Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films
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This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria.
The list is divided into 5 sections:
I. Narrative Films
Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)
II. Non-Fiction Films
III. Animated Films
IV. Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films
V. Single-channel Video
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Sweetgrass
2009, in 1 top list Check -
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Les plages d'Agnès
2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check -
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My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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Staub
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
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An Inconvenient Truth
2006, in 3 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bright Leaves
2003, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tiexi qu
2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ônibus 174
2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check -
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Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check -
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Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Megacities
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Amsterdam Global Village
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
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Forgotten Silver
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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D'Est
1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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Videogramme einer Revolution
1992 — a.k.a. Videogram of a Revolution, in 4 top lists Check -
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Black Harvest
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
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Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
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Countdown
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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Die Mauer
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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Surname Viet Given Name Nam
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
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Une histoire de vent
1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check -
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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check -
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Forest of Bliss
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
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Handsworth Songs
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tokyo-Ga
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
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Far from Poland
1984, in 1 top list Check -
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The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Atomic Cafe
1982, in 3 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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El hombre cuando es hombre
1982 — a.k.a. A Man, When He Is a Man, in 1 top list Check -
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Lebensläufe
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Wedding Camels
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Gadajace glowy
1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
1980, in 3 top lists Check
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