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If you’re into space stuff, or history or both, I’d highly recommend “The Last Man on the Moon”, a doc about Gene Cernan. It’s on Netflix. Beautifully shot, beautifully edited and a fascinating story.
“Don’t ever count yourself out. You’ll never know how good you are unless you try. Dream the impossible and go out and make it happen. I walked on the moon. What can’t you do?”
One of my favorite documentaries… I don’t know if it’s still on Netflix or not… is
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, but it’s such a rage inducing and downright tragic piece of work that if you haven’t seen it yet, then you definitely need to approach it with the utmost caution.
I’ve never screamed so loudly at a piece of film ever. If you don’t want to be upset for your entire life, maybe you shouldn’t watch it…
this is a terrible rec.
I will check it out!
My two favorites, and I don’t know if they’re still on there, are “Step into Liquid” which is a gorgeous doc about surfing and “My Architect” which is Nathaniel Kahn searching for his father Louis Kahn’s life and legacy through his architecure.
Today I totally vegged out on Netflix I love documentaries, so this is what I watched:
Filthy Cities – It’s a 3 part miniseries on the history of sanitation and I didn’t quite make it through the first episode. Because 13th century London is ew.
The Worlds War – A doc about people of color in WWI and how the various European countries used (and abused) their colonial troops. Or in the case of the Americans, refuse to lead black troops and then got mad when the French treated them right (and better then their own African troops).
Supervolcano – A surprisingly well done docudrama about Yellowstone going up. It kept me clicking to the next part to see what would happen next.
The Science of Doctor Who – Brian Cox and pretty interesting, plus it’s almost weird to watch eleven run around the tardis now.
Churchill’s First World War – What it says on the tin, about Churchill and how the Great War shaped him and what he did.
Um yes. I did watch a crazy amount of television today. And played Sims 4. This is me avoiding the day. And yes I’m a history nerd who also loves science and disaster stuff.
Just watched the Atari: Game Over documentary and overall it was good but I’m also annoyed.
An entire doc and not a single woman anywhere in sight, except as someone’s wife or background. No interviews with women gamers or game geeks, not even in the crowd waiting for the dig.
I think maybe one passing reference to a woman game designer at the tail end. I hate when a doc make me feel invisible ><.