https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:02:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815229 Wed, 29 May 2013 11:39:10 +0000 BKCaribBaby 815229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm....</p> <p>Eyes on the Prize (a classic re: history of Civil Rights)</p> <p>Almost anything by Ken Burns - Civil War, Prohibition, </p> <p>Hiro Dreams of Sushi - I know someone on HB said they hated it, but I liked it. Don't watch it hungry, especially if you like sushi.</p> <p>Beats, Rhymes &amp; Life - doc on A Tribe Called Quest. If you like 90's hip hop, this is really good. </p> <p>Food, Inc. - this almost made DH a vegetarian. </p> <p>The Up Series - 7Up, 14 Up, 21Up (follows a set of Brits and interviews them every 7 years). 56 Up just came out </p> <p>I want to see:<br /> Marley<br /> No Impact Man<br /> Waiting for Superman<br /> Man on Wire<br /> The Business of Being Born<br /> finish When the Levees Broke </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815206 Wed, 29 May 2013 11:31:19 +0000 ladyfingers 815206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: Ah, cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815199 Wed, 29 May 2013 11:29:48 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 815199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: It's AP English Language. After the test I just focus on social issues, so pretty much anything goes. The Dr. Death might work well for my 10th graders (high level class) when they read Night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815172 Wed, 29 May 2013 11:16:13 +0000 .twist. 815172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In Debt We Trust<br /> Jesus Camp<br /> Who Killed The Electric Car</p> <p>I used to watch a TON of documentaries, but I can't remember a lot of them at the moment. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815163 Wed, 29 May 2013 11:11:22 +0000 knittylady 815163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oo, I would second Dr. Death. I also love:</p> <p>Crazy Love<br /> The Woman Who Wasn't There<br /> Whole<br /> My Brother's Keeper<br /> My Kid Could Paint That<br /> Dear Zachary (Not for the faint of heart... I hesitate to recommend even. very sad and intense)<br /> The Bridge<br /> Sound and Fury</p> <p>I kind of love documentaries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-815111 Wed, 29 May 2013 10:52:07 +0000 MsInformation 815111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zippylef OMG I forgot about Exit Through the Gift Shop - what an amazing film that was. I saw it twice in the theater, and DH, my friend and I sat in his car outside our apartment with the engine running for like 45 minutes because we couldn't stop discussing it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814964 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:59:16 +0000 honeybear 814964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another really good one: "Little Dieter Needs to Fly."</p> <p>Favorite nature documentaries include "March of the Penguins" and "Blue Planet." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814958 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:56:08 +0000 ladyfingers 814958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: Dr. Death is also a really fascinating one, he's a Holocaust denier whose stance ruined his career as a top execution technician. Very dark and maybe risky for high schoolers, but I think it makes for some really interesting discussion (obviously not about whether the Holocaust happened or not, ha). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814952 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:54:04 +0000 ladyfingers 814952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: What subject is the course? I think Roger &amp; Me, Fog of War, and Thin Blue Line would make for a great discussion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814942 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:50:00 +0000 honeybear 814942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsInformation: I'm a fan of "Jiro" too! </p> <p>I also really liked "To Be and To Have". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814900 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:37:25 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 814900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I show documentaries to my AP students after the AP test. Are any of those good for school/discussion?</p> <p>We usually watch Food Inc. although it's not streaming on Netflix anymore : ( This year we watched Forks over Knives and Bully. Bully is really good!</p> <p>We've also watched The History of the Bloods and Crips and one about Meth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814840 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:19:46 +0000 Boheme 814840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Have you seen More Business of Being Born? I've heard it was great too! I'm going to try to Netflix it this week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814839 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:19:35 +0000 ladyfingers 814839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I actually liked the Business of Being Born, too -- even though I never really found the idea of an unmedicated birth interesting, I thought the movie was interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814834 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:17:59 +0000 loveisstrange 814834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exit Through the Gift Shop<br /> The Business of Being Born (I dunno, I liked it)<br /> I really enjoyed the Life After People series the History channel did<br /> I actually thought the Cathouse ones on HBO were pretty interesting too. </p> <p>The Queen of Versailles, How to Survive a Plague and Into the Abyss have all been on my list for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814819 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:13:35 +0000 IRunForFun 814819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I still need to watch that one! I keep hearing about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814786 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:59:14 +0000 Boheme 814786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I love food and health docs! Forks Over Knives was another awesome one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814782 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:58:30 +0000 winniebee 814782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Forgot about spellbound!</p> <p>Love Thin Blue Line. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814775 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:55:48 +0000 BlueWolverine 814775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love almost every "American Experience" from PBS that's out there. I'll watch just about anything Ken Burns does - The Civil War, The Dust Bowl, The War, The National Parks: America's Best Idea.</p> <p>Being from Michigan, I used to be a huge Michael Moore fan. When I was growing up living out in the country, people just didn't go to Flint unless they worked in the auto plant. Then those closed. Roger and Me is a sad but true depiction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814771 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:53:49 +0000 ladyfingers 814771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: oh yes I forgot about king of kong! Amazing. I will have to check out the rset!</p> <p>@MsInformation: Spellbound is amazing, but I haven't heard of the others -- going on my list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814767 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:51:57 +0000 IRunForFun 814767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Food Inc., even though it's disturbing and a lot of it is information you wish you didn't know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814762 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:50:12 +0000 MsInformation 814762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite documentary ever is probably Spellbound, since I was a very serious spelling bee contestant back in the day. More recent favorites: Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Queen of Versailles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814755 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:48:32 +0000 winniebee 814755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>King of Kong<br /> Searching for Sugarman<br /> Murder on a Sunday Morning<br /> Exit through the Gift Shop<br /> First Point<br /> Brett the Heartman Hart - or something like that - re: WWF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814752 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:47:51 +0000 ladyfingers 814752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fancyfunction: Ooh, good ones! I *love* Grey Gardens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814750 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:47:03 +0000 fancyfunction 814750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like Grey Gardens - even though it's very disturbing.<br /> Supersize Me was also really good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-documentaries#post-814743 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:43:40 +0000 ladyfingers 814743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go on random documentary kicks sometimes. What are your favorites? Some of mine:</p> <p>- American Movie: wannabe filmmaker makes horror movie to fund his Citizen Kane. Amazing supporting characters. I actually know Mike's Schank's cousin! She said he's super nice but the movie totally portrays him accurately.<br /> - Jesus Camp<br /> - Best Worst Movie: The cult of Troll 2<br /> - Roger &amp; Me: Back before Michael Moore went off the rails<br /> - The Fog of War: Fascinating film about former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara<br /> - Capturing the Friedmans: Disturbing yet fascinating portrait of a family coping with the actions of the patriarch.<br /> - A Thin Blue Line: The original "innocent man on death row" story. </p>