Tag Archives: documentary

Shoah

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Shoah (1985) dir. Claude Lanzmann The 9 1/2 hour film Shoah consists of eyewitness testimony of those who participated in and were the victims of the slaughter of 6 million European Jews by the Nazi regime.  Claude Lanzmann interviews survivors, … Continue reading →

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Harlan County, USA

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Harlan County, USA (1976) dir. Barbara Kopple A group of impoverished coal miners in rural Kentucky strike against their company.  They’re shot at and beaten.  The camera crew is attacked as well. Harlan County, USA is documentary at its most exciting.  It’s political, … Continue reading →

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Land Without Bread – The Original Borat

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

Luis Buñuel’s 1933 Land Without Bread is a hilarious parody of early ethnographic documentaries.  I’m glad I saw it just a few days after The Song of Ceylon; seeing at least one example of the genre prior to Land Without … Continue reading →

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