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Louis Theroux - The Odd, the Bad, and the GodlyLouis Theroux - The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly (2011)
A second anthology of intrepid reporter Louis Theroux's eye–opening BBC Two specials. Disc One: America's Medicated Kids, Law and Disorder…
My AmericaMy America (2011)
Dir. Peter Hegedus
Documentarian Peter Hegedus draws on his unusual upbringing – as a child of socialist Hungary who used movies to form his image of the United…
SamsaraSamsara (2011) Recommended
Dir. Ron Fricke
The director of BARAKA expands our minds with another impressive, visually astonishing meditation on global spirituality and the human experience,…
Young Ones, TheYoung Ones, The (2011)
The latest in a series of age and era–based social experiments, this BBC documentary asks six elderly celebrities – among them, cricket…
BabiesBabies (2010) Recommended
Dir. Thomas Balmes
The first year ahead of four newly born infants from different parts of the world (Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and California) forms the irresistible…
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (TV Series)Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (TV Series) (2010)
The lives and wedding celebrations of Britain's outcast gypsy communities are documented, warts and all, in this loud and proud social anthropology,…
CatfishCatfish (2010) Recommended
Dir. Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Astonishing documentary follows the interactions between a New York–based photographer and a young woman from rural Michigan who make contact…
Digital NationDigital Nation (digital_nation) (2010)
Dir. Rachel Dretzin
From the maker of GROWING UP ONLINE, this is another quality PBS documentary about the complexities of modern culture. The focus is how the web and…
Faces of AmericaFaces of America (2010)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the cultural and ethnic roots behind America today in this salient social documentary. Participants keen to share their…
FreakonomicsFreakonomics (2010) Recommended
Dir. Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, Heidi Ewing
The authors of 'Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist' pass on the baton to six documentarians in this diverse exploration of social phenomena through (and…

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