Sixty-Two Films that Shaped the Art of Documentary Filmmaking (Richard Brody)

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The idea of what a documentary is has shifted according to what has—and hasn’t—been possible during the past hundred years. But the artistic preoccupations of their creators have not changed radically in that time.
By Richard Brody


missing ICM (have imported) - Take This Hammer (1964)
missing IMBD - My First Film (Zia Anger, 2019)

(will be 64 titles total due to The Battle of Chile being in 3 parts)

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    Jim Shvante (marili svanets)

    1930 — a.k.a. Salt for Svanetia, in 1 top list Check
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    The Forgotten Frontier

    1931, in 1 top list Check
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    Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)

    1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check
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    The City

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
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    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
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    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
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    Strange Victory

    1948, in 0 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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    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
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    Integration Report I

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
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    ABC Close-Up!: The Children Were Watching

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
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    Belarmino

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Comizi d'amore

    1964 — a.k.a. Love Meetings, in 1 top list Check
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    A Time for Burning

    1967, in 1 top list Check
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    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
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    Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce'

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Queen

    1968, in 1 top list Check
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
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    Original Cast Album: Company

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
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    Numéro zéro

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Growing Up Female

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Joyce at 34

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
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    Marjoe

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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    El sopar

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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    Welfare

    1975, in 7 top lists Check
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    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
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    Not a Pretty Picture

    1976, in 0 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 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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    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
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    Le fond de l'air est rouge

    1977 — a.k.a. A Grin Without A Cat, in 3 top lists Check
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    Word Is Out

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    The Police Tapes

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
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    Poto and Cabengo

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's...

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    Fannie's Film

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check
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    Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Thank You and Good Night

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    El diablo nunca duerme

    1994 — a.k.a. The Devil Never Sleeps, in 1 top list Check
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    Le plat de sardines

    1998, in 0 top lists
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    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    He Fengming

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
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    Phyllis and Harold

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    L'image manquante

    2013 — a.k.a. The Missing Picture, in 2 top lists Check
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