Comments on: My Favorite Documentaries of 2009 http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/ Learning Resilience in the Age of Turbulence Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dustin DeKoekkoek http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17544 Dustin DeKoekkoek Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:04:17 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=1231#comment-17544 Great list. Definitely Food, Inc. You don't often watch a film that actually makes a change in the way you live but this one did for us. Great list. Definitely Food, Inc. You don’t often watch a film that actually makes a change in the way you live but this one did for us.

]]> By: Cameron Schaefer http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17539 Cameron Schaefer Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:30:48 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=1231#comment-17539 Just watched, "Food Inc." a couple nights ago - definitely deserves a spot on this list, maybe even in the top three! Watch it! You'll never look at your food the same again. Just watched, “Food Inc.” a couple nights ago – definitely deserves a spot on this list, maybe even in the top three! Watch it! You’ll never look at your food the same again.

]]> By: Cameron Schaefer http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17525 Cameron Schaefer Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:47:57 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=1231#comment-17525 @ Gruber, Sounds very hot, I'll check it out! @ Badski, You're right on "The Smartest Guys in the Room" - that was a great documentary! Watched it a couple years ago and felt like it encapsulated the entire scandal quite well. Amazing what greed can do to men. "Burn, baby, Burn!!" I completely forgot "Obama's War" - not sure it would have knocked on of the above off the list for me, but I think the main reason is not the documentary itself, which is incredible (love the HD), but more because it didn't have as big of an impact on me. It's not that I didn't learn a lot, but since I follow Afghanistan daily it didn't have the "change your life" factor that the others had on me since they involved subjects I knew little about. Don't know if any of that makes sense... Also, I remember reading on your blog about "The Fixer." Still want to check it out. @ Gruber,

Sounds very hot, I’ll check it out!

@ Badski,

You’re right on “The Smartest Guys in the Room” – that was a great documentary! Watched it a couple years ago and felt like it encapsulated the entire scandal quite well. Amazing what greed can do to men. “Burn, baby, Burn!!”

I completely forgot “Obama’s War” – not sure it would have knocked on of the above off the list for me, but I think the main reason is not the documentary itself, which is incredible (love the HD), but more because it didn’t have as big of an impact on me. It’s not that I didn’t learn a lot, but since I follow Afghanistan daily it didn’t have the “change your life” factor that the others had on me since they involved subjects I knew little about. Don’t know if any of that makes sense…

Also, I remember reading on your blog about “The Fixer.” Still want to check it out.

]]> By: Badski http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17522 Badski Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:23:08 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=1231#comment-17522 Got a few: The Smartest Guys In The Room which is the story of Enron is a classic that I recommend to everyone. Hollywood couldn't write a story as good as the story of Enron. There are a lot of things that went on behind the scenes that never made their way into common knowledge: fake companies, affairs, government manipulation, extreme corporate vacations, death, stripper addictions.....yeah its all real. I think you should also add a documentary that you actually recommended to me....Obama's War. I think it is a must watch for anyone curious on the state of the war in Afghanistan. Very eye opening. And I also recommend The Fixer which I reviewed on my blog. The fixer is a person who facilitates interaction between journalists and those they are out to capture on film. In this case the fixer resides in Afghanistan and connects journalists with the Taliban. Incredible documentary that also highlights many of our challenges in Afghanistan. I will have to check out your recommendations. Badski Got a few: The Smartest Guys In The Room which is the story of Enron is a classic that I recommend to everyone. Hollywood couldn’t write a story as good as the story of Enron. There are a lot of things that went on behind the scenes that never made their way into common knowledge: fake companies, affairs, government manipulation, extreme corporate vacations, death, stripper addictions…..yeah its all real.

I think you should also add a documentary that you actually recommended to me….Obama’s War. I think it is a must watch for anyone curious on the state of the war in Afghanistan. Very eye opening.

And I also recommend The Fixer which I reviewed on my blog. The fixer is a person who facilitates interaction between journalists and those they are out to capture on film. In this case the fixer resides in Afghanistan and connects journalists with the Taliban. Incredible documentary that also highlights many of our challenges in Afghanistan.

I will have to check out your recommendations.
Badski

]]> By: Michael G http://www.schaefersblog.com/my-favorite-documentaries-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17521 Michael G Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:46:43 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=1231#comment-17521 Rent the doc "Running on the Sun"-- I'll just leave it at that. Rent the doc “Running on the Sun”– I’ll just leave it at that.

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