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items As a journalist, I'm a huge fan of documentaries and bio-pic. Here you find my top pics to snuggle in front of the tv and learn a bit more. :)
I watched this doc last night (10/25) and I'm still digesting its beauty. This boy, suffering from Duchenne, finds solace in a digital community where no one knows of his daily struggle. It's only after his passing that both his family and his online...
Watch The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
I'm not that much into sports, but Senna is a huge part of my memories, especially on Sundays when I woke up usually to the sound of fast cars racing on the tv. It's amazing how a wealthy guy became a symbol of humbleness and hope, in the early 90s, ...
Watch Senna: No Fear, No Limits, No Equal | Netflix
If you care about climate changes e deforestation, this is a good insight about the rich life of one of the many indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest. You will learn not only about their culture and beliefs, but understand their daily struggle ...
Watch The Last Forest | Netflix
This is not a personal instance on religion. I did find very interesting tho to learn how the Vatican operates regarding the downfalls that every close community deals with. It is insightful, yet I watched with my eyes and mind free of judgement rega...
Watch Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Four siblings from a Colombian indigenous tribe, ages 3 - 10, survive a plain crash in the rainforest and must look after each other while looking to their way home. This is a beautiful and poignant documentary showing how indigenous tribes and socie...
Watch Lost in the Amazon: The Rescue that Shocked the World online – Prime Video
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was not this vulnerable, beautiful, sometimes funny, sometimes devastating documentary.
Watch I Am: Celine Dion online – Prime Video
Neurologist and writer, Oliver Sacks belongs to that category of people that makes “unapproachable” subjects interesting. “The man who mistook his wife for a hat” and many other books when he delivers his medical experience with such a light heart an...
Watch Oliver Sacks: his own life
Yes, it is a biopic, BUT it's so sensitive to the story, that it does have a doc feeling to it. It's not miserable or overly optimistic. And Joaquim Phoenix delivers a great interpretation of John Callahan while telling the story of his life.
Watch Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot online – Prime Video
Tarkovisky is, by far, my favorite movie director. Despite his book “sculpting in time” be the closest one can get to his genius, this documentary give us a chance to watch him creating in “real time”. It is a treat to those who - like me - are alway...
Watch Andrey Tarkovsky: a cinema prayer
Sebastião Salgado is a photographer who registered the worst wars and civil wars all over the world, that led him being recognized as one of the best. Yet, later in his life, not being able to “get rid” of the atrocities he witnessed, Sebastião and h...
The Salt of the Earth — Prime Video
This is one of my favorites. James Baldwin answers questions and more, sharing his views on racism, homophobia, Love, hatred, from his own experience as a Black man in America.
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970)
Agnés Varda directs this documentary registering the Black Panthers in the 60s, focusing mainly in the women involved with the revolutionary movement.
Black Panthers (1968) | MUBI
Wim Wenders directs this documentary about the amazing Cuban music group, with interviews and behind the scenes sharing the impact the group had in showing the world more of the cuban cultural wealth.
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Welp, Nick Cave is a complete artist in all senses. This includes coping with the loss of two of his kids by creating daunting yet amazing music.
This Much I Know to Be True (2022) | MUBI
It's difficult to remember of a time before cancel culture. In my mind, Galliano was one of the firsts figures to have a downfall because of cancel culture (it didn't have a name at that time, but he lost his job, credit, you know…). I see him as an ...
High & Low - John Galliano (2023)
Tarkovisky again. Another great chance to see a magic director creating his masterpieces and sharing his view of life and love for the arts.
Direct by Tarkovski (1988) | MUBI
Yes, James Baldwin is never enough, and his words resonate no matter how many times you listen to it, read it, feel it. It's a beautiful view on Baldwin's commitment to a better America and a better life for Black people from all over the world.
I'm not your negro (2016) | MUBI
Angela Davis answers it all and leaves nothing unsaid on this beautifully articulated interview. This is a class room in motion, and so worth it to understand the end of the 60s early 70s.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) | MUBI
This Brazilian documentary explores the fight for reproductive rights, as the country navigates a democracy still pretty much intertwined with the conservatism of the dictatorship years.
Assista Incompatível com a Vida (2023) na MUBI
This doc shows the daily life of the Sarikecilis. They are known as the last representatives in Anatolia of the centuries-old tradition of nomadism.
Last Nomads in Anatolia: Sarikecilis (2010) | MUBI
A interview with Jane Birkin when she was about to turn 40. The icon shares her experiences as an actress, fashion icon and, mainly, as a woman about to enter a new chapter of her life.
Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988) | MUBI
Official sinopse: Rising from humble beginnings in New York City, Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas became a glamorous international superstar. Performances, interviews, home movies, and unpublished memoirs—nearly all of which have never been ...
Maria by Callas (2017) | MUBI