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Category Archives: Documentary

HARLAN COUNTY, USA (1976)

A portrait of a coal mining community in 1970s Kentucky, where the company is king but the locals risk life and limb to unionize, as did the filmmakers to tell their story.

Posted byDaniel JoslynMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021Posted in1970s Movies, American movies, Barbara Kopple, Documentary, Female DirectorsTags:1970s Movies, 1976, Barbara Kopple, Documentary, Harlan County USALeave a comment on HARLAN COUNTY, USA (1976)

MAN OF ARAN (1934)

A documentary so early it doesn’t know the rules about documentaries, about life at the edge of human existence.

Posted byDaniel JoslynMarch 11, 2021March 16, 2021Posted in1930s movies, Adventure, British movies, Docufiction, Documentary, Irish Virtual Film Festival, Robert J. FlahertyTags:1930s movies, 1934, Adventure, British movies, Docufiction, Documentary, Irish Virtual Film Festival, Man of Aran, Robert J. Flaherty1 Comment on MAN OF ARAN (1934)

SHOAH (1985)

An absolutely essential first-person historical document about one of the worst events in history.

Posted byDaniel JoslynJanuary 17, 2021January 17, 2021Posted in1980s Movies, Claude Lanzmann, Documentary, French movies, Holocaust, War Movies, World War IITags:1980s Movies, 1985, Claude Lanzmann, Documentary, French movies, Holocaust, Shoah, War Movies, World War II1 Comment on SHOAH (1985)

GATES OF HEAVEN (1978)

A documentary about pet cemeteries and also the meaning of life, maybe low-key one of my all-time favorites.

Posted byDaniel JoslynNovember 14, 2020November 14, 2020Posted in1970s Movies, American movies, Documentary, Errol MorrisTags:1970s Movies, 1978, Documentary, Errol Morris, Gates of HeavenLeave a comment on GATES OF HEAVEN (1978)

MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)

This “experiment” shocked contemporary audiences but influenced filmmaking decades after its initial release.

Posted byDaniel JoslynOctober 4, 2020February 27, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, Documentary, Dziga Vertov, Russian movies, Silent MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1929, Documentary, Dziga Vertov, Man With a Movie Camera, Russian movies, Silent MoviesLeave a comment on MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)
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