Must See Documentaries TV Chat

[Tom]

The Rescue on Disney+ is fantastic.

From Academy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, THE RESCUE chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand

 

[Legion]

The Alpinst, solo climbing. Now showing on Sky

The Alpinist (2021) ⭐ 7.9 | Documentary, Biography

1h 32m | 12A

www.imdb.com

 

[hannah]

Two documentaries that were on BBC this week as part of the build up to Holocaust Memorial Day.

Storyville: Final Account

The last living generation of Germans to participate in the Third Reich

BBC Four - Storyville, Final Account

The last living generation of everyday people to participate in the Third Reich.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor tells his story.

BBC One - The Man Who Saw Too Much

The story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, a concentration camp survivor.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Steve]

Storyville: Final Account

The last living generation of Germans to participate in the Third Reich

Some of the images were hard to watch and appeared a mixture of reactions to what happened. Some appeared guilty of being as they put it " perpetrators " others seemed almost blasé to what happened. I visited the holocaust memorial in Berlin which was a stark reminder of what happened

 

[David76]

Watched the Woodstock '99 on Netflix.

Interesting watching. Never heard of this disaster version of Woodstock before.

 

[Tom]

Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall

The new Creedence Clearwater Revival documentary on Nextflix is very good. About half the running time is a Jeff Bridges voiceover over old footage and some good "at the time" interviews with the band, followed by about 45 mins of live footage from the Albert Hall in 1970

 

[David76]

SAS: Rogue Warriors

Great factual series by author/journalist Ben MacIntyre, really touching archive interviews with veterans including Stirling filmed in the 1970s/1980s.

BBC Two - SAS: Rogue Warriors

The remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tom]

The Imposter

Amazing the mess/insanity that people will allow themselves to be drawn into. A 23 year old man living in Spain who takes the identity of a 16 year old American boy whose been missing for 3 years in America...you have to see it to get the craziness of it all.

The Imposter (2012) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, Biography, Crime

1h 39m | 15

www.imdb.com

 

[Tom]

This Place Rules (HBO/HBO Max)

Documentary from Andrew Callaghan about the lead up to the Jan 6th riots. Should be an interesting watch. Available from December 30.

Follows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

There was a really good documentary on earlier this week on BBC2, a guy called OIly Lambert spent a few weeks filming with some of the volunteer armies on the front lines in Ukraine.

Well worth a watch, it is on iPlayer - Ukraine: The Peoples Fight

BBC Two - Ukraine: The People’s Fight

Film-maker Olly Lambert spends two months on the front line with volunteer special forces.

www.bbc.co.uk