Survey : 1) What are your favourite documentaries? 2) "Mainstream" documentaries? 3) "Indie" or YouTube documentaries? - Please comment.

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    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Yes. Adam Curtis has done some stellar work.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self 2002

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares 2004

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_(TV_series) (What Happened to our Dream of Freedom) 2007

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace_(TV_series) 2011

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Lake_(film) 2015 meh

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation 2016

    [–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Adam curtis is an establishment documentarist.

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Yes he most certainly is.

    Yet he's also managed to be very insightful and relevant, even if he can't/won't speak on some issues (ie. 9/11).

    His "HyperNormalization" docu about Russian politics predicted where American politics would evolve into.

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    See also :

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    Favorite mainstream doc: Revolution OS https://youtu.be/4vW62KqKJ5A

    It's not very truthery though, or is it?

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I haven't seen it yet. I will now.