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What's the most fascinating documentary you've ever watched and why did it captivate you? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by merari42 to c/asklemmy

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For me it's gotta be something from ARTE (the French/German culture television channel). Either it's the one about Chodorowskis weird Dune project or the three-part series about the history of racism. Both were extremely well-made documentaries.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I keep comming back to it, Nuclear Nightmares, a BBC Horizon dpcumentary about our fear of radiation and weather or not it is warrented.

It is from 2006, so it might be a bit outdated, but it still seems to hold up.

It would be interesting to see a new documentary on the subject.

[–] pdxfed 4 points 7 months ago

Related, The Atomic Cafe is my favorite documentary ever and about ignoramce, the cold war and McCarthy era US propaganda around nuclear war.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is that like Threads and The War Game?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Nope, Nuclear Nightmares deals with our fear of radiation from civilian nuclear sources.