SIFF is showing Buck June 8 (SIFF Cinema) and June 9 (Kirkland).
Recommended Documentaries
Recommended Docs
This is a topic where you can say which documentary has really impressed you, and why people should see it. Can be a recent one or an all-time favourite. Can't be your own though, sorry...
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Re: John Burgan's post on Mon 18 Apr 2011: View thread
Heart-breaking, but great work. Any plans to do a feature length doc on this subject?
Tue 10 May 2011
Edited Tue 10 May 2011 by John Burgan
Academy-Award nominated filmmaker (and long time member of The D-Word) James Longley (IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS) has made his 2002 documentary GAZA STRIP available for free online in its entirety:
great little film about the Salton Sea and the strange community that used to surround it and what's left of it.
Re: James Longley's post on Sun 10 Apr 2011: View thread
I agree. It muckracks to the point that it glosses over some of the real story. but, too, i wonder how else it might have been done.
Re: Kurt Engfehr's post on Tue 17 May 2011: View thread
Some gorgeous footage in there... I've seen several docs popping up about the Salton Sea lately... Here's one I'm eager to check out:
Just finished "Genghis Blues", re: Paul Pena and Tuvan throatsinging (netflix). It is great! I swear I put it on my queue because of something I recently read here, but can't find the posting. I read Fyneman's "Tuva or Bust!" years ago. I'm sure I have the companion record somewhere around the house.