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  1. Chernobyl 2019

    Serie

    En Abril de 1986, la Central Nuclear de Chernóbil en Ucrania (en aquel entonces, la Unión Soviética), sufrió una explosión masiva que liberó material radioactivo en Bielorrusia, Rusia, Ucrania, así como en zonas de Escandinavia y Europa Central. La serie relata lo que aconteció en 1986, en uno de los mayores desastres provocados por el hombre en la historia reciente, así como los sacrificios realizados para salvar al continente de un desastre sin precedentes.

    Las caras de Chernobyl

    • La noche en que explotó un reactor
    • Científicos contra las mentiras de un Estado
    • Hombres enviados al tejado

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una angustia que nunca suelta.
    • quieres entender un desastre real.
    • puedes con una historia sombría y sin adornos.

    Mala para ti si

    • la enfermedad por radiación mostrada con detalle es demasiado dura para ti.
    • no soportas ver animales abatidos a tiros. Los soldados limpian la zona de las mascotas abandonadas.

    Temas: la verdad · el sacrificio · la mentira

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  2. Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

    The sides of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

    • Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
    • Former members and survivors speaking
    • The move to Guyana in 1978

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.
    • you like archive footage that shows a story from the inside.
    • you can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face the deaths of more than 900 people, children among them.
    • you need some hope at the end of a story.

    About: faith · manipulation · belonging

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  3. Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other.

    The sides of Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

    • Two 737 MAX crashes months apart
    • Families of the victims
    • Engineers and pilots on the record

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand what led to two real crashes.
    • you like seeing how money can win over safety inside a company.
    • you want the technical failures explained clearly.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch grieving families talk about the people they lost.
    • you need some hope by the end. The families are still waiting for justice.

    About: profit · accountability · grief

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  4. Nostalgia for the Light 2010

    Documentary

    In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

    The sides of Nostalgia for the Light

    • Astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert
    • Women searching the sand for their dead
    • Pinochet's political prisoners

    Good for you if

    • you like looking at the stars and thinking about where we come from.
    • you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.
    • you want to understand how Chile lives with the Pinochet years.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face mothers still searching for the remains of their children.

    About: memory · grief · the cosmos · justice

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  5. After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

    The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

    • A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
    • A Mexican justice system that lets him go
    • Years of protest in Chihuahua

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
    • you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
    • you need a story where justice wins in the end.

    About: justice · grief · corruption

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. The Times of Harvey Milk 1984

    Documentary

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

    The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk

    • Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
    • One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
    • The 1978 assassination and the city's response

    Good for you if

    • you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
    • you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
    • you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
    • you find 1980s documentary footage dated.

    About: gay rights · political courage · grief

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  9. One Child Nation 2019

    Documentary

    Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.

    The sides of One Child Nation

    • China's one child policy
    • A new mother going back to her village
    • Officials, midwives and families speaking

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family.
    • you like a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face forced abortions and abandoned babies, even in testimony.
    • you need some hope by the end of a documentary.

    About: state control · silence · motherhood · guilt

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  10. 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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  11. Cuenta la historia de la misión de la NASA que llevó al primer hombre a la luna, centrada en Neil Armstrong y el periodo comprendido entre los años 1961 y 1969. Un relato en primera persona, basado en la novela de James R. Hansen, que explora el sacrificio y el precio que representó, tanto para Armstrong como para Estados Unidos, una de las misiones más peligrosas de la historia.

    Las caras de First Man (El primer hombre)

    • Neil Armstrong antes de la Luna
    • Un padre que llora a su hija pequeña
    • Vuelos de prueba que tiemblan y el programa Apolo

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta la historia real de Neil Armstrong contada desde la cabina.
    • te gusta un retrato tranquilo y paciente, lleno de silencios.
    • te gustan las cápsulas que vibran como latas de conserva.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas la muerte de una niña ni el duelo enterrado de un padre.
    • quieres discursos exaltados y un héroe aclamado.

    Temas: el duelo · el sacrificio · la obsesión

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 20 Days in Mariupol 2023

    Documentary

    As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

    The sides of 20 Days in Mariupol

    • Ukrainian journalists trapped in a besieged city
    • Hospitals filling with the wounded
    • Getting the footage out

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.
    • you want to understand what a siege does to a city and its people.

    Bad for you if

    • the grief of parents losing children is too much for you.
    • you can't watch real dead and wounded people on screen.

    About: war · the truth · grief · journalism

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  15. 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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  16. The Dissident 2020

    Documentary

    When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.

    The sides of The Dissident

    • A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
    • His fiancée waiting outside
    • Dissidents fighting a state online

    Good for you if

    • you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
    • you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
    • you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
    • you can't hear the details of a killing described.

    About: free speech · surveillance · impunity

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  17. 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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  18. 9/11 2002

    Documentary

    An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever.

    The sides of 9/11

    • Two French brothers filming a New York firehouse
    • A rookie firefighter
    • The morning of September 11, 2001

    Good for you if

    • you want to see that morning as the firefighters lived it.
    • you like getting to know the men of one firehouse before the day changes everything.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't relive that day, even years later.
    • you need some hope, and this film stays close to the loss.

    About: courage · grief · brotherhood

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  19. The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

    The sides of Bobby Fischer Against the World

    • A Brooklyn chess prodigy
    • The 1972 match against Spassky in Reykjavik
    • A champion who vanishes into paranoia

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.
    • you like the Cold War played out on a chessboard.
    • you're drawn to an obsessive mind, brilliant and troubled.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to watch a man's mental decline.
    • you need more movement than archive footage of chess games.

    About: obsession · genius · isolation

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  20. Harlan County U.S.A. 1976

    Documentary

    A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

    The sides of Harlan County U.S.A.

    • Coal miners on strike in Kentucky
    • Wives and mothers on the picket line
    • Armed strikebreakers at dawn

    Good for you if

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.
    • you like seeing a mining town take on a corporation.
    • you like the union songs that run through it.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s footage dated.
    • you can't watch a community living with guns on the picket line and miners sick with black lung.

    About: labour · solidarity · class

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