“Cinema, as Jean-Luc Godard wrote, is truth 24 times a second,” said the Guardian. “Documentaries both prove and disprove the point; but the truth is their strongest weapon.”
These are the ten best documentaries according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.
Director: Claude Lanzmann
Stars: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik
, Motke Zaidl
Director: Errol Morris
Stars: Randall Adams, David Harris
, Gus Rose
Director: Werner Herzog
Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard
, Werner Herzog
Director: Robert J. Flaherty
Stars: Allakariallak, Nyla
, Allee
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Stars: Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger
, Charles Braun
Director: Michael Moore
Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush
, Ben Affleck
Directors: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles
Stars: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale
, Brooks Hyers
The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.
Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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