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  1. Snowden 2016

    Película

    Basada en el libro "The Snowden files. The inside story of the world's most wanted man" escrito por Luke Harding, y en un libro escrito por Anatoly Kucherena, el abogado ruso de Edward Snowden. Narra los acontecimientos que acompañaron la publicación por parte del diario The Guardian de los documentos clasificados que aportó Edward Snowden sobre el programa de vigilancia mundial secreto de la NSA (Agencia de Seguridad Nacional) en 2013.

    Las caras de Snowden

    • Un contratista de la CIA que filtra archivos secretos
    • Una habitación de hotel en Hong Kong con periodistas
    • La vigilancia masiva de la NSA

    Buena para ti si

    • quieres la historia real de las filtraciones de Edward Snowden.
    • te gusta ver cómo un gobierno vigila a sus propios ciudadanos.
    • te gusta la espera en una habitación de hotel de Hong Kong antes de que estalle la noticia.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas persecuciones y peleas en una película de espías.
    • prefieres evitar una historia de amor en una película sobre un denunciante. Su vida con Lindsay Mills ocupa buena parte.

    Temas: la privacidad · la conciencia · la vigilancia

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  2. Navalny 2022

    Documentary

    Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

    The sides of Navalny

    • Russia's opposition leader recovering in Germany
    • An investigation into his own poisoning
    • A phone call to one of the agents

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a real investigation unfold on camera.
    • you like a phone call to a secret agent that plays like a thriller.
    • you want to understand what it costs to stand up to the Kremlin.

    Bad for you if

    • you need hope, and knowing how his story ended weighs on every scene.
    • you want something light tonight.

    About: courage · dictatorship · truth · home

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  3. 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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  4. Wild Wild Country 2018

    Documentary

    When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

    The sides of Wild Wild Country

    • A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
    • Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
    • A small town fighting back

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
    • you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
    • you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.

    Bad for you if

    • six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.

    About: faith · power · utopia

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  5. 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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  6. Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

    The sides of We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    • Julian Assange and the rise of WikiLeaks
    • Chelsea Manning and the leaked war files
    • Governments, secrets and journalists

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing who controls secrets and who pays for leaking them.
    • you want the real story behind Cablegate and the war logs.
    • you'd rather judge Assange yourself than be handed a hero.

    Bad for you if

    • you find two hours of interviews too much for one evening.
    • you can't watch real footage, filmed from a helicopter, of civilians shot in Baghdad.

    About: secrecy · freedom of information · power · betrayal

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  7. Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.

    The sides of Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

    • A 15-year-old girl who vanished in Rome in 1983
    • A brother who never stopped searching
    • Questions that reach the Vatican

    Good for you if

    • you want a careful account of a real family's long search.
    • you like following theories and leads across four decades.
    • you want to see how powerful institutions answer hard questions.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for an Italian documentary.
    • you need a case with a clear answer at the end.

    About: grief · secrecy · the Church · justice

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  8. Década de los 60. Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética se encuentran en plena Guerra Fría. El 1 de mayo de 1960 un avión espía americano fue derribado por el ejército enemigo cuando sobrevolaba territorio soviético. Sorprendentemente, el piloto, Francis Gary Powers, logra escapar gracias a su paracaídas. Cuando ya se creía a salvo, es capturado por los rusos. El abogado James B. Donovan es el encargado de negociar la liberación del soldado.

    Las caras de El puente de los espías

    • Un abogado de Nueva York que defiende a un espía soviético
    • Un intercambio de prisioneros en un puente de Berlín
    • Una negociación de guerra fría en una ciudad dividida

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan las historias reales, aquí el abogado James Donovan y el piloto Francis Gary Powers.
    • te gusta la guerra fría, con el Muro de Berlín levantándose en pleno invierno.
    • te gusta ver a Tom Hanks ganar con palabras en una mesa de negociación.

    Mala para ti si

    • te parecen demasiado largas dos horas y veinte para una película tan hablada.
    • quieres espías con persecuciones y tiroteos, no abogados.

    Temas: el deber · la justicia · la guerra fría

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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Making a Murderer 2015

    Documentary

    Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

    The sides of Making a Murderer

    • A man freed by DNA after 18 years in prison
    • A new murder charge two years later
    • A nephew's confession and the trials that follow

    Good for you if

    • you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.
    • you like seeing how a county police force and a court work up close.
    • you like a case followed over ten years, hearing by hearing.

    Bad for you if

    • a real young woman's murder and a teenager's interrogation are too much for you.
    • you need some hope, and a family's ten-year fight through prison visits and appeals wears you down.

    About: justice · doubt · family

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  12. La trattativa 2014

    Documentary

    What are we talking about when we talk about negotiations? About the state's concessions to the Mafia in exchange for ending the massacres? About who assassinated Falcone and Borsellino? Of the eternal coexistence between the Mafia and politics? Between the mafia and the church? Between the Mafia and law enforcement? Or is there more? A group of actors enacts the most relevant episodes of the affair known as the Mafia-state negotiation, impersonating mobsters, secret service agents, high officials, magistrates, victims and murderers, Freemasons, honest and courageous people, and courageous people up to a point. Thus one of the most intricate events in our history becomes an exciting tale.

    The sides of La trattativa

    • Actors re-enacting the talks between the Italian state and the Mafia
    • The murders of judges Falcone and Borsellino
    • Mobsters, secret agents and politicians

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand one of Italy's most tangled true affairs.
    • you're drawn to how the Mafia worked alongside the state.
    • you like a film that asks who made deals with whom, and why.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian.
    • you lose track among dozens of officials, mobsters and magistrates.

    About: corruption · the mafia · justice · memory

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  13. Welcome to Leith 2015

    Documentary

    In September 2012, the tiny prairie town of Leith, North Dakota, sees its population of 24 grow by one. As the new resident's behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor.

    The sides of Welcome to Leith

    • A white supremacist moving to a tiny prairie town
    • Residents of Leith, North Dakota
    • A plan to take over the town council

    Good for you if

    • you like a small town on edge as a threat moves in next door.
    • you want to hear the people of Leith tell what happened in their own words.
    • you like a fight over who controls a town of two dozen people.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch open racism and armed threats up close.
    • you need some hope, and this story leaves a town shaken.

    About: racism · community · fear

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  14. Argo 2012

    Película

    Irán, año 1979. Cuando la embajada de los Estados Unidos en Teherán es ocupada por seguidores del Ayatolá Jomeini para pedir la extradición del Sha de Persia, la CIA y el gobierno canadiense organizaron una operación para rescatar a seis diplomáticos estadounidenses que se habían refugiado en la casa del embajador de Canadá. Con este fin se recurrió a un experto en rescatar rehenes y se preparó el escenario para el rodaje de una película de ciencia-ficción, de título "Argo", en la que participaba un equipo de cazatalentos de Hollywood. La misión: ir a Teherán y hacer pasar a los diplomáticos por un equipo de filmación canadiense para traerlos de vuelta a casa.

    Las caras de Argo

    • Seis estadounidenses escondidos en Teherán
    • Una película falsa de ciencia ficción
    • Una fuga por el aeropuerto

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una fuga final que te agarra hasta el último segundo.
    • te gustan las historias reales más extrañas que la ficción.
    • te gustan los productores de Hollywood bromeando en plena crisis.

    Mala para ti si

    • quieres acción. Es tensión sin peleas.
    • necesitas ritmo. Gran parte es esperar en una casa escondida y reuniones en la CIA.

    Temas: el valor · el engaño · el cine

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  15. Slow Horses 2022

    Series

    Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

    The sides of Slow Horses

    • A dumping ground for failed MI5 agents
    • Jackson Lamb, rude and brilliant
    • Plots that reach the top of British intelligence

    Good for you if

    • you laugh at a boss who insults everyone.
    • you like Gary Oldman as the slovenly Jackson Lamb.
    • you like a plot that turns into a race against the clock each season.

    Bad for you if

    • six seasons is too much for you.
    • you want glamorous spy missions, and this is a shabby London office.

    About: failure · loyalty · redemption

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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. NAZA 2026

    Documentary

    Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.

    The sides of NAZA

    • Night footage from Tel Aviv rooftops
    • Anonymous testimonies from former soldiers
    • Civilian deaths in Gaza

    Good for you if

    • you want firsthand testimony about real lives lost in Gaza.
    • you want to understand how a war is waged from the inside.
    • you want to look at the systems behind targeted killings.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear accounts of civilian deaths.
    • you need some hope at the end of a film.

    About: war · responsibility · testimony

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  19. The Thin Blue Line 1988

    Documentary

    One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.

    The sides of The Thin Blue Line

    • A policeman shot dead at a Dallas traffic stop
    • A man sentenced for a killing he says he did not commit
    • The same night retold by each witness

    Good for you if

    • you want a real case laid out witness by witness.
    • you like testing one account against another.
    • you like a repeating score that holds the dread steady.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, this one circles the same night.
    • a killing and a death sentence are too much for your evening.

    About: justice · truth · doubt

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  20. Deep Web 2015

    Documentary

    Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.

    The sides of Deep Web

    • Silk Road, an online drug market
    • Ross Ulbricht and his family
    • Keanu Reeves narrating

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of Silk Road and Dread Pirate Roberts.
    • you want the Ross Ulbricht case told with his family close by.
    • you care about who controls the internet and your privacy.

    Bad for you if

    • you need striking images. Much of it is screens, chat logs and interviews.
    • you roll your eyes at a heartfelt plea for digital freedom.

    About: privacy · freedom · justice

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