And Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a sweet, though slightly painful story of a heavy metal band from Toronto and their thirty year, not-so-successful career.

(Documentary is my favorite type of film and I know very few others who like them. I couldn’t help but comment on this old post to pass on the recommendations. Enjoy!)

The scenes of gay couples saying their wedding vows made me blub.

And American Drug War: Last White Hope which was terrifying!

Thank y’all so much for this thread, I replenished my netflix queue with all of your suggestions.

My Kid Could Paint That, which is about that family from upstate new york a few years ago who sold modern art paintings saying their young child had made them. Of course, it’s about other things, namely truth and family but also (a little solipsistically) the relation between a documentary filmmaker and his subjects.

The other is Dear Zachary, and it is very, very, very sad. This also has themes of parent / child relations, as well as death.

They’re both up on netflix instant. Enjoy!

http://www.thecorporation.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/

Another documentary that I love is Wordplay, all about the NY Times crossword and “puzzle master” Will Shortz. It was so much fun to see interviews so many famous folks who love crossword puzzles (e.g., Jon Stewart, Indigo Girls, Bill Clinton).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492506/

Off the top of my head and recently watched: The Power of Nightmares is interesting if flawed, Dig is the funniest music documentary I’ve seen for a while, One Day In September is good, Harlan County USA is incredible, Etre et Avoir was lovely. Oh and the best and most harrowing film I saw in the last two years was When The Levees Broke but you’ve almost certainly seen that. Ghosts by Nick Broomfield about the death of a boat of Chinese cockle pickers in Morcambe, Lancashire is also an incredible film, the subject matter might not sound much but the film is amazing.

generally anything that comes under either the Arena or Storyville strands are amazing but I don’t know how easy they are to track down outside of the UK.

Ghengis Blues (1999) is pretty touching and the Tuvan musician Kongar-ol Ondar may be one of the most lovely people on earth.

Man on Wire (2008) is beautiful, won the Oscar this year.