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  1. The Unknown Known 2013

    Documentary

    Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

    The sides of The Unknown Known

    • Donald Rumsfeld facing the camera
    • His thousands of office memos
    • The road to the Iraq war

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.
    • you like Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words.
    • you're fine ending a film without a clear answer about the man.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than one man talking for an hour and a half.
    • you'd rather not revisit the Iraq war through the man who planned it.

    About: power · language · responsibility

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  2. She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.

    The sides of The Martha Mitchell Effect

    • The wife of Nixon's attorney general
    • Late-night phone calls to reporters
    • A campaign to call her crazy

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how Nixon's men silenced a woman who talked.
    • you want the forgotten true story of Martha Mitchell.
    • you like Watergate seen from an unexpected side.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s TV archive footage dated.
    • you want the full Watergate story. This runs forty minutes and stays on Martha.

    About: truth · political scandal · gaslighting

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  3. The Fog of War 2003

    Documentary

    Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.

    The sides of The Fog of War

    • Robert McNamara looking back at his life
    • The Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam
    • White House recordings

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing a man in power explain his own decisions.
    • you want the Cold War told from inside the room.
    • you want to think about how wars are decided and why they go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a clear verdict on McNamara, and the film leaves you to judge him.
    • you need momentum, and this is one man talking to the camera.

    About: responsibility · war · memory · power

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  4. Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

    The sides of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    • Hunter S. Thompson from 1965 to 1975
    • Home movies and unpublished writing
    • Campaign trails, drugs and Wild Turkey

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait built from Thompson's own tapes and pages.
    • you like a brilliant writer you wouldn't want to live with.
    • you like his war with Nixon and the 1972 campaign.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take drug abuse and a suicide in a real life story.
    • two hours of archive on one writer is too much for you.

    About: freedom · excess · journalism

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  5. En junio de 1971, los principales periódicos de EE.UU., entre los que se encontraban 'The New York Times' y 'The Washington Post', tomaron una valiente posición en favor de la libertad de expresión, informando sobre los documentos del Pentágono y el encubrimiento masivo de secretos por parte del gobierno, que había durado cuatro décadas y cuatro presidencias estadounidenses. En ese momento, Katherine Graham, primera mujer editora del Post, y el director Ben Bradlee intentaban relanzar un periódico en decadencia. Juntos decidieron tomar la audaz decisión de apoyar al 'The New York Times' y luchar contra el intento de la Administración Nixon de restringir la primera enmienda. Historia basada en los documentos del Post que recogían información clasificada sobre la Guerra de Vietnam.

    Las caras de Los archivos del Pentágono

    • Katharine Graham al frente de The Washington Post
    • Los Papeles del Pentágono sobre la guerra de Vietnam
    • Editores que desafían una orden judicial para publicar

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta la historia real de los Papeles del Pentágono.
    • te gusta un periódico que se planta ante la Casa Blanca de Nixon.
    • te gustan las discusiones de redacción entre Meryl Streep y Tom Hanks.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas algo más que llamadas telefónicas e imprentas.
    • pones los ojos en blanco ante los discursos sobre la libertad de prensa.

    Temas: la libertad de prensa · el coraje · las mujeres en el poder

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  6. The Edge of Democracy 2019

    Documentary

    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

    The sides of The Edge of Democracy

    • Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
    • An impeachment seen from inside the palace
    • A director whose own family is part of the story

    Good for you if

    • you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
    • you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
    • you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
    • you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.

    About: democracy · polarization · memory

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  7. The Armstrong Lie 2013

    Documentary

    In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."

    The sides of The Armstrong Lie

    • A comeback film that became a confession
    • Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France
    • Years of doping and denial

    Good for you if

    • you want the inside story of a lie told to the whole world.
    • you like cycling and the Tour de France from inside the team.
    • you want to spend two hours with a champion you can't quite root for.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of interviews and archive footage is too much for you.
    • you'd rather skip the lawyers, sponsors and cycling officials who kept the lie going.

    About: lies · ambition · fame

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  8. Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

    The sides of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    • Oliver Stone back on the Kennedy case
    • Declassified files from the assassination
    • Dallas, November 22, 1963

    Good for you if

    • you want to go through the real documents released decades after Dallas.
    • you like going back over who shot Kennedy, piece by piece.
    • you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the Zapruder footage of the shooting played again.
    • you need a final, settled answer about who killed Kennedy.

    About: political assassination · government secrecy · american history

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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Weiner 2016

    Documentary

    Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.

    The sides of Weiner

    • Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor in 2013
    • A new sexting scandal breaking mid-campaign
    • Huma Abedin watching from the campaign office

    Good for you if

    • you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.
    • you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.
    • you can laugh at a candidate digging himself deeper on live television.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't root for a candidate who keeps hiding the truth from his own team.
    • you need something light, and watching a marriage strain in public isn't.

    About: ambition · shame · the media

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  12. Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.

    The sides of The Untold History Of The United States

    • Oliver Stone narrating American history
    • From the Second World War to the present
    • Presidents, bombs and the Cold War

    Good for you if

    • you like a sweeping run through the American century.
    • you like asking who really made the big decisions.
    • you like archive footage of real leaders and real events.

    Bad for you if

    • you find almost ten hours too much for one documentary.
    • you'd rather not spend hours on wars and bombs.

    About: empire · power · memory

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  13. Oppenheimer 2023

    Película

    Película sobre el físico J. Robert Oppenheimer y su papel como desarrollador de la bomba atómica. Basada en el libro 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird y Martin J. Sherwin.

    Las caras de Oppenheimer

    • El hombre que construyó la bomba
    • Un pueblo secreto en el desierto
    • Una audiencia que decide su destino

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una interpretación protagonista sostenida por la mirada.
    • te gustan las salas llenas de gente brillante discutiendo.
    • quieres sentir la primera prueba en el pecho.

    Mala para ti si

    • tres horas de conversación son demasiado para una sola noche.
    • quieres acción. Son sobre todo reuniones y audiencias.
    • quieres una historia contada en orden. Salta entre épocas.

    Temas: la culpa · el poder · la ciencia

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  14. Fahrenheit 9/11 2004

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 9/11

    • The 2000 election and September 11
    • A president in a classroom after the attacks
    • A mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq

    Good for you if

    • you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.
    • you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
    • you like Michael Moore's mocking edits and pop songs over politicians.

    Bad for you if

    • a mother reading her dead son's last letter is too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage of wounded civilians and soldiers in Iraq.

    About: war · grief · politics

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  15. The life of Hugo Chavez; from childhood, his arrival to power, confrontations, and loves to his last days as president.

    The sides of Hugo Chávez, El Comandante

    • A soldier from the Venezuelan plains who becomes president
    • A failed coup and a prison cell
    • Years of speeches and oil money

    Good for you if

    • you want the life of a real president, from childhood to his last days.
    • you like watching how a man takes a country and keeps it.
    • you want the Venezuela of the nineties and the two thousands up close.

    Bad for you if

    • you want suspense, and you already know how this life ends.

    About: power · ambition · a country

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  16. Citizenfour 2014

    Documentary

    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

    The sides of Citizenfour

    • Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
    • Journalists deciding what to publish
    • A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze

    Good for you if

    • you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
    • you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
    • you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
    • you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.

    About: surveillance · privacy · courage

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  17. O.J.: Made in America 2016

    Documentary

    A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

    The sides of O.J.: Made in America

    • A football star's rise in the 1960s and 70s
    • Los Angeles, race and the LAPD
    • The 1995 murder trial and what came after

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it.
    • you like a true crime story told with care for the facts.
    • you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly eight hours is too much for you.
    • you can't look at real crime scene photos of two victims.

    About: race · fame · justice · America

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  18. Best of Enemies 2015

    Documentary

    A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"

    The sides of Best of Enemies

    • Gore Vidal against William F. Buckley Jr.
    • Televised debates during the 1968 conventions
    • A night when the insults went live

    Good for you if

    • you love two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines.
    • you like politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley.
    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago.

    Bad for you if

    • you need something to look at, not archive footage of two men seated in a TV studio.
    • you find grainy sixties TV footage dated.

    About: politics · television · rivalry

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  19. Hitler: A Career 1977

    Documentary

    A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.

    The sides of Hitler: A Career

    • Archive footage of Hitler's rise
    • Crowds at Nazi rallies
    • The Weimar Republic sliding into dictatorship

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.
    • you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.
    • you want the story told through footage from the time.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours of archive footage is too much for you.
    • you can't sit through so many images of Nazi crowds and war.

    About: propaganda · mass psychology · dictatorship

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  20. La gran apuesta 2015

    Película

    Cuando cuatro tipos fuera del sistema descubren que los grandes bancos, los medios de comunicación y el gobierno se niegan a reconocer el colapso de la economía, tienen una idea: 'La Gran Apuesta'… pero sus inversiones de riesgo les conducen al lado oscuro de la banca moderna, donde deben poner en duda todo y a todos...

    Las caras de La gran apuesta

    • Marginados que vieron venir la crisis de 2008
    • Famosos que explican las finanzas
    • Apostar contra la economía

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una comedia rápida y furiosa sobre un desastre real.
    • te gustan los personajes afilados y cínicos.
    • te gusta entender cómo pasó algo de verdad.

    Mala para ti si

    • te aburren los bancos y las hipotecas. Toda la película trata de dinero.
    • necesitas algo de esperanza. Los banqueros salen impunes y millones de personas pierden su casa.

    Temas: la codicia · la verdad · los sistemas

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