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. 42 -

    I for India

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  3. 78 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 106 -

    Waiting for Fidel

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  8. 84 -

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 9 -

    A British Picture

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  10. 99 -

    Time Indefinite

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 77 -

    Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  12. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 68 -

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 108 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 25 -

    Padenie dinastii Romanovykh

    1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 75 -

    North Sea

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  18. 51 -

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 49 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 71 -

    Native Land

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 37 -

    Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  22. 91 -

    Shipyard

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  23. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 44 -

    Jazz

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  32. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 67 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 6 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 39 -

    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 72 -

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 5 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
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