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NetFlix Docs
There was a list at Huff (?) that had documentaries at Neflix that many people over look but they recommended.
I had seen:
The Keepers (excellent)
Jim and Andy (excellent)
The others
Flint City (started, looking good)
Heroin(E)
Girls Incarcerated
The Worlds most Extraordinary Homes
Icarus
Twinsters
Chef's Table
Amanda Knox
Meet the Patels
Mortified Guide
Confession Tapes
Last Chance
13th
All of the ones listed had a brief explanation and in most cases showed that the documentaries grew away from their original purpose or had additional layers that made it more interesting than what the title indicated.
Anyone have any ideas about these docs?
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NetFlix Docs (Original Post)
grantcart
Mar 2018
OP
The producers amazingly uncover new information and solve the last question of the case.
grantcart
May 2018
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Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)1. If you like documentaries, I also visit:
http://documentaryheaven.com/ Not all the choices are available and a lot of what's offered is also on Netflix but there is certainly something for everyone.
Ptah
(33,048 posts)2. Here's a list of Netflix documentaries:
LeftInTX
(25,681 posts)3. The Keepers is very good and riveting
Meet the Patels is cute and funny.
I'm watching Wild, Wild Country right now. It's about the cult that moved into Oregon in the 1980s. Boy there is so much more to this than I never knew. Maybe I didn't pay enough attention to the news at the time, or maybe it was because it was a wilderness setting that it didn't make the news enough, but boy they were up to a whole bunch of stuff. These people were bad.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)4. WWC was well done but they let the secretary talk too much
And didn't hold her accountable for the evil she did.
Largest bio attack in US history
Largest wiretapping scandal in history.
efhmc
(14,735 posts)5. Funny that. I thought this was a post about doctor series.
Took me a while. Sadly.
hibbing
(10,111 posts)6. Evil Genius
If you remember the pizza bomber case or even not, good four part doc.
Peace
grantcart
(53,061 posts)7. The producers amazingly uncover new information and solve the last question of the case.
mahina
(17,726 posts)8. Mentioned elsewhere on the page but I have to raise a glass to Theo Who Lived.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5777992/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/movies/theo-who-lived-review.htmlReview: In Theo Who Lived, a Journalist Tells of His Capture by Al Qaeda
By Glenn Kenny
Oct. 6, 2016
In the imaginative and affecting documentary Theo Who Lived, the writer and journalist Theo Padnos walks the viewer through his nearly two years of captivity in the hands of Al Qaeda. A self-described dumb American, Mr. Padnos, who went by the name Peter Theo Curtis at the time, crossed the border into Syria from Turkey in October 2012, looking for a story. He was kidnapped almost immediately.
The writer and director David Schisgall follows Mr. Padnos around his old quarters in Turkey, and recreates the basement rooms and cells in Syria in which Mr. Padnos was held, at one point in near-solitary confinement for over 200 days. Mr. Padnoss mother, Nancy Curtis, recounts tales from her Vermont home, including the story of her friendship with the family of James Foley, another kidnapped American journalist whose appalling execution video made headlines in 2014.
Mr. Padnos is, among other things, a compelling movie character: voluble, articulate, energetic and still understandably agitated. As indignant as he is when he describes his brutal treatment (beatings and torture were frequent, as was extreme isolation), he also frequently speaks of his understanding of his captors virulent anti-Americanism. He remains angry with a onetime cellmate, the photojournalist Matthew Schrier. Mr. Padnos says he helped Mr. Schrier escape. This seems to be the only thing these men agree on. The still-glowing resentment Mr. Padnos has for Mr. Schrier makes for a surprising and gripping scene. How Mr. Padnos made it out alive also provides a jolt, while the revelation that Mr. Padnos now spends much of his time assisting and comforting Syrian refugees is very moving. This is a potent, vital film.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/movies/theo-who-lived-review.htmlReview: In Theo Who Lived, a Journalist Tells of His Capture by Al Qaeda
By Glenn Kenny
Oct. 6, 2016
In the imaginative and affecting documentary Theo Who Lived, the writer and journalist Theo Padnos walks the viewer through his nearly two years of captivity in the hands of Al Qaeda. A self-described dumb American, Mr. Padnos, who went by the name Peter Theo Curtis at the time, crossed the border into Syria from Turkey in October 2012, looking for a story. He was kidnapped almost immediately.
The writer and director David Schisgall follows Mr. Padnos around his old quarters in Turkey, and recreates the basement rooms and cells in Syria in which Mr. Padnos was held, at one point in near-solitary confinement for over 200 days. Mr. Padnoss mother, Nancy Curtis, recounts tales from her Vermont home, including the story of her friendship with the family of James Foley, another kidnapped American journalist whose appalling execution video made headlines in 2014.
Mr. Padnos is, among other things, a compelling movie character: voluble, articulate, energetic and still understandably agitated. As indignant as he is when he describes his brutal treatment (beatings and torture were frequent, as was extreme isolation), he also frequently speaks of his understanding of his captors virulent anti-Americanism. He remains angry with a onetime cellmate, the photojournalist Matthew Schrier. Mr. Padnos says he helped Mr. Schrier escape. This seems to be the only thing these men agree on. The still-glowing resentment Mr. Padnos has for Mr. Schrier makes for a surprising and gripping scene. How Mr. Padnos made it out alive also provides a jolt, while the revelation that Mr. Padnos now spends much of his time assisting and comforting Syrian refugees is very moving. This is a potent, vital film.