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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. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.

    The sides of To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

    • J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
    • The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    • Archive footage and historians' interviews

    Good for you if

    • you want the real story behind the Oppenheimer film.
    • you like the question of who decides to use a weapon.
    • you want to understand how the bomb changed war forever.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't look at the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    • you want a big-screen drama more than archive and interviews.

    About: guilt · science · war · responsibility

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  7. The Vietnam War 2017

    Documentary

    An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

    The sides of The Vietnam War

    • Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's history of the war
    • American veterans, protesters and Vietnamese witnesses
    • From French Indochina to the fall of Saigon

    Good for you if

    • you want the whole war, from the French colonial years to 1975.
    • you like hearing soldiers from both sides describe the same battles.
    • you want witnesses rather than actors.

    Bad for you if

    • ten long episodes is too much for you.
    • you can't stand real footage of combat and the dead.

    About: war · lies of power · memory

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  8. 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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  9. Why We Fight 2005

    Documentary

    Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

    The sides of Why We Fight

    • Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex
    • A retired New York policeman who lost his son on 9/11
    • Soldiers, officials and arms makers on the Iraq war

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how money and politics shape war.
    • you want to trace America's wars from Eisenhower's farewell speech to Baghdad.
    • you want the Iraq war seen from Washington and the factories.

    Bad for you if

    • a father's grief and bombings on screen are too much for you.
    • you'd rather make up your own mind than follow a film that argues one side.

    About: power · war · grief

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  10. Last Days in Vietnam 2014

    Documentary

    During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.

    The sides of Last Days in Vietnam

    • The fall of Saigon in April 1975
    • Americans smuggling South Vietnamese allies out
    • Helicopters on the embassy roof

    Good for you if

    • you like witnesses telling what they did in the last hours.
    • you like a countdown you know ends badly.
    • you want to understand how the Vietnam War ended.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch people left behind on a rooftop.
    • you want combat, and this is interviews and archive footage.

    About: duty · conscience · escape

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  11. Lincoln 2012

    Film

    The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

    The sides of Lincoln

    • Lincoln's last months in office
    • A vote in Congress to abolish slavery
    • Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln

    Good for you if

    • you like politics made of speeches, deals and backroom arguments.
    • you want to watch Daniel Day-Lewis become Lincoln.
    • you like the Civil War seen from inside the White House.

    Bad for you if

    • you need battles, not rooms full of men talking.
    • two and a half hours of votes and debates is too much for you.

    About: slavery · compromise · leadership

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  12. Zero Days 2016

    Documentary

    Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.

    The sides of Zero Days

    • A computer worm aimed at Iran's nuclear program
    • Officials who won't speak on record
    • Alex Gibney chasing who built Stuxnet

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about the first cyberweapon to break real machines.
    • you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.
    • you like an investigation that feels like a spy thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you want things blowing up, and this is mostly interviews and lines of code.
    • you need clear answers, and many people here refuse to give them.

    About: secrecy · cyberwar · state power

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  13. The Civil War 1990

    Documentary

    A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

    The sides of The Civil War

    • Archive photographs of soldiers and battlefields
    • Letters and diaries read aloud
    • From secession to Lincoln's assassination

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how the United States came apart and back together.
    • you like a haunting fiddle tune that returns through every episode.
    • you want the battles told through the people who fought them.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't give more than ten hours to one documentary.
    • you need moving footage, not slow pans over still photographs.

    About: slavery · the union · sacrifice

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  14. 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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  15. The World at War 1973

    Documentary

    A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

    The sides of The World at War

    • World War II from its roots to its aftermath
    • Interviews with soldiers, civilians and leaders
    • Archive footage narrated by Laurence Olivier

    Good for you if

    • you want the whole Second World War told in order, front by front.
    • you like hearing soldiers who were there tell what they saw.
    • you like the grave, haunting Carl Davis theme that opens every episode.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s television and black and white archives dated.
    • you can't watch footage of the camps and the dead.
    • you won't commit to twenty six episodes of nearly an hour each.

    About: war · memory · genocide

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  16. The Crown 2016

    Series

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

    The sides of The Crown

    • Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
    • Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
    • A royal family torn between duty and love

    Good for you if

    • you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
    • you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
    • you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
    • six seasons of royal life is too much for you.

    About: duty · family · the monarchy

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  17. 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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  18. Get Me Roger Stone 2017

    Documentary

    From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time election strategist, this is his story.

    The sides of Get Me Roger Stone

    • Roger Stone from Nixon to Trump
    • A strategist proud of his dirty tricks
    • His own rules for politics

    Good for you if

    • you like spending time with someone who's proud of his dirty tricks.
    • you want Roger Stone explaining himself in his own words.
    • you like tracing American campaigns from Watergate to 2016.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not spend an evening on campaign politics.
    • you can't take a film made almost entirely of interviews and pundits talking.

    About: power · image · politics

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  19. 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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  20. 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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