Category: Documentaries
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Navy Seals That Were Crack Addicts: A True Story
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Read more: Navy Seals That Were Crack Addicts: A True StoryNavy Seals That Were Crack Addicts: A True Story. There is just one that I’m aware of, and his story is nothing short of amazing. When you hear this man’s story, at some points you are proud of him, and at other times you are in disbelief of how self-destructive he once was and how…
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The Beckoning Silence (2007)
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Read more: The Beckoning Silence (2007)The Docu-Movie Touching the Void is the Godfather of all mountain climbing movies. Just watching this movie turned Roger Ebert into a quivering, blubbering mess. Touching the Void is a Docu-drama based on the calamitous events that occurred when Joe Simpson and Simon Yates attempted to ascend and descend the Siula Grande in Peru. Beyond…
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Into the Cold: A Journey into the Soul
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Read more: Into the Cold: A Journey into the SoulI really enjoy most documentaries about man v. nature, especially in a cold weather setting. Happy People was one of the most enjoyable and rewarding documentaries ever, and what else would you expect from the great Werner Herzog? Into the Cold: A Journey into the Soul, unlike Happy People was a self-indulgent and preachy docuME…
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Meru
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Read more: MeruMy attitude towards extreme mountain climbing varies between amazement and admiration for something like Touching the Void, to disdain and disgust at self-important trust fund kids who pollute places like Mt. Everest with their corpses and oxygen bottles. The shark fin of Mt. Meru in the Indian Himalayas has been characterized as the anti-Everest. More…
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Bigger Stronger Faster
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Read more: Bigger Stronger FasterAnyone using the modifier ‘on steroids’ is to be plunked before a firing squad.
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Virunga
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Read more: VirungaWhacky corporate murderers at it again.
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Crude
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Read more: CrudeFuck Chevron.
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Mile…Mile and a Half
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Read more: Mile…Mile and a HalfI don’t know if this was a documentary, an art exhibit, a magnificent display of some of the best cinematography ever, or just the very best of the human condition. Every once and a while in the wasteland of the Netflix click posters you find a real gem. This documentary is just one impossible bucket…
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Food, Inc.
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Read more: Food, Inc.The illusion of the traditional farmer has been very useful from a marketing perspective, as every imaginable food product will have a picture of happy animals and good, honest, hard-working farmers bringing sustenance to the world while handling the family business. Thanks to the great distance between the consumer and how their food is produced,…
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Nostalgia For the Light
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Read more: Nostalgia For the LightIn the desert, evidence is preserved for centuries.