This show is in no way underrated, in fact I think it’s perfectly rated. Fred and Bill are the twin sisters I never had. I just wanted to highlight some standout episodes. IN NO ORDER. - bats … valley 1 &2
- the original album: co-op
- any given saturday afternoon
- globesman
- parker gail's location is everything
- sandy passage
- dronez
- the eye doesn’t lie
Hale County This Morning, This Evening — Definitely an acquired taste, but imo one of the best documentaries out there. Beautiful, slow, immersive. RaMell Ross took years worth of footage and curated a 76 minute work of art. Lots of discourse out there on it. HUGE rec. Paris is Burning — basic rec but worth it if you’ve never seen. House/ballroom scene of the mid/late ‘80s NYC. I sob consistently every time. Roger & Me — Love or hate Michael Moore, this doc is amazing. Covers US deindustrialization & the consequences for the midwest, specifically focusing on Flint, Michigan. All That Breathes — Another breathtakingly beautiful doc. Follows two brothers in Delhi who run a bird hospital for injured black kites. Hindu nationalism, interspecies connection, ecological collapse. Nominated for an oscar. So good.
The Thin Blue Line might be one of the best and most important documentaries of all time! Also Black Panthers, The Janes, Gay USA, Hearts & Minds, Woodstock, Free Chol Soo Lee and pretty much everything by Werner Herzog. For docs about people, I’d recommend Moonage Daydream, Jane Fonda in Five Acts and Cobain: Montage of Heck.
There are way too many, but this one never disappoints. Same with The Last Days of Disco!!!!!! Also I could go on and on about scores but I love everything Johnny Greenwood has done. Same with Emile Mosseri.
