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. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 37 -

    Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  4. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 25 -

    Padenie dinastii Romanovykh

    1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 78 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 49 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 71 -

    Native Land

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 108 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 68 -

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  15. 84 -

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 60 -

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  23. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  26. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
  30. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 99 -

    Time Indefinite

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 53 -

    La voltige

    1895 — a.k.a. Trick Riding, in 1 top list Check
  36. 83 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 103 -

    Madonna: Truth or Dare

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  38. 58 -

    Repas de bébé

    1895 — a.k.a. Baby's Meal, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 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. 43 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 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
  43. 39 -

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

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 44 -

    Jazz

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 62 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 72 -

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 105 -

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    1961, in 3 top lists Check
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