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  1. My Octopus Teacher 2020

    Documentary

    After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

    The sides of My Octopus Teacher

    • A diver in a kelp forest off South Africa
    • A year following one octopus
    • A shark hunting her in the shallows

    Good for you if

    • you like cold water, kelp and the life hidden in it.
    • you like seeing how clever an animal can be up close.
    • you can be moved to tears by a bond with an octopus.

    Bad for you if

    • a man's voice-over about his feelings for an animal makes you roll your eyes.
    • you need a story that moves. This is slow dives, day after day.

    About: connection · healing · the life cycle

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  2. Hacia rutas salvajes 2007

    Película

    A principios de los años noventa, el joven e idealista Christopher McCandless adopta el nombre de Alexander Supertramp, deja sus posesiones y sus ahorros a la beneficencia y abandona el mundo civilizado con rumbo a la salvaje Alaska para entrar en contacto con la Naturaleza y descubrir el verdadero sentido de la vida. Adaptación del best-seller de Jon Krakauer, basado en las notas del diario de McCandless.

    Las caras de Hacia rutas salvajes

    • Un graduado que lo regala todo
    • Un viaje por carretera por Estados Unidos
    • Un autobús abandonado en Alaska

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan los grandes paisajes y la vida salvaje.
    • te gusta un joven en busca de sentido.
    • te gusta la historia real de un graduado que regaló sus ahorros y viajó a dedo hasta Alaska.

    Mala para ti si

    • dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
    • no soportas ver sufrir a unos padres. Su familia espera dos años sin noticias suyas.

    Temas: la libertad · la familia · la naturaleza

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  3. Human 2015

    Documentary

    A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, it brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. This film is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.

    The sides of Human

    • Faces talking straight to the camera
    • Aerial views of the Earth
    • Stories of love, war and poverty

    Good for you if

    • you like aerial images of the Earth that hold you still.
    • you're moved by strangers telling you about love and loss.
    • you like a soaring score between the voices.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through three hours in one evening.
    • you can't take testimonies of war and poverty face to face.
    • you won't read subtitles in dozens of languages.

    About: humanity · love · injustice

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  4. Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

    The sides of Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    • Children of sex workers in Calcutta
    • Cameras handed to kids in a red light district
    • A photographer trying to get them into school

    Good for you if

    • you want real children from Calcutta's red light district telling their own lives.
    • you can be moved by kids who still laugh where they grow up.
    • you like seeing a place through the photos the children took themselves.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch children growing up around prostitution and violence.
    • you need a happy ending for every child.

    About: childhood · poverty · art as a way out

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  5. Time 2020

    Documentary

    Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.

    The sides of Time

    • A wife fighting for her husband's release
    • Home videos filmed over two decades
    • Six sons growing up without their father at home

    Good for you if

    • you want a true story about a family and the prison system.
    • you like Fox Rich holding her family together for twenty years.
    • you like black and white images that make home videos feel like memory.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum more than a patient portrait.
    • you find black and white hard to sit through.

    About: waiting · love · justice

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  6. Waste Land 2010

    Documentary

    An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

    The sides of Waste Land

    • One of the world's largest landfills near Rio
    • Pickers of recyclables who become portrait subjects
    • The artist Vik Muniz

    Good for you if

    • you want real people from Jardim Gramacho telling their own lives.
    • you like being moved by people seeing their portraits in a museum.
    • you like giant portraits made from garbage.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take hard stories of poverty and the loss of a child.
    • you won't read subtitles for the Portuguese.

    About: dignity · art · hope

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  7. Honeyland 2019

    Documentary

    When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

    The sides of Honeyland

    • Hatidze, a wild beekeeper in North Macedonia
    • Her old, bedridden mother
    • A nomadic family moving in next door

    Good for you if

    • you like bees, rocks and light in a remote Balkan valley.
    • you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.
    • you're moved by Hatidze caring for her mother alone.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you need momentum. The film follows the bees season by season.

    About: balance · solitude · greed

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  8. 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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  9. For All Mankind 1989

    Documentary

    A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.

    The sides of For All Mankind

    • NASA footage of the Apollo missions
    • Astronauts remembering in their own voices
    • A Brian Eno score

    Good for you if

    • you like the trip to the Moon told by the astronauts who made it.
    • you like seeing Earth from the Moon in real footage.
    • you like Brian Eno's ambient music over space images.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more drama than a calm, floating journey.
    • you find 1960s footage dated.

    About: exploration · awe · history

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  10. Faces Places 2017

    Documentary

    Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

    The sides of Faces Places

    • Agnès Varda and the artist JR
    • A photo truck across rural France
    • Giant portraits pasted on walls, barns and containers

    Good for you if

    • you like an old filmmaker and a young artist becoming friends.
    • you like a gentle road trip full of kind people.
    • you like huge photos of farmers and dockers covering whole buildings.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles to follow Varda and JR chatting in French.
    • you need a story that goes somewhere fast.

    About: friendship · old age · ordinary people · memory

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  11. The Alpinist 2021

    Documentary

    The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.

    The sides of The Alpinist

    • A young climber who avoids cameras
    • Solo climbs without a rope
    • A winter expedition to Patagonia

    Good for you if

    • you love huge mountains, ice and rock walls.
    • you like climbing footage shot from impossible angles.
    • you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a real family live with what solo climbing might cost.
    • you want a relaxed outdoor film. Every climb here is a life or death risk.

    About: freedom · risk · solitude

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  12. Babies 2010

    Documentary

    A non-narrated documentary following the lovesome lives of four infants from birth to their first birthday. The babies featured are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.

    The sides of Babies

    • Four babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Tokyo and San Francisco
    • Their first year of life
    • No narration, just everyday moments

    Good for you if

    • you like a gentle, funny watch about babies discovering the world.
    • you want something to watch with children.

    Bad for you if

    • you have no patience for babies. It's 79 minutes of baths, feeding and naps.
    • you need a story that moves, not scenes of babies playing.

    About: childhood · parenthood · culture

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  13. Chasing Coral 2017

    Documentary

    Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.

    The sides of Chasing Coral

    • Divers filming reefs as they turn white
    • Underwater time lapse cameras
    • A coral enthusiast and his team of scientists

    Good for you if

    • you like the ocean filmed up close, fish and coral in full colour.
    • you like time lapse cameras catching a reef bleaching over weeks.
    • you like a team of divers and scientists racing to document a disaster.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope, and watching reefs die is hard for you.
    • you want something light for the evening.

    About: climate change · the ocean · loss

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  14. Hoop Dreams 1994

    Documentary

    Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

    The sides of Hoop Dreams

    • Two Chicago teenagers dreaming of the NBA
    • A long daily commute to a suburban basketball school
    • Five years of their families' lives

    Good for you if

    • you like basketball as the dream that holds a family together.
    • you want real lives followed over five years, with no script.
    • you're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for you in one sitting.
    • you need a story that moves faster than real life.

    About: ambition · poverty · family · race

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  15. A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

    The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

    • Michael J. Fox telling his own life
    • A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
    • Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
    • you like being moved by his family standing by him.
    • you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
    • you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.

    About: illness · optimism · fame

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  16. Andrew Dominik's One More Time With Feeling is a remarkable black and white documentary which chronicles the creation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Skeleton Tree. Originally a performance based concept, the film evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. The result is stark, fragile and raw, and a true testament to an artist trying to find his way through the darkness. It documents the writing, recording and performing of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree.

    The sides of One More Time with Feeling

    • Nick Cave recording an album after losing his son
    • A studio filmed in black and white
    • A family living with grief

    Good for you if

    • you like watching songs take shape in the studio.
    • you like a film that sits quietly with real grief.
    • you like stark black and white images.

    Bad for you if

    • a parent's grief is too much for you.
    • you need some hope by the end.

    About: grief · creation · fatherhood

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  17. The Eagle Huntress 2016

    Documentary

    Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.

    The sides of The Eagle Huntress

    • A 13-year-old Kazakh girl training a golden eagle
    • Mountains and snow in western Mongolia
    • A father teaching his daughter an old tradition

    Good for you if

    • you like wide Mongolian landscapes and a wild eagle on a girl's arm.
    • you want a true story to watch with children.
    • you like a girl proving herself in a tradition passed from father to son.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for the family's Kazakh.
    • you want real danger and suspense, not a warm triumph.

    About: tradition · girlhood · fathers and daughters

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  18. Tim's Vermeer 2013

    Documentary

    Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

    The sides of Tim's Vermeer

    • An inventor who has never painted
    • A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
    • Mirrors, lenses and years of patience

    Good for you if

    • you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
    • you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
    • you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
    • you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.

    About: art · obsession · patience

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  19. Jane 2017

    Documentary

    Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.

    The sides of Jane

    • Jane Goodall in Gombe in the 1960s
    • Lost National Geographic footage
    • Chimpanzees filmed up close

    Good for you if

    • you like chimpanzees filmed up close in the wild.
    • you want Jane Goodall telling her own story.
    • you like a Philip Glass score carrying the images.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more momentum than long scenes of watching chimps.
    • you need suspense to stay with a film.

    About: curiosity · nature · a life's work

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  20. 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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