{"id":22591,"date":"2024-01-06T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=22591"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:25:11","slug":"documentaries-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/documentaries-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/documentaries-7\/\">this<\/a> list. I&#8217;m listing both movie documentaries and TV documentaries here.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Battle Over Citizen Kane<\/li>\n<li>Bowling for Columbine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/capitalism-a-love-story\/\">Capitalism: A Love Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/eden-untamed-planet-season-1\/\">Eden: Untamed Planet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/endurance\/\">Endurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fahrenheit 9\/11<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/fahrenheit-11-9\/\">Fahrenheit 11\/9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Fog of War<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/for-the-love-of-spock\/\">For the Love of Spock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/greta-thunberg-a-year-to-change-the-world\/\">Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Guns, Germs and Steel<\/li>\n<li>An Inconvenient Truth<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/jane\/\">Jane<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lost in La Mancha<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/planet-earth-season-1\/\">Planet Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/planet-earth-ii\/\">Planet Earth II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/prehistoric-planet-season-1\/\">Prehistoric Planet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Roger &amp; Me<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/secrets-of-the-saqqara-tomb\/\">Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/this-changes-everything\/\">This Changes Everything<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Walking with Cavemen<\/li>\n<li>Walking with Dinosaurs<\/li>\n<li>Walking with Prehistoric Beasts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/what-we-left-behind\/\">What We Left Behind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/where-to-invade-next\/\">Where to Invade Next<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/apollo-11\/\">Apollo 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Behind the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>The Big One<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-captains\/\">The Captains<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/chaos-on-the-bridge\/\">Chaos on the Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/early-march-reviews\/\">Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/dian-fossey-secrets-in-the-mist\/\">Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grizzly Man<\/li>\n<li>Jane Goodall\u2019s Wild Chimpanzees<\/li>\n<li>Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D<\/li>\n<li>March of the Penguins<\/li>\n<li>Nature: A Conversation with Koko<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/the-one-percent\/\">The One Per Cent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/other-tv-shows-ive-watched-lately\/\">Penn &amp; Teller: BS!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/project-nim\/\">Project Nim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slacker Uprising<\/li>\n<li>Space Station 3D<\/li>\n<li>Spellbound<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/star-trek-the-captains-summit\/\">Star Trek: The Captain\u2019s Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trekkies<\/li>\n<li>TV Nation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mention<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/the-institute\/\">The Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seeing-the-World-in-a-New-Way Movies<\/h2>\n<p>These films are sometimes lumped in with documentaries, but they are quite different. They have no dialogue or story &#8212; it&#8217;s all about following the visuals as they show you the world in a way you&#8217;ve never seen it before.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baraka<\/li>\n<li>Koyaanisqatsi<\/li>\n<li>Powaqqatsi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner up<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/samsara\/\">Samsara<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mention<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naqoyqatsi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Comedy Specials<\/h2>\n<p>Again, these are sometimes lumped in with documentaries but are clearly different.<\/p>\n<p>The only 4 I&#8217;ve seen lately<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/ari-eldjarn-pardon-my-icelandic\/\">Ari Eldj\u00e1rn: Pardon My Icelandic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/garfunkel-and-oates-trying-to-be-special\/\">Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-housing-market-is-the-worst\/\">Mary Mack: The Housing Market is the Worst<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/nick-offerman-american-ham\/\">Nick Offerman: American Ham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an update to this list. I&#8217;m listing both movie documentaries and TV documentaries here. Best of the best The Battle Over Citizen Kane Bowling for Columbine Capitalism: A Love Story The Corporation Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Eden: Untamed Planet Endurance Fahrenheit 9\/11 Fahrenheit 11\/9 The Fog of War For the Love of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[43,42,6,80,11],"class_list":["post-22591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-documentaries","tag-lists","tag-movie","tag-standup","tag-tv-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22591"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23797,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591\/revisions\/23797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}