BFI's 100 Documentary Films
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"100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts."
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
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Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Woodstock
1970, in 12 top lists Check -
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Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
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My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
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Menschen am Sonntag
1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
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La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
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News from Home
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Man of Aran
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check -
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La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check -
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Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
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La marche de l'empereur
2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check -
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Les maîtres fous
1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check -
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Portrait of Jason
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check -
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Turksib
1929, in 6 top lists Check -
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In the Year of the Pig
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Married Couple
1969, in 7 top lists Check -
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Ônibus 174
2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
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