That one Jon pilger did on the killing fields , christ it was grim but compelling
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That one Jon pilger did on the killing fields , christ it was grim but compelling
Devil next door on Netflix is a good one.
Making a Murderer has to be seen to be believed too.
The Office
I like most of Louis Theroux’s.
The Storyville slot on BBC Four / BBC iPlayer is terrific. It features documentaries from all around the world.
A particularly good one that I watched last year (3 episodes, each being one-hour long) was about a highly-acclaimed Italian surgeon employed by a pioneering hospital in Finland. It was called 'The Downfall of A Super-Surgeon'.
A combination of charm, kudos and a sense of invincibility meant that he was killing people in a project that wasn't working i.e. building new tracheas by grafting stem cells on a man-made tubular structure - and by remove the patients' original tracheas and which resulted in the patients (some of whom were interviewed) dying when the new implants failed (and many of the patients weren't in danger of dying in the first place). The surgeon in question seemed to be less than honest and analytical regarding the overwhelming failure rate and his employers were loath to challenge him. The intriguing thing was that the surgeon was being filmed and interviewed (in English by a Swedish journalist) as part of a more conventional documentary at first. Only part of the way in does the journalist realise that something more is involved.
Paradise Lost , The West Memphis Three
Three young boys murdered and sexually mutilated , three local teenagers are arrested
One has special educational needs , one is very shy , one is a bit of a metal head , dresses in black etc
It's basically a complete fit up by the bigoted local police , and the whole documentary is an analysis of the backward culture of the bible belt culture that is ingrained in law enforcement , the local community and ultimately the criminal justice system
The film is three hours long and covers the police first finding the bodies , which is extremely graphic and distressing , through the arrest of the young men on no evidence apart from they were on the edge of society , through the trial , the conviction of the young men and the subsequent battle by educated local people who know these young men had been framed and wrongly convicted of ritual sadistic murder by a corrupt police , and local jury
A follow up was made a few years later
The campaign group never stopped in their fight to release the convicted young men
This all began in the mid 1990s
They were finally released from prison , as grown men , in their late thirties , a few years ago
Its compelling viewing and it's very clear who the murderer is from very early in the film
I wont give anything else away but I am amazed he hasn't been put on trial since the innocent mens release
They have lost twenty years of their lives
All because of a twisted criminal investigation and deep south bigotry
A total fit up
Death On The Staircase
A successful author is arrested after his wife is found with fatal injuries at the bottom of the stairs
Story of the police investigation and the cameras also follow him and his family and his wifes family around up to the verdict
Edge of your seat stuff
Ken Burns Vietnam War, watched it twice all the way through. What a completely pointless waste of life on both sides.
I watched city 40 recently about a closed city in Russia. Had no idea these even existed. It's a good watch.
The World at War, narrated by Sir Larry O.
Inside Job about the 2008 financial crisis
There's so many it would take me almost forever to list them: I'm a documentary junkie so I watch a lot of them. However, a random one for anyone who hasn't seen it; Orion, the singer in the mask who was a sort of Elvis tribute with a voice which was uncannily similar. Fascinating!!!
DARK LEGACY, always springs to mind.
The killing of JFK.
Ken Burns - Baseball
The World At War.
The Nazis A Warning From History, brilliantly produced series.
I remember seeing a documentary called All My Loving by the director Tony Palmer circa 1970. All the great music of the time set against a background of the Vietnam War - pretty horrific.
Twin Town.
Who killed the electric car,
this is great shows how a small wing of General motors released an electric car in 1997, which was really good and popular, the big wigs within the company shit themselves, recalled the cars and crushed them all, before investing millions into anti electric lobby groups.
Blackfish, a documentary about the Killer Whales in sea world
That's fantastic , poor animal went off his head
Many SeaWorld have been shut down since
But you still see stupid dumb brits on holiday with their kids having pictures taken with dolphins that are basically slaves kept captive for human entertainment and greed
These animals should be in the sea
Saw one about the serial killer Jeffrey dharmer on freeview a few years back
That was disturbing
So many, as I mostly watch documentaries, but a few especially good ones would be:
Red Army - about the Soviet ice hockey team. Fascinating whether you like the sport or not, which I do but my girlfriend loved it too and she's not a sports person.
Making a murderer - Already mentioned above. Brilliant and just difficult to comprehend the injustice.
Time: The Kalief Browder Story - Again, just a shocking miscarriage of justice.
When they see us - More miscarriage of justice stuff, just shocking how the police stitched a load of kids up in New York.
I just watched The Pharmacist on netflix, and that's well worth watching, about the opioid epidemic in the states.
Killer Inside: The mind of Aaron Hernandez is really good too.
The Legend of Ruby Ridge
One Day In September springs to mind. About the kidnap of Israeli Olympians in Munich. Exasperating.
The Vietnam War, 10 part series, always been fascinated by that conflict, the justification for it, the actions of both sides, the whole sad story.
Seen a good one last year on a Woodstock,can’t remember what it was called tho.
Agree Vietnam was gripping, couldn't put it down.
Also The World at War was jaw dropping in it's time in the 70's some of the shocking footage shown for the first time made even more dramatic with Lawrence Olivier' s iconic voice.
Used to watch it as a kid with my dad, 9pm weekly.
Two great shouts :thumbup:
Just finished watching "the staircase" on Netflix American authors wife dead at bottom of stairs in pool of blood follows him around through court case well worth a watch , whether he did it or not shows how corrupt the justice system is