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Documentaries like The Unknown Known

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The 3 reasons people love The Unknown Known

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  1. You want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.

  2. You like Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words.

  3. You're fine ending a film without a clear answer about the man.

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

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.

  • Oppenheimer2023

    • Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words

    Good for you if you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.

  • Lincoln2012

    • Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words

    Good for you if you like politics made of speeches, deals and backroom arguments.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.

  • The Untold History Of The United States2012

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you like asking who really made the big decisions.

  • Why We Fight2005

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you want to understand how money and politics shape war.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.

  • Fahrenheit 9/112004

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.

  • Zero Days2016

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.

  • To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb2023

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you like the question of who decides to use a weapon.

  • We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks2013

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself
    • you're fine ending a film without a clear answer about the man

    Good for you if you like seeing who controls secrets and who pays for leaking them.

  • JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass2021

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself

    Good for you if you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.

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