Choose a film to watch from the following list. Make sure you view the official, uncut, correct version of the film if multiple films have the same title – check the year and director, when noted. Email me if any doubts:

1. Choose a film to watch from the following list. Make sure you view the official, uncut, correct version of the film if multiple films have the same title – check the year and director, when noted. Email me if any doubts:

1990s-2010s:

1991: The Year Punk Broke
4 Little Girls
A (1998 Japanese film)
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Alive: 20 Years Later
American Dream (1990 film)
American Movie
American Pimp
Berkeley in the Sixties
Beyond the Mat
Black is… Black Ain’t
Blue Eyed
Brother’s Keeper (1992 film)
The Celluloid Closet
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Crumb (1995 film)
Gang War: Bangin’ In Little Rock
Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse – 1991
Hoop Dreams
Incident at Oglala
Kurt & Courtney
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
My Best Fiend
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
A Place Called Chiapas
Rock Hudson’s Home Movies
The Triumph of Evil – 1999 PBS Frontline – full film streaming in online Lecture notes
War Zone (1998 film)
When We Were Kings
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Recommended film – click here to watch on Amazon: American Movie or Hoop Dreams

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)
Blackfish (2013)
Born Into Brothels (2004)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Catfish
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)
The Central Park Five
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
Dogtown and Z Boys (2001)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)
Hot Coffee
I’m Still Here
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck (2015)
Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later
Man on Wire (2008)
Murderball (2005)
My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
The Queen of Versailles
Raw Deal: A Question Of Consent – 2001, Corben
The Red Pill
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time (2002)
Some Kind of Monster
Super Size Me (2004)
Tarnation
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Twilight of the Porn Stars – 2012, Theroux – full film streaming in online Lecture notes
Tyson (2009)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts – 2006
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – 2017, Smith
The Act Of Killing (2013)
63 Up (2019), Apted
13th – 2016
20 Feet From Stardom (2013)
Cuba and the Cameraman – 2017, Alpert
Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 – 2017, Ridley
Whose Streets – 2017, Folayan
Whitney: Can I Be Me – 2017, Broomfield, Dolezal
Recommended film – click here to watch on Amazon: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill or The Queen of Versailles

2. DISCUSSION BOARD 5 1990s-2010s QUESTIONS – choose any 2 to answer in your Post:
3. If you believe the documentary is a hybrid, identify which Modes it is mixing and discuss how successful it is, or if it is mixing too much, or if the mixing is getting in the way of learning about the subject. Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.
4. Identify if the film was shot using digital video technology – cell phone, DV camera – does this result in low quality footage that is too poor to take seriously? Does this detract from the subject, or does it not matter due to the importance of the access and subject matter? Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.
5. Identify if the documentary filmmaker employs First-Person strategies – analyze if this results in their ego getting in the way of them covering the subject deeply and honestly. Discuss if you feel they should step back and seek the truth more than putting on an entertaining show. Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.
6. Identify if the film is a fake documentary or mockumentary – discuss if it is annoying to you to try and figure out what is real or fake, if you feel manipulated or fooled for no reason, or if you enjoy not knowing what is true and like trying to figure it out. Should this subject be off limits for such a strategy, or is it valid with you? Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.
7. Identify if the documentary is Performative – discuss if you feel there are too many fictional devices employed and too much role playing that distort the reality as they film it, or if you feel they are getting at a deeper truth this way than if they were just observing the reality. Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.
8. Does this documentary tackle any social issues? Do you think the technology or new methods of making and distributing documentaries helped the filmmakers explore this topic? Examine how the film tackles social issues and cite specific details to make your case.
9. Can the documentary in any way be considered Reality TV? Do you believe it is actually a documentary in any way, or does it seem something else completely? Is there obvious casting, scripting, role playing, contrived situations and manipulative editing? What is the purpose of the filmmakers for this film? What is it a document of – reality or some warped, distorted version of it? And even if it is warped, do you still think it is valid and enjoy it? Cite a specific example or moment from the film and discuss in detail.