Kind of an unconventional pick, but: I loved the TV show LOST as a teenager, and getting to revisit some of those feelings through this documentary was special.
sorry I know it’s cringe but I love the 8 hour Peter Jackson *** documentary get back . I watched it over a Xmas with my family and we all adored it . actually just a really beautiful series about a group of young guys outgrowing each other. Highlights are : George’s outfits, Paul introducing Linda McCartney as A ‘cameraman’, silent footage of yoko Ono and Linda chatting , billy Preston arriving and changing the game. Maybe it’s because i love the Beatles, maybe it’s cuz Paul McCartney looks like my dad, maybe it’s the ridiculously lovely colour grade but … get back 4EVR!!!! *** I ORIGINALLY WROTE PERCY JACKSON RIP
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)
Really good short docs (around 30min-1hr) on YouTube about Southern Californian history. My favs are “Tiki Bars and Their Hollywood Origins” and “Fantasyland.”
I just love a Little Guy tbh. Smiski are small (usually green) Japanese toy figurines sold in blind boxes. And they glow in the dark! I have three (...so far...) and I'm obsessed with them.
I was a pretty self-centered kid (as most of us are, developmentally) until I went through some things that made me expand my own horizons surrounding how I judge/don't judge other people. It's good to remember that we're all trying our best out here.
