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Can't recommend highly enough the following docs:
The Gilded Age
The origins of big business and billionaire money in politics start here. Warning: watching this documentary will strangely feel like watching a special news report about what's happening today.
The Eugenics Crusade
A morbidly fascinating and critical watch. I had no idea Eugenics was basically as American as apple pie for like..most of the early 20th century? The chilling story of how when a 'good' idea (the desire for a healthier, stronger human race) meets bad science + racism + ableism + homophobia, surprise surprise, you get Nazis.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Stoking fears of “Negro Rule,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington, North Carolina’s democratically-elected government in 1898. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.
The little-known story of this deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city — the only coup d’état in the history of the US.
Jan 29, 2025
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also all the Adam Curtis documentaries you can find on YouTube are totally worth a watch
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i don’t watch a lot of documentaries but these are ones i remember finding really informarive
crip camp is an AMAZING documentary about the disability rights movement in the US. like seriously so good. covers a bunch of history i never knew before i watched it, like the capitol crawl or when the Black Panthers helped bring food to activists during a 504 sit-in. i was also really lucky to see a talk with Judy Heumann and and James LeBrecht not long after i saw the film, which was very cool
also, it’s FREE ON YOUTUBE! so everyone should see it. i linked it
other documentaries i can think of: 13th (about mass incarceration and racism) is really good. as is homegrown (about the Jan 6 insurrection), which just came out. both are pretty heavy and very informative; well-made but with different styles
Feb 5, 2025
If u like weird old documentaries (shot on film) about local characters, give this one a go:
pls send thru your recs!!
Feb 22, 2024
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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.
May 14, 2024
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Jan 27, 2025
I’m here for the summer doing a play at the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket. My wish when I first arrived was for time to pass slowly.
For a month now, i find myself able to wake up with the dawn chorus, go for long walks and runs without my AirPods, work out regularly, and sit in the sunshine in silence, soaking up the peace one breath at a time.
I’ve never been healthier, more rested, or had better hair.
I’m already nostalgic for this contract.
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