. - TFox Feb 17, 07:37
berserk in the antarctic. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:30 1
- also: the last nomads. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:34
One Day in September -- nm - LMS Feb 17, 07:28
Oh, and The Staircase is a must see. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:28 1
- Also, I think Encounters at the End of the World was my favorite 2008 movie. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:29
This Is Not A Robbery, Jump, and Reindeer Girls -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 07:28
oh! Sharkwater, and Go Further (with Woody Harrelson.) Both are very accessible. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:26
I am realizing that this entire post & replies is a gigantic list of things I have never seen -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 07:20 6
- It is enhancifying my queue substantially. -- nm - TFox Feb 17, 07:22 5
  - I already have like 200 movies in my quene, I will never catch up. - tRuMaN Feb 17, 07:32 1
    - You can make a Watch It Now queue. -- nm - TFox Feb 17, 07:36
  - *puts in another vote for Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, especially since you're a Rhode Islander.* -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:27 2
    - basically any Errol Morris. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:32 1
      - I'm on board with this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:33
Glass: A Portrait of Phillip in 12 Parts... Dreams with Sharp Teeth... -- nm - secretslacker Feb 17, 07:19 1
- I'm still kicking myself for not having seen that first one yet -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 07:20
I have so many, but maybe Hole in a Fence. - Amy Feb 17, 07:12 5
- Oh, yeah, Project Grizzly is in my top three. Also: Murderball. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:17 2
  - project grizzly is an absolute must see. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:20
  - Murderball was fantastic. -- nm - kelly Feb 17, 07:18
- I haven't thought about American Movie in ages. - Reagen Feb 17, 07:14
- Oh, Autism the Musical. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:14
The Kid Stays in the Picture; An Unreasonable Man; Lost in La Mancha; Unforgivable Blackness; Hearts of Darkness; Night and Fog. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 17, 07:11 2
- Lost in La Mancha should be mandatory for anyone who likes films. It's *great*. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:22
- Lost in La Mancha -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 07:13
Thicker Than Water or Riding Giants -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 07:09
(Zelig!) Touching the Void is my favorite that anyone could like. Bluegrass Journey and Lightning in a Bottle are great if you like bluegrass/blues. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 07:09 1
- Touching the Void was fabulous -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 07:11
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control - Reagen Feb 17, 07:09 1
- one of my all time favorite films. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:10
Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris' first). -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:09
Oh, another great one: "The Weather Underground" (esp. if you feel like you want to know more about Bill Ayers, who came up in the campaign a ton.) -- nm - TFox Feb 17, 07:06
I always recommend Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. - Dignan Feb 17, 07:04
Dark Days (about people living in an abandoned part of the New York subway. wiki link inside) -- (link) - Andie Feb 17, 07:03 1
- That was really good. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:13

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