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  1. For Sama 2019

    Documentary

    A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

    The sides of For Sama

    • A young mother filming for her baby daughter
    • A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
    • The choice to stay or to leave

    Good for you if

    • you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
    • you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.

    About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope

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  2. Shoah 1985

    Documentary

    Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.

    The sides of Shoah

    • Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
    • The sites of the camps filmed decades later
    • No archive footage at all

    Good for you if

    • you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
    • you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
    • you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
    • you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
    • you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.

    About: memory · testimony · genocide

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  3. The Last Days 1998

    Documentary

    This Oscar-winning documentary recounts the harrowing stories of five Hungarian Jews who endured the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's reign.

    The sides of The Last Days

    • Five Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust
    • Survivors returning to their childhood homes
    • Memories of the camps

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear survivors tell their own stories.
    • you want to understand the Holocaust in Hungary through five lives.
    • you're ready to be moved to tears by people going back to where it happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear firsthand accounts of the camps.
    • you can't look at archive footage of bodies in the camps.

    About: memory · survival · loss

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  4. City of Ghosts 2017

    Documentary

    With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

    The sides of City of Ghosts

    • Citizen journalists from Raqqa
    • Reporting on ISIS from exile
    • Activists living under threat in Turkey and Germany

    Good for you if

    • you want to meet the people behind Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
    • you like real suspense, with activists checking over their shoulders even in Germany.
    • you want to see the Syrian war through the eyes of its citizens.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real execution and propaganda footage.
    • you can't face the grief of families who lost people to ISIS.

    About: courage · exile · the truth

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  5. This documentary series tackles one of history's most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

    The sides of Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

    • The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau
    • Testimony from survivors and former perpetrators
    • Reconstructions of Nazi decisions

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how Auschwitz was built and run.
    • you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.
    • you want to understand the Second World War beyond the battlefields.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch testimony about mass murder.
    • you need some hope from what you watch.

    About: memory · genocide · responsibility

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  6. Barefoot Gen 1983

    Anime

    A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

    The sides of Barefoot Gen

    • A boy in Hiroshima in August 1945
    • The bomb falling on an ordinary morning
    • A child looking after his mother in the ruins

    Good for you if

    • you want to be moved by a child who keeps going after losing almost everything.
    • you want to see the Hiroshima bombing through the eyes of one family.
    • you want a war film about civilians, not soldiers.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the death of children and parents on screen.
    • you can't stand bodies burning and melting in graphic detail.
    • you don't watch animated films.

    About: grief · survival · war

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  7. Taxi to the Dark Side 2008

    Documentary

    An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

    The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side

    • An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
    • Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
    • Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
    • you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
    • you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
    • you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.

    About: torture · responsibility · justice

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  8. Waltz with Bashir 2008

    Documentary

    A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

    The sides of Waltz with Bashir

    • An Israeli director who can't remember his war
    • Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
    • Animated memories that end on real footage

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
    • you like a director investigating his own past.
    • you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
    • you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.

    About: memory · guilt · war

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  9. The White Helmets 2016

    Documentary

    As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

    The sides of The White Helmets

    • Rescue workers in Aleppo
    • Survivors dug out of rubble after airstrikes
    • Training in Turkey between missions

    Good for you if

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.
    • you like being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble.
    • you want something short, about forty minutes.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real airstrikes and their victims.
    • you won't read subtitles.

    About: courage · war · hope

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  10. Mosul 2019

    Documentary

    An Iraqi journalist joins an army of uneasy allies and unforgettable characters in the epic battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the Islamic State.

    The sides of Mosul

    • An Iraqi journalist with the troops
    • The battle to retake Mosul from ISIS
    • Uneasy allies fighting street by street

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a modern battle from the inside.
    • you like the fear of every street in a city under siege.
    • you want the fight against ISIS told by someone from Iraq.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real combat and real dead.
    • you can't bear the real suffering of civilians.

    About: war · liberation · courage

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  11. The Look of Silence 2014

    Documentary

    An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

    The sides of The Look of Silence

    • A man facing those who killed his brother
    • Eye tests as a way into conversations
    • Indonesia's 1965 killings

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.
    • you want to understand a mass killing that is rarely talked about.
    • you like quiet, patient conversations that say a lot.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to hear killers calmly describe what they did.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Indonesian.

    About: guilt · memory · justice · grief

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  12. Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.

    The sides of Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    • 93 days on Kyiv's Maidan square
    • Students facing riot police in the snow
    • Footage filmed from inside the crowd

    Good for you if

    • you want to see the 2013 Maidan protests from inside the crowd.
    • you want to see ordinary people stand up to their own government in the snow.
    • you like living every night of a standoff in the freezing cold.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch protesters being beaten and shot.
    • you find real grief for the people who died on the square too much.

    About: freedom · protest · courage

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  13. Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

    The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

    • The September 11 attacks
    • Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
    • Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering

    Good for you if

    • you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
    • you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
    • you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom

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  14. Bus 174 2002

    Documentary

    On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

    The sides of Bus 174

    • A bus held hostage in Rio in 2000
    • Live television footage of the standoff
    • The life of the young man holding the gun

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.
    • you can sit through hours of a standoff that could break at any second.
    • you can take a true story with no comfort at the end.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real footage of a hostage taking that ends in death.
    • you can't face a street kid's life of loss, prison and police abuse.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.

    About: poverty · police violence · invisibility

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  15. Five Broken Cameras 2011

    Documentary

    Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.

    The sides of Five Broken Cameras

    • A Palestinian farmer filming his village
    • Weekly protests against a separation wall
    • A son growing up in front of the camera

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.
    • you like a father filming his youngest son as he grows up.
    • you like a story told by one man and his cameras, year after year.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real people being hurt and killed on camera.
    • you need some hope by the end of a film.

    About: resistance · land · fatherhood · loss

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  16. Apocalypse: World War I 2014

    Documentary

    Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.

    The sides of Apocalypse: World War I

    • Archive footage of the Great War in color
    • Fronts from Flanders to Africa and the Ottoman Empire
    • Soldiers and civilians caught in four years of war

    Good for you if

    • you want the whole of World War I told in order, forgotten fronts included.
    • you want to see the trenches as the soldiers lived them.
    • you like real faces from 1914 brought closer by color.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real footage of the wounded and the dead.
    • you can't take the scale of real loss in one evening.

    About: war · memory · loss

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  17. Collective 2019

    Documentary

    In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

    The sides of Collective

    • A nightclub fire in Bucharest
    • Sports journalists investigating hospitals
    • A new health minister inside the system

    Good for you if

    • you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
    • you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
    • you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
    • you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.

    About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health

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  18. A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

    The sides of Apocalypse: The Second World War

    • Archive footage shot by soldiers and civilians
    • Black and white images restored in color
    • The whole war in six parts

    Good for you if

    • you want to see the Second World War through the eyes of those who filmed it.
    • you like the whole war told from start to end in six episodes.
    • you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face the footage of the Holocaust.
    • you can't watch real combat and real bodies.

    About: war · memory · the Holocaust

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  19. Hearts and Minds 1974

    Documentary

    Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

    The sides of Hearts and Minds

    • Interviews with generals and veterans
    • Vietnamese villagers after the bombing
    • The Vietnam War filmed while it was still going on

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what the Vietnam War did to the people on both sides.
    • you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.
    • you like seeing official speeches set against what happened on the ground.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real footage of napalm and wounded civilians.
    • you find seventies footage dated.

    About: war · propaganda · guilt

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  20. Korengal 2014

    Documentary

    Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.

    The sides of Korengal

    • US soldiers at an outpost in Afghanistan
    • The same men and valley as Restrepo
    • Soldiers talking about what war did to them

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what combat feels like to the men who fought it.
    • you want real soldiers, not actors.
    • you like hearing young men speak honestly about fear and brotherhood.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real firefights.
    • you'd rather not face real loss and trauma on screen.

    About: brotherhood · the cost of war · fear

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