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The TT documentary is cracking. (don't know if it's been mentioned already)
Couldn't be bothered to check properly, but someone posted the trailer for STEEP, tis on you tube
If this is a double post, ppppffftttttthhtt
TT Closer to The Edge (again)
Have we had SENNA yet? It will make you cry a bucket load at the end.
The First Ascent series is good.
http://www.senderfilms.com/firstascentseries.com/
Also The Eiger doc. Might still be on bbci player.
The eiger documentary and man on wire. Both awesome.
Herzog's 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'.
There is simply no greater documentary film maker on earth.
Big River Man.
Ata Whenua, helicopter shot film of Fjordland in NZ. Truly stunning. May not classify as a documentary I suppose but worth a watch.
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Went to War
The Reluctant Revolutionary
The Boy who was a King
Moving to Mars
Hell and Back Again
The Photographer (by Dariusz Jablionski in case theres more docs with the same name)
The First Movie
The Liberace of Bagdad
Personal Best
and to listen to rather than watch - podcasts
99% Invisible
Snap Judgement
Freakonomics
The most recent episode of the Rouleur podcast (the earlier ones are bit so-so)
Cheers guys and cheers maccruiskeen, not even thought of podcasts! Might have to start a new thread!
Think i should have about 30 to watch so should keep me going!
Haven't read all the replies here but my suggestion is :
Darwin Nightmare
... also - if you've been watching the current Welcome to India see if you can find the earlier 'Welcome to Lagos' - a 3 part series.
Senna (again)
Touching the Void
Frozen Planet (series)
The North Face
The Beckoning Silence
Exit through the gift shop
"Hands on a hard body" if you can find a copy anywhere. Seem to remember some of the characters are quite funny.
Am gunna win a truck!!
Oh and +1 touching the void!
Second 'Dogtown and Z boys', and 'Big River man'. I liked 'Joe Kid on a Stingray' too - the history of BMX.
On a deeper level ' All watched over by machines of a loving grace ' or anything by Adam Curtis.
Documentarystorm.com has got loads of links to docs you can watch for free.
I have lost track the amount of times i have seen this :
""Undoubtedly one of the greatest cycling documentaries ever made""
http://www.rouleur.cc/a-sunday-in-hell
The future is unwritten - the most heartfelt documentary I've even seen
If you want to see something depressing then go to youtube and type in
'Krokodil'
Grim viewing indeed.
'The fight of their lives'
Story of Nigel Benn Vs Gerald Mclellan fight in 1994 and the aftermath..
Story of Nigel Benn Vs Gerald Mclellan fight in 1994 and the aftermath..
for a very brief second there I read that as Nigel Benn Vs [i]Lenny McLean[/i]
😯
you're thinking about [i]Tony[/i] Benn vs Lenny McLean
Restrepo was good, and Welcome to Lagos was amazing.
Didn't know there was a Welcome to India - will look out for it.
On a deeper level ' All watched over by machines of a loving grace ' or anything by Adam Curtis.
This (in addition to Herzog).
More votes here for Riding Giants and Tall Hot Blonde
Dunno where you might pick it up but 'Gas Land' is an excellent doc on the risks of shale gas extraction (also known as fracking). It's a US doc but those of you living in the NW will be aware of a plan to start doing it off the coast of Blackpool.
It's genuinely one sided (as per the OPs request) but thought provoking even to someone who would try and see the benefits
'Capturing the Friedmans'. Follows a family after the father (a computing teacher) and sons are accused of abusing local children. Tough watch, but brilliant.
Complete opposite: 'Mad Hot Ballroom'. Follows kids from very diverse backgrounds being taught ballroom dancing in New York schools. Pure prozac on film; surprisingly funny.
Didn't know there was a Welcome to India - will look out for it.
Its on the iplayer just now I'd image
Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog, documenting the exploration of the oldest cave artwork yet discovered, in the Chauvet caves of Southern France, really surprised at just how good it was