small town ecstasy
life of crime
dope sick love
high on crack street
streetwise
burden of dream
grey gardens
harlan county usa
the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia (this one is my favorite of all time)
Jun 23, 2025
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My most recommended movie. Dickhouse produced documentary about the White family, a group of charming, pill-selling Appalachians descended from D. Ray White. D. Ray is one of the most famous mountain tap dancers. I stumbled upon a documentary about him produced by PBS that's much more sincere and less drug addled called "Talking Feet" that I'd also recommend, and byway of that initial screening found this. Even for those who aren't self proclaimed Appalachia heads, this is an all timer.
Nov 2, 2023
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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)
Dec 13, 2024
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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.
Jun 22, 2025
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Jun 26, 2025
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so much information…….
Jun 5, 2025
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i like to add my response to the asks i post and sometimes i think “wow it would be great if i could add in a picture to this.” like if someone were to ask what everyone’s top 4 on letterboxd is, they should be able to post a pic of their top 4. i hope this makes sense lol
Jun 23, 2025