Sunday, February 10, 2013

Netflix Roundup: Real Injun, Werner Herzog and more

This engrossing documentary reveals the film industry's effect on the experiences of North American native people in the United States and Canada, who've been depicted in movies in a variety of ways -- many of them wildly inaccurate.


 Profiling four extraordinary teachers from diverse parts of the country, this documentary feature examines the struggles of an underpaid profession.




Naive Guy lands a job as personal assistant to a repulsive, cutthroat studio exec who turns Guy's daily routine into a pride-swallowing siege.
(One of the movies recommended to me on MetaFilter as being similar to Living in Oblivion.  This was the only film I found so far from that list that's available to stream on Netflix.)

Condensed from tons of video taken by people around the world, this absorbing documentary chronicles life on Earth as it happened on July 24, 2010.

Filmmaker Thierry Guetta's project to chronicle the underground world of street art takes a fascinating twist when he meets stencil artist Banksy.


Four Werner Herzog documentary films on Netflix

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington embed themselves with the Second Platoon in Afghanistan, chronicling the men's work, fear and brotherhood.
** 2011 Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature nominee

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