IDA 25 Best Documentaries - Intl Documentary Association

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Hoop Dreams [DVD]
1.  Hoop Dreams [DVD] DVD ~ William Gates
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  "Follows two African American teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with long-shot dreams of the NBA"
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The Thin Blue Line [DVD]
2.  The Thin Blue Line [DVD] DVD ~ The Thin Blue Line
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  "Should have been number 1. Reconstruction of the murder of Dallas policeman Robert Wood in 1976, through film clips, interviews"
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Bowling For Columbine [DVD] [2002]
3.  Bowling For Columbine [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Michael Moore
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  "Moore's diatribe about gun proliferation in America. Highlight is his confrontation with NRA president Charlton Heston."
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Spellbound [DVD] [2003]
4.  Spellbound [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Harry Altman|Angela Arenivar|Ted Brigham
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  ""Who would have thought that a documentary about US spelling US spelling bee contestants could be as suspense-filled as a Hitchcock thriller?""
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Harlan County USA [DVD]
5.  Harlan County USA [DVD] DVD ~ Barbara Kopple
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  "A tense Oscar winning documentary chronicling coal miner's strike in Kentucky,"
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An Inconvenient Truth [DVD]
6.  An Inconvenient Truth [DVD] DVD ~ Al Gore
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  "Al Gore tries to save the planet. Pity he didn't think about it when he was in power."
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Crumb [DVD] [1995]
7.  Crumb [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Robert Crumb
The list author says:
  "Biopic of the cartoonist with insightful look into creativity and dysfunction family relationships."
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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter [DVD]
8.  The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter [DVD] DVD ~ The Rolling Stones
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  "Best rock documentary of all time according to Mark Kermode. 1970 Rolling Stones concert. Maysles directs."
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The Fog of War [DVD] [2004]
9.  The Fog of War [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Robert McNamara
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  "2004 best documentary Oscar. Captivating look at late Robert McNamara. Wonderful score by Philip Glass"
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Roger and Me [1989] [DVD] [1990]
10.  Roger and Me [1989] [DVD] [1990] DVD ~ Michael Moore
The list author says:
  "Moore turns his anger on General Motors Chairman Roger B Smith after a local plant is closed."
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Super Size Me [DVD] [2004]
11.  Super Size Me [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Morgan Spurlock
The list author says:
  "Morgan Spurlock's polemic against the fast food industry using himself as guinea pig"
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Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back - 65 Tour [DVD]
12.  Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back - 65 Tour [DVD] DVD ~ D.A. Pennebaker
The list author says:
  "The Gospel for Dylan fans. Chronicles his 1965 UK tour. "Judas!". In BW."
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Salesman [Masters of Cinema] [1968] [DVD]
13.  Salesman [Masters of Cinema] [1968] [DVD] DVD ~ Maysles Brothers
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  "1968. The lives of traveling Bible salesmen as recorderd by Gimme Shelter directors."
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Koyaanisqatsi/ Powaqqatsi [DVD]
14.  Koyaanisqatsi/ Powaqqatsi [DVD] DVD ~ Christie Brinkley
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  "Breathtaking experimental time-lapse photography and Philip Glass score. A travesty that it got ranked below An Inconvenient Truth."
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Sherman's March [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
15.  Sherman's March [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Ross McElwee
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  ""After his girlfriend leaves him, filmmaker Ross McElwee takes a voyage along the original route followed by Civil War General William Sherman."
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Grey Gardens [Masters of Cinema] [1976] [DVD] [NTSC]
16.  Grey Gardens [Masters of Cinema] [1976] [DVD] [NTSC] DVD ~ Maysles Brothers
The list author says:
  "Maysles' portrait of aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis and their unusual life together"
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Capturing The Friedmans [2004] [DVD]
17.  Capturing The Friedmans [2004] [DVD] DVD ~ Arnold Friedman
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  "Another dysfuctional family, captured on their own film."The resulting story will haunt you long after the end-credits roll""
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Born Into Brothels [DVD] [2007]
18.  Born Into Brothels [DVD] [2007] DVD ~ Ross Kauffman
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  "Story of children.from Calcutta's red light district. The power of art to survive despite abject poverty, abuse, despair, tragedy and heartbreak."
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Five Films by Frederick Wiseman: Titicut Follies, High School, Welfare, High School II, Public Housing
19.  Five Films by Frederick Wiseman: Titicut Follies, High School, Welfare, High School II, Public Housing by Frederick Wiseman
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  "Not on DVD"
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Buena Vista Social Club [1999] [DVD]
20.  Buena Vista Social Club [1999] [DVD] DVD ~ Wim Wenders
The list author says:
  "Moving portrait of Cuban musicians by Wim Wenders  and Ry Cooder."
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Fahrenheit 9/11 [DVD]
21.  Fahrenheit 9/11 [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Michael Moore on George Bush and his Saudi connections and alleged draft dodging."
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Winged Migration [DVD] [2004] [NTSC]
22.  Winged Migration [DVD] [2004] [NTSC] DVD ~ Jacques Perrin
The list author says:
  "Film about bird migration with breathtaking photography and hypnotic music. If you liked  Koyaanisqatsi..."
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Grizzly Man [2005] [DVD]
23.  Grizzly Man [2005] [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "No one does obsession like Werner Herzog. (Burden of Dreams should have been on this list)"
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Night and Fog [DVD]
24.  Night and Fog [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Astonishinging Holocaust documentary, only thirty minutes long, but worth 10 Schindler's Lists"
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Woodstock - Ultimate Edition [DVD] [2009]
25.  Woodstock - Ultimate Edition [DVD] [2009] DVD ~ Various Artists
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  "'Don't take the brown acid.'"
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