20 top docs: The Real Deal: All Time Best
The Globe and Mail, Feb. 28, 2004
The Globe and Mail commishioned 5 review writers to create a top 20 list of documentaries. This article contains summaries of documentaries that date back as far as 1929; the most recent film was produced in 1997.
ITEM 2004.003 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Shoah – Claude Lanzmann
Grey Gardens – Albert Maysles
Harlan Country – David Maysles
Man With A Movie Camera – Barabara Kopple
Nanook of the North – Dziga Vertov
The Thin Blue Line – Robert Flaherty
Titticut Follies – Errol Morris
Don't Look Back – Frederick Wiseman
Hearts and Minds – D.A Pennebaker
The Mills of the Gods: Vietnam – Peter Davis
Night and Fog – Beryl Fox
Triumph of the Will – Alain Resnais
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control – Leni Riefenstahl
Jazz on a Summer's Day – Errol Morris
Manufacturing Consent – Bert Stern
A Married Couple – Mark Achbar
Warrendale – Peter Wintonick
Rain – Allan King
Roger and Me – Joris Ivens
Woodstock – Michael Moore
Michael Wadleigh