Channel 4's "50 Greatest Documentaries"
The 50 Greatest Documentaries was a Channel 4 television programme which was broadcast on 9 October 2005 and was narrated by British actress, Zoë Wanamaker. The list was compiled based on the nominations submitted to Channel 4 by a series of factual filmmakers.
Some entries are imperfect as explained within their description and numbers 34 - "Signs of the Times" (1992) and 35 - "An Impossible Job: Graham Taylor" (1993) are unfortunately totally absent as there is no entry in IMDb for them.
Some entries are imperfect as explained within their description and numbers 34 - "Signs of the Times" (1992) and 35 - "An Impossible Job: Graham Taylor" (1993) are unfortunately totally absent as there is no entry in IMDb for them.
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- DirectorPaul AlmondReparto principalDouglas KeayBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSeven year old children from various backgrounds are interviewed on their hopes and aspirations for the future. It is hoped to follow them up in the year 2000 and see how things turned out.This is for the entire "Up" series; Seven Up! (1964), Seven Plus 7 (1970), 21 Up (1977), 28 Up (1984), 35 Up (1991), 42 Up (1998) & 49 Up (2005). Another instalment is due in 2012.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldReparto principalSimon YatesJoe SimpsonBrendan MackeyLa verdadera historia de dos escaladores y su peligroso viaje por la cara oeste de Siula Grande en los Andes peruanos en 1985.
- DirectorMichael MooreReparto principalMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonEl cineasta Michael Moore explora las raíces del romance entre los estadounidenses y las armas de fuego.
- Reparto principalLaurence OlivierAverell HarrimanAnthony EdenUna innovadora serie documental sobre el conflicto más letal de la historia: la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
- DirectorAndrew JareckiReparto principalArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid FriedmanDocumental sobre los Friedman, una familia judía de clase media alta cuyo mundo se transforma instantáneamente cuando el padre y su hijo menor son arrestados y acusados de crímenes espantosos.
- DirectorPatrick CollertonReparto principalEdna KennedyJonny KennedyNell McAndrewA year ago, 36-year-old Jonny Kennedy died. He had a terrible genetic condition called Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which meant that his skin literally fell off at the slightest touch, leaving his body covered in agonizing sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In his last months Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his life and death, and the result was a film, first broadcast in March, that was an uplifting, confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man. Not shying away from the grim reality of EB, the film was also a celebration of a life lived to the full.
- EstrellaDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet.
- DirectorMichael MooreReparto principalMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckEcplora la opinión de Michael Moore sobre lo que sucedió en Estados Unidos después del 11 de septiembre y cómo la Administración Bush supuestamente utilizó el trágico evento para impulsar su agenda de guerras injustas en Afganistán e Irak.
- DirectorLeon GastReparto principalMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanDon KingBoxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
- Reparto principalMichael KitchenTamara Czartoryski-BorbonDonna BerlinEntertaining transformational battles against the odds. Intrepid volunteers are plucked from their natural habitat and given just four weeks to master a skill well enough to fool a panel of expert judges.
- DirectorSteve JamesReparto principalWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma GatesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
- Reparto principalGeorge CarmanJulian ManyonSAS execute 3 unarmed IRA Volunteers in Gibraltar. Witnesses discuss the British Military cover up.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldReparto principalNick BroomfieldEugene Terre'BlancheJ.P. MeyerFrom the award-winning Director Nick Broomfield, The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife portrays the sinister and comic sides of Eugene Terre'Blanche, leader of the neo-Nazi AWB Afrikaner Party in South Africa.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldReparto principalMichael DouglasAnkie SpitzerJamal Al GasheyEl grupo terrorista palestino Septiembre Negro mantiene como rehenes a los atletas israelíes en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1972 en Munich.
- DirectorPaul HamannReparto principalBobby ButlerDonald CabanaMelanie ChristopherFourteen Days in May is a documentary film directed by Paul Hamann and originally shown on television by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1987. The programme recounts the final days before the execution of Edward Earl Johnson, an American prisoner convicted of rape and murder and imprisoned in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Johnson protested his innocence and claimed that his confession had been made under duress. He was executed in Mississippi's gas chamber on 20 May 1987.
- Reparto principalTerry WilkinsKaren WilkinsTom Bernes"The Family" (1974) is one of the first "reality" shows in the history of television. Modelled after the US TV series "An American Family (1972), this 12-part series documents the daily life of a working-class family from Reading, UK.
- DirectoresHarry WattBasil WrightReparto principalArthur ClarkJohn GriersonStuart LeggShows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
- Reparto principalSamuel WestAdolf BuchnerJutta RüdigerAn examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockReparto principalMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerExaminando la influencia de la industria de la comida rápida, Morgan Spurlock explora personalmente las consecuencias en su salud de una dieta de alimentos exclusivamente de McDonald's durante un mes.
- Reparto principalRobin EllisSlobodan MilosevicFranjo TudjmanThis documentary series covers the struggles of the Yugoslavian people during the collapse of their country, and the subsequent wars to finally find hope with the signing of the Final Peace Accords.
- Reparto principalNikolay DrozdovKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksSerie documental sobre la era de los dinosaurios, que mezcla localizaciones reales con CGI.
- DirectoresNick BroomfieldJoan ChurchillReparto principalAileen WuornosNick BroomfieldTerry Humphreys-SlayNick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
- DirectorPhil AglandEstrellaLisa LuFollowing the lives of ordinary Chinese residents of the old quarter of a city. A kindly doctor, a disabled child 'little sparrow' gossiping elderly ladies and middle makers. A fascinating and gentle series from film maker Phil Angland.
- DirectorAlan YentobEstrellaDavid BowieBBC documentary showing David Bowie looking back on his Ziggy Stardust character during his Diamond Dogs tour.
- Reparto principalJeremy VineMark DalyPanorama investigates racism in Britain's police force. Mark Daly - who exposed racism amongst police recruits in The Secret Policeman five years ago - returns to uncover the truth about being a Black Ethnic Minority Cop today.This entry is for the 2003 documentary "The Secret Policeman" for which this is a sequel, however there is no IMDb page for the original.
