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.
here are some favorites off the top of my head.. Zabardast: i'm partial to climbing/expedition docs, but this one is especially good. a travel diary of a group of voyagers exploring the remote lands of Pakistan to freeride ski down its mountains. Night Fog: very heartbreaking look at WWII concentration camps Dark Days: documents the lives of the homeless people living in the tunnels underneath New York City, without being intrusive or voyeuristic Don't Look Back: self-explanatory (Minnesota's sweetheart)
Not really sure what is on Tubi as of now, but I have seen some banging documentaries on there! Dirt Woman, Desert Coffee, The Big Lonely (this one is DEVASTATING), etc.
