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Documentaries like The Salt of the Earth

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The 3 reasons people love The Salt of the Earth

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  1. You can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours.

  2. You want the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing.

  3. You like whales, glaciers and a forest growing back.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Schindler's List1993

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours
    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you like striking black and white images, and a little girl in a red coat you won't forget.

  • Waltz with Bashir2008

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours
    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you like a director investigating his own past.

  • Night and Fog1956

    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you want the record itself, the archives and the places as they were left.

  • Apocalypse: The Second World War2009

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours

    Good for you if you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you want the story told through footage from the time.

  • Chasing Coral2017

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours
    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing
    • whales, glaciers and a forest growing back

    Good for you if you like the ocean filmed up close, fish and coral in full colour.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

  • David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet2020

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours
    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing
    • whales, glaciers and a forest growing back

    Good for you if you like reefs, orangutans and the Serengeti filmed up close.

  • Another Day of Life2018

    • you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours
    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you like a true story told by the people who were there.

  • Grizzly Man2005

    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing
    • whales, glaciers and a forest growing back

    Good for you if you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.

  • 20 Days in Mariupol2023

    • the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing

    Good for you if you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.

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