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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/capperz412 on 2025-05-08 14:35:06+00:00.

I love nature documentaries, but I feel like most - even the best ones like the Attenborough BBC productions - are so formulaic and even patronising in their production / editing, with excessive narration stating the obvious, corny manipulative music that functions like a laugh track to force emotion (e.g. goofy jazz music when animals are playing, "sexy" lounge music when animals are trying to mate, "epic" covers of pop songs at emotional moments, etc.), excessive narrativising and anthropomorphising animals, hectic editing cuts to make it as action-packed as possible, etc.

I'd love to watch some more unconventional nature documentaries, with any of the following features:

• minimal / no narration
• minimalist / ambient music or no music at all
• minimal narrativization of events
• long shots, letting the footage breathe
• attention given to plantlife, and ecosystems as a whole rather than just animals (and also people living sustainably in nature, e.g. indigenous people)

Much appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Significant-Dog6120 on 2025-05-07 22:23:12+00:00.

Original Title: Doctors As Patients (2025) - Interviews with Dutch healthcare professionals who contracted disabling post-viral illnesses and had to confront stigma and lack of awareness from their medical peers (CC) [00:56:25]

A documentary by Dutch patient advocate Anil van der Zee following the experiences of five medical doctors who contracted various infection-associated chronic conditons, including ME/CFS, chronic Lyme and Long COVID.

The doctors share their experience of day-to-day life as well as insights into confronting disbelief, dismissal and in some cases derision from the medical profession over what are sometimes described as "contested illnesses".

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/throwawayeducovictim on 2025-05-07 22:40:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/UltraInstinctChomsky on 2025-05-07 16:37:23+00:00.

Hi, looking for any documentaries on the history of the internet, its creation, early internet, 90s internet culture, etc. Don't really need anything about the last decade or so (basically creation of Facebook to now I am not interested in)

Would gladly take one on general computer history, but really looking for Internet / NSFNet / ArpaNET etc.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/SurrealBookworm on 2025-05-06 18:59:23+00:00.

Hi! I'm looking for documentaries about life in Britain in the 1980s. I'm especially interested in learning about social class divisions (especially the experiences of members of the working class), politics, education, fashion, and media and entertainment. Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/skrulewi on 2025-05-05 07:57:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/saddetective87 on 2025-05-04 05:03:10+00:00.

Original Title: Oscar Wilde (1990) - Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s [00:57:41]

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Able_Health744 on 2025-05-03 15:35:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/randolphquell on 2025-05-01 19:17:52+00:00.

Original Title: Ocean with David Attenborough (2025) - Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. [01:35]

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/farquezy on 2025-05-01 03:06:30+00:00.

Original Title: Vietnam: Back to My Lai. Larry Colburn and Hugh Thompson, the men who stopped the massacre, are heroes of humanity. They are everything an American should be. I hope they get the recognition they deserve and become household names one day. (2004) [11:57]

Submission statement: These men were heroes. It makes me so sad they never got the recognition they deserved. Hugh Thompson died in 2006 :(

Very sad

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/NicolasCopernico on 2025-04-25 17:28:45+00:00.

Interviewing both cast and crew, this comprehensive documentary tells the story of how Captain Scarlet was brought to life, from Gerry himself to the special effects with Derek Meddings, the voice artists and the episode directors.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Eben7275 on 2025-04-23 20:30:45+00:00.

Original Title: "Blackfish" (2013) - A documentary that explores the controversial captivity of orcas (killer whales), focusing on a whale named Tilikum who killed three individuals, including a SeaWorld trainer. (cc) [01:23:15]

This documentary explores how Tilikum killed three humans.

Some persons keep saying that the humans who CAGED the Orcas were wrong but here's the big question:

Do you think Tilikum should be killed or caged? Why or why not?

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/AutoModerator on 2025-03-27 16:01:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/NicolasCopernico on 2025-04-23 17:41:30+00:00.

In In 2007, Gerry Anderson sat down with us to tell us the story of his career, from Twizzle to New Captain Scarlet, and his hopes for making a new Thunderbirds – but unknown to him he had begun to develop Alzheimer’s. In this documentary, Gerry tells the behind the scenes stories of his shows, and expresses his hopes for a future that would sadly never be.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/UltraInstinctChomsky on 2025-04-23 11:17:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/chigaimaro on 2025-04-23 03:06:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Able_Health744 on 2025-04-21 17:56:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/AnEnragedZombie on 2025-04-21 17:25:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/gereedf on 2025-04-20 17:07:58+00:00.

Original Title: Naqoyqatsi (2002) - (title meaning: "life as war") an artistic documentary film of the Qatsi trilogy about life, the world and society: - An unofficial, sortof black-background-minimalist 2025 poster for Naqoyqatsi [01:29:18]

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Olmone on 2025-04-18 16:56:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/DoctorMentary on 2025-04-17 12:46:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Effective_Reach_9289 on 2025-04-15 05:43:58+00:00.

Original Title: Mysteries of Neolithic Europe (2023) - Documentary on archeological discoveries pertaining to Neolithic Europe. As archeologists dig, they are finding that this era of European history, which began around 7000 BC, was richer and deeper in complexity than previously believed. [00:48:10]

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/civver3 on 2025-04-14 22:30:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/UltraInstinctChomsky on 2025-04-14 11:31:37+00:00.

Seasoned comedians travel the country playing stages big and small. We get snippets of stand up but also real conversations with people they encounter, fans and other local residents, as they cut through the noise of talking head TV and deep polarization.

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The original was posted on /r/documentaries by /u/Benalow on 2025-04-10 20:42:56+00:00.