In no particular order (and with the important caveat that you need to make your own decisions about what is appropriate for your family), here are some documentaries we've found interesting:
'Alone in the Wilderness' -- beginning in the late 1960s, a man documents his solitary life in the Alaskan wilderness
'A Man Called Pearl' -- a man in SC creates an extraordinary sculptural garden (FAVORITE)
'Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence' -- bizarre, but fascinating
'Grizzly Man' -- a self-appointed grizzly ambassador. very sad. Be prepared.
'Into the Wild' -- kind of the opposite of 'Alone in the Wilderness.' also very sad. Again, be prepared.
'Supersize Me' -- a man spends 30 days living on McDonalds food
'Spellbound' -- backstory of the National Spelling Bee
'The King of Kong' -- Donkey Kong championship
'Darkon' -- live action role players
'Hands on a Hard Body' -- this is hard to find, but it's about trying to win a pickup truck (Love it!)
'Good Hair' -- Chris Rock on African-American hair care
'Is That Skunk?' -- on skunks
'The Meerkats' -- my ten-year-old's favorite
'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' --1990s discovery of fantastic cave paintings in France
'It Might Get Loud' -- rock guitar
'Wordplay' -- crossword puzzle fanatics
'Buena Vista Social Club' -- underground Cuban musicians
'High Lonesome' -- beautiful movie about the start of bluegrass music
'Buck' -- horse whisperer
'Winnebago Man' -- tracking down a TV pitchman. FOUL LANGUAGE alert, but interesting.
'Who the #$%% Is Jackson Pollock?' -- a woman seeks to find out the value of a painting
'King Corn' -- the turning of agriculture into a monoculture
'Forgiving Dr. Mengele' -- a Holocaust survivor's quest of forgiveness
'Jesus Camp' -- kids at an unusual summer camp
'Herb and Dorothy' -- a modest couple collects modern art
'Kon-Tiki' -- the original footage of an experimental voyage across the Pacific
'This Is It' -- Michael Jackson
'Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple' -- Guyana cult
'Riding Giants' -- surfing
'Collision' -- a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson
I've not personally seen these, but they are recommended by my college and teenage sons:
'Ultimate Predator' -- a real-life Tarzan
'Surviving the Cut' -- marines
'Restrepo' -- US soldiers in Afghanistan
'Bigger, Faster, Stronger' -- steroids
I'm interested in seeing:
'Gasland' -- controversial drilling in Texas
'Food, Inc.' -- thinking about our food supply
'Waiting for Superman' -- education
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