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  1. La lista de Schindler 1993

    Película

    Oskar Schindler, un hombre de enorme astucia y talento para las relaciones públicas, organiza un ambicioso plan para ganarse la simpatía de los nazis. Después de la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, consigue, gracias a sus relaciones con los nazis, la propiedad de una fábrica de Cracovia. Allí emplea a cientos de operarios judíos, cuya explotación le hace prosperar rápidamente. Su gerente, también judío, es el verdadero director en la sombra, pues Schindler no tiene el menor conocimiento industrial.

    Las caras de La lista de Schindler

    • Un empresario que salva a sus trabajadores
    • Blanco y negro, y un abrigo rojo
    • Una lista que significa vida

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan las imágenes potentes en blanco y negro, y una niña con abrigo rojo que no olvidarás.
    • te gusta un villano terriblemente humano.
    • quieres entender una historia real desde dentro.

    Mala para ti si

    • el Holocausto en pantalla es demasiado para ti esta noche.
    • más de tres horas es demasiado para una sola noche.
    • el blanco y negro te echa para atrás.

    Temas: la humanidad · el valor · el mal

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  2. Waltz with Bashir 2008

    Documentary

    A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

    The sides of Waltz with Bashir

    • An Israeli director who can't remember his war
    • Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
    • Animated memories that end on real footage

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
    • you like a director investigating his own past.
    • you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
    • you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.

    About: memory · guilt · war

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  3. Night and Fog 1956

    Documentary

    Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

    The sides of Night and Fog

    • The grass grown back over Auschwitz ten years after
    • Archive film and photographs from the camps
    • A commentary written by a deported poet

    Good for you if

    • you want the camps documented a decade after, while the sites were still standing.
    • you want the record itself, the archives and the places as they were left.
    • you can face what was done there, stated plainly.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't look at archive images of the dead and the survivors of the camps.
    • you need a film to leave you some hope, and this one closes by asking who is still keeping watch.

    About: the camps · memory · war

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  4. A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

    The sides of Apocalypse: The Second World War

    • Archive footage shot by soldiers and civilians
    • Black and white images restored in color
    • The whole war in six parts

    Good for you if

    • you want to see the Second World War through the eyes of those who filmed it.
    • you like the whole war told from start to end in six episodes.
    • you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face the footage of the Holocaust.
    • you can't watch real combat and real bodies.

    About: war · memory · the Holocaust

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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. 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. 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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  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. The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Addressing the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, the film offers a powerful message of hope for future generations.

    The sides of David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

    • A witness statement from a lifelong naturalist
    • Dates and numbers for the wild places lost
    • A plan for what could still be done

    Good for you if

    • you like reefs, orangutans and the Serengeti filmed up close.
    • you want the account of one man who watched the wild world change.
    • you watch nature films for the images as much as for the facts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through a film about what has been destroyed.
    • you can't stand a film that asks you to change.

    About: loss · nature · responsibility

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  10. Another Day of Life 2018

    Documentary

    In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…

    The sides of Another Day of Life

    • A Polish reporter in Angola in 1975
    • A road trip to the front line of a civil war
    • Animation mixed with real interviews

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a war through the eyes of the journalist covering it.
    • you like a true story told by the people who were there.
    • you like animation that looks like a feverish dream of the front.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films, even about real events.
    • you can't stand scenes of killing at checkpoints and in the bush.

    About: war · bearing witness · helplessness

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  11. Grizzly Man 2005

    Documentary

    Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

    The sides of Grizzly Man

    • A man who spent thirteen summers among Alaskan grizzlies
    • His own video footage, shot alone
    • Werner Herzog's voice weighing his choices

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.
    • you like bears filmed close, in the wild.
    • you like trying to understand someone who chose to live outside the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film built around a real death, his and his partner's.
    • you want a gentle animal film. This one leaves you uneasy.

    About: obsession · nature · death

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. El hundimiento 2004

    Película

    Berlín, abril de 1945. En las calles de Berlín se libra una encarnizada batalla. Hitler y sus fieles se han atrincherado en un búnker. Entre ellos se encuentra Traudl Junge, la secretaria personal del Führer. En el exterior, la situación se recrudece. A pesar de que Berlín ya no puede resistir más, Hitler se niega a abandonar la ciudad y, acompañado de Eva Braun, prepara su despedida.

    Las caras de El hundimiento

    • Los últimos días de Hitler en su búnker de Berlín
    • Su joven secretaria
    • Berlín cayendo ante el ejército soviético

    Buena para ti si

    • quieres ver de cerca los últimos días del Tercer Reich.
    • no puedes apartar la vista de Bruno Ganz como Hitler.
    • te gusta la angustia asfixiante de un búnker mientras la ciudad cae arriba.

    Mala para ti si

    • no lees subtítulos en una película alemana.
    • no soportas ver cómo se acumulan la desesperación y los suicidios en un búnker.

    Temas: la negación · la lealtad ciega · la derrota

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  15. 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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  16. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity.

    The sides of The Elephant Man

    • A disfigured man shown as a sideshow freak
    • A surgeon played by Anthony Hopkins
    • Victorian London in black and white

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved by John Merrick's gentleness.
    • you like John Hurt under heavy makeup, acting with his voice and eyes.
    • you love David Lynch's black and white images.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a man mocked and beaten for how he looks.
    • you need an ending that doesn't break your heart.

    About: dignity · cruelty · kindness

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  17. 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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  18. The Last Days 1998

    Documentary

    This Oscar-winning documentary recounts the harrowing stories of five Hungarian Jews who endured the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's reign.

    The sides of The Last Days

    • Five Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust
    • Survivors returning to their childhood homes
    • Memories of the camps

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear survivors tell their own stories.
    • you want to understand the Holocaust in Hungary through five lives.
    • you're ready to be moved to tears by people going back to where it happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear firsthand accounts of the camps.
    • you can't look at archive footage of bodies in the camps.

    About: memory · survival · loss

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  19. 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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  20. 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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