Doug, famous docs are allowed shortcut names. I often talk about that famous doc I saw in New York – The Kids.
Recommended Documentaries
Recommended Docs
This is a topic where you can say which documentary has really impressed you, and why people should see it. Can be a recent one or an all-time favourite. Can't be your own though, sorry...
Praise the work of others, not your own. If you want to beat the drum for your own documentary, please don't do it here. Professionals have their own Shameless Self-Promotion topic.
We also have a Documentary Films topic for our Professionals where the debate is private and possibly more controversial. This topic here is for recommendations to the documentary-interested public.
Sun 20 Mar 2011
Edited Sun 20 Mar 2011 by Doug Block
The Kid Stays In the Picture? The Kids Are Alright? My Kid Could Paint That? The Kids Grow Up?
Just saying this is a topic open to the general public, so we shouldn't assume anyone is familiar with our recommended films, much less their shortcut names.
Mon 21 Mar 2011
Edited Mon 21 Mar 2011 by Doug Block
We'll let it slide this one time, Mascha. Mostly to serve as an example to others ;-) Don't let this keep you from participating, though. What other doc do you recommend, particularly one from the Netherlands?
A Blooming Business (http://www.newtonfilm.nl/blooming_business) and California Dreaming (http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/2010-2011/california-dreaming.html) come to mind but how does that differ from telling people about your own independent documentary?
Floored (http://flooredthemovie.com), My name is Smith (http://mynameissmith.com/) by James Smith and all the films by Ashley Sabin and David Redmond at (http://www.carnivalesquefilms.com/) so...?!
Guys, we'll soon open a public topic dedicated to self-promotion.
For now, let's remember Richard Leacock who died in Paris today, aged 89. And let's recommend his films as well as the campaign to have his memoir published.