What's the most fascinating documentary you've ever watched and why did it captivate you?

merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 85 points –

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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The Vietnam War by Ken Burns. Among other things, it's got an amazing soundtrack

The civil war as well by KB. The Ashokan Farewell stayed in my head for 20 years after watching it and I didn't know where it came from. All I remembered was a good narrator and serious historical content, finally found the song name!

Hell yes, it's hard to go wrong Trent Reznor on the soundtrack.