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[Imposter34]

Help! I need to write a paper on a documentary for my class, but I'm not really big on watching documentaries... anyone have any suggestions for a good one to watch. I don't want to have to watch anything boring..

[CrazyAboutTV]

Here are the last several years worth of Academy Award winning documentaries. You should be able to find one of them to grab your interest:

2000: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport – Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer about the kindertransport, an underground railroad that saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish children during World War II.

2001: Murder on a Sunday Morning (Un coupable idéal) – Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet about a fifteen-year-old boy who was wrongfully accused of murder.

2002: Bowling for Columbine – Michael Donovan and Michael Moore about what Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns.

2003: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara that highlights the uncertainty involved when making decisions during war.

2004: Born into Brothels – Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district.

2005: March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) – Luc Jacquet about the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica.

2006: An Inconvenient Truth – By Davis Guggenheim about former vice-President Al Gore quest to educate the public about Global Warming

2007: Taxi to the Dark Side – Alex Gibney and Eva Orner about an Afghan taxi driver who was beaten to death by American soldiers

2008: Man on Wire – Simon Chinn and James Marsh about Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.

I hope that list includes one that suits your tastes!

[LooneyToon]

I saw the Documentary "The Black List 2" recently and thought it was really good.. you might enjoy it.