Best documentaries you probably haven’t seen
Best documentaries you probably haven’t seen, I’m serious
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- StarsCharlie Hamilton-JamesWildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James has spent $10,000 on 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest, without even looking at it first. Situated at the end of a road, he hopes it is a strategic purchase, which will stop loggers illegally entering the Manu National Park and cutting down trees. But when he gets there, he quickly realises things are not quite so simple.
- DirectorAlan EreiraThe Kogi are the only indigenous tribe in the world to survive inviolate due to their resilience and remote location in the mountains of Colombia. They offer a warning about the damage we are doing to the Earth.
- DirectorAlan EreiraStarsMama Manuel CoronadoAlan EreiraFrancisca ZarabataThe leaders of of an ancient hidden civilization in South America want to show mankind how to avoid destroying the planet. They travel with an aging British film-maker and four hundred kilometres of gold thread to trace invisible connections in nature.
- DirectorJohn PirozziStarsNorodom SirivudhNorodom SihanoukSisowath KossamakThrough the eyes, words, and songs of its popular music stars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, 'Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock & Roll' examines and unravels Cambodia's tragic past, culminating in the genocidal Khmer Rouge's dismantling of the society and murder of two million of its citizens. Combining interviews of the surviving Cambodian musicians themselves (a total of 150 hours of interviews were filmed) with never-before-seen archival material and rare songs, this documentary tracks the twists and turns of Cambodian music as it morphs into rock and roll, blossoms, and is nearly destroyed along with the rest of the country.
- DirectorJohn PirozziStarsNimol ChhomEthan HoltzmanZac HoltzmanLos Angeles based band Dengue Fever goes to Cambodia, native home of their lead singer. They perform live shows, play with master musicians, and bridge the gap between music lost during the reign of the Khmer Rouge and the people and culture of today.