BFI's 100 Documentary Films

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"100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts."

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  1. 27 -

    Baraye azadi

    1979 — a.k.a. For Liberty, in 1 top list Check
  2. 75 -

    North Sea

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  3. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 91 -

    Shipyard

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  5. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 37 -

    Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  7. 77 -

    Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  8. 53 -

    La voltige

    1895 — a.k.a. Trick Riding, in 1 top list Check
  9. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  10. 106 -

    Waiting for Fidel

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  11. 60 -

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  14. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  15. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  18. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 108 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 84 -

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 25 -

    Padenie dinastii Romanovykh

    1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
  25. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 44 -

    Jazz

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 103 -

    Madonna: Truth or Dare

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  30. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 49 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 78 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 42 -

    I for India

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  39. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 95 -

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    Repas de bébé

    1895 — a.k.a. Baby's Meal, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 63 -

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
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