Awesome Documentaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

(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.”

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

The ESPN report that Last Week Tonight cited in its condemnation of FIFA. The report looks at the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar, which will need more workers to prepare for the 2022 World Cup. Unofficial mirror here.

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