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Awesome Documentaries

Digital Amnesia

Digital Amnesia

Bregtje van der Haak and VPRO look at our collective disinterest in preserving our history, and talk to some of the organizations and people who are fighting to alleviate humanity’s amnesia. It’s 49 minutes long, but it’s a must watch.

Netflix: Print the Legend (Trailer)

Netflix: Print the Legend (Trailer)

A Netflix original, Print the Legend is a feature-length documentary about 3D printing, one of the most promising technologies today. The film is anchored on the histories of 3D printer manufacturers MakerBot and Formlabs.

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I’ll Be Fine

I’ll Be Fine

Born with autism, Tim has learned to control his emotions and behavior. However, his parents are blunt and honest about his future, and everyday they fear that their son might regress. But they endure and stay happy together.

Warbird Pilot: Behind the Visor

Warbird Pilot: Behind the Visor

Rob W. Scribner’s short profile of John-Curtiss Paul, an air racer and warbird pilot. John flies and maintains legacy aircraft for the Warhawk Air Museum, a job that he’s well aware is a privilege, albeit a risky one.

From Under the Rust

From Under the Rust

A fascinating reverence comes through for steam locomotives in Julien Lasseur and Rustic’s short film which showcases the zeal for this mode of transport from Cleveland’s Charlie Sedgley and the Midwest Railway Preservation Society.

The Electronic Afterlife

The Electronic Afterlife

Gadget reseller Gizmogul gives us a peek at life in Agbogbloshie, Ghana, the world’s largest electronics dump. Parts of the junk in Agbogbloshie are sold or recycled but the rest are burned, polluting the town with toxic fumes.

An 8-Year Love Story

An 8-Year Love Story

Viral video maker Casey Neistat looks back at his relationship with his wife Candace, with the help of his cameras of course. The song is Talk, an original track made by Henry Hall for this video.

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We Will Live Again

We Will Live Again

A documentary about cryonics, the practice of freezing the dead in the hope that they can be revived in the future. Cryonics facilities are legally classified as cemeteries. There is currently no way to safely reverse the process.

The Overnighters (Trailer)

The Overnighters (Trailer)

The oil boom in Williston, ND attracted so many people that even some of those who got hired couldn’t find a place to stay. When a priest turned his church into temporary housing, tensions rose between locals and the overnighters.

Art and Craft (Trailer)

Art and Craft (Trailer)

Art and Craft is a documentary about Mark Landis. For 30 years, Mark forged hundreds of paintings. But instead of earning fame or fortune, Mark would pretend to be a philanthropist and donate his forgeries to museums.

Mr X

Mr X

Alex Nicholson’s documentary about the inspiration behind tattoo art, as told by Duncan X, a South London tattooist, whose struggles are reflected in his own ink. The VFX by MPC were used to remove, and replace Mr X’s tattoos.

Don’t Look Down on Me

Don’t Look Down on Me

Jonathan Novick lives with dwarfism. Jonathan has grown exasperated at how many people treat him. Here he gives us a peek at his daily life, in the hope that we’ll be more respectful of people who are different from us.

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Between Days

Between Days

With his wife confined to a nursing home and his children tending to their own lives, Abdulah Kadenic spent his final years alone. Nizar Pasalic’s emotionally-charged profile reminds us of time’s ruthlessness.

Forest Man

Forest Man

William McMaster’s documentary on Jadav Payeng. In a bid to save his island home from erosion, Jadav started planting trees in 1979. His forest now covers 550ha., more than one and a half times the size of New York’s Central Park.

Delivery

Delivery

(NSFW: Language) Bill is one of the pizza delivery guys in Brooklyn. But he’s not just a pizza delivery guy in Brooklyn. No Weather did a great job capturing Bill in his element. The closing track is Where the Sun Beats by Blue Sky Black Death.

Mastering Bread & Butter

Mastering Bread & Butter

While other chefs craft signature exotic dishes or seek to use ingredients in new and different ways, Dan Richer of New Jersey’s Razza Pizza Artigianale is on a quest to make the perfect bread and butter.

Masters of the World Cup

Masters of the World Cup

A short profile of GDE Bertoni. The little known company crafts some of the world’s most coveted trophies and other awards. Their work includes the trophies for the Champions League, Europa League and the World Cup.

Limo Ride (Red Band Trailer)

Limo Ride (Red Band Trailer)

(NSFW) A documentary about 10 friends from Mobile, Alabama and their New Year misadventure. After hiring a limo at 4am to get to a polar bear dip, they ended up experiencing the “greatest bar story ever told.”

StuntFreaksTeam: Our Lifestyle

StuntFreaksTeam: Our Lifestyle

A 37-minute documentary and showreel of sorts from Finland’s StuntFreaksTeam, showing off some of their motor vehicle skills and general tomfoolery. They also are extremely deft at destroying stuff. Turn English captions on.

The Putter

The Putter

Shaun Bloodworth’s mesmerizing profile of Cliff Denton, an employee at Ernest Wright & Son.The manufacturer is one of the few that still makes scissors by hand. Cliff is one of its “putters” – someone who puts scissors together.

To Be Takei (Trailer)

To Be Takei (Trailer)

A biopic about George Takei, most famous for his role as Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek series. To Be Takei looks at George’s different facets: a husband, a civil rights advocate, an actor and an online comedian. Oh my!

Inside the Mind of an Inventor

Inside the Mind of an Inventor

Having built a jet-powered bike, Wolverine’s claws, and the world’s fastest baby stroller, Colin Furze is one of the world’s foremost mad scientists. Get inside Colin’s head in this short documentary by Beazknees.

Gnarly in Pink

Gnarly in Pink

According to The New York Times, by age 14 girls are twice as likely to drop out of sports as boys. The Pink Helmet Posse want to beat those odds. These 6-year-old girls dream of becoming professional skateboarders.

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