Documentaries

Movies 

I like em too...

Murderball is all that comes to mind at the moment....   Looking forward to taking notes off this thread

ETA.  War.  Restrepo.  Tough to watch

And I am ashamed to admit I haven't yet watched The Cove.....   distressing, but must be seen

I really want to see - "Unbreakable: The Western States 100"

"Forks over knives" is very good, as is "The Fog of War"

And I'm with ChrisM, I can't bring myself to watch "The Cove".

I have The Cove sitting in my netflix queue, but I don't know if I can bear to watch it either!  

A good one is Running on The Sun, about the BadWater race.  

Run for your Life was also good about the founder of the NYC Marathon

If looking for sports/tri related ones, my mom gave me one for Xmas, I hadn't heard of, called Bicycle Dreams, haven't watched yet (sorry mom).  Synopsis: 

They are seekers, madmen, and angels hell-bent on riding across America on a bicycle in less than ten days. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime is transformed in an instant when tragedy strikes the race. These voyagers discover what is truly at stake as they pedal on, praying for the deliverance only the finish line can bring. By journey's end, some are saved, others are lost, but all learn that the fuel that takes a soul toward its own true destiny is desire.

Running the Sahara is good.

Wouldn't a documentary book just be any work of non-fiction?

Habitat: 35 years of whitewater rafting in the Pacific Northwest. 

http://habitatfilm.blogspot.com/

I enjoyed "Catfish" - there is some debate as to whether it was legitimately a documentary. I also enjoyed "People Say I'm Crazy" - about schizophrenia. 

King of Kong - about competitive Donkey Kong players

We also enjoyed the ones about trekkies (I believe it was called "Trekkies") and LARPers - (Monster Camp was the one I remember; there is also Darkon).

PBS' American Experience presidential biography titled "Clinton" was very interesting.

Al-Jazeera has these 30 minute podcasts called "Witness" that are pretty good.

2x on the Anvil documentary.  Awesome.

An anvil documentary?  I know that's getting a thumbs-down from Mr. Wil E. Coyote.

Good call!  I remember that one.  It's a great watch.

I'm going to have to check out Habitat.  Looks cool!

Also dug up some more.  May not fit everyone's taste, but hey, it's just a movie..

1. Jesus Camp

2. Waiting for Armageddon

3. Who Killed the Electric Car

4.  Enron-The Smartest Guys in the Room

5.  Protocols of Zion

Oh, yeah, that was a good one too

X whatever on Anvil, good stuff.

Along the same lines, Metallica in Some Kind of Monster.  Interesting view into the corporate and emotional workings of a metal banc