Top Rated Documentary Movies on YouTube - Page 132

A Queer Country

2016

A Queer Country

2016
4.6
Israel is governed by Orthodox civil law and yet hosts the world's biggest gay pride. Is this a cynical marketing ploy or a political awakening?
The FIFA Family: A Love Story

2017

The FIFA Family: A Love Story

2017
5.5
A mixture of romantic comedy and investigative journalism, this film reveals how Qatar got to host the football World Cup, and how that brought down football's world governing body, FIFA.
The Next Guardian

2018

The Next Guardian

2018
7.2
Two Bhutanese teenagers must choose between their dreams and caring for a Buddhist temple that has been in their family for generations.
Meow Wolf: Origin Story

2018

Meow Wolf: Origin Story

2018
5.2
When a group of young DIY artists in Santa Fe can’t find a door into the art world, they blow open an entirely new portal with their grit, passion, and tenacity. Within just a few short years – and with a little help from George R.R. Martin – this group called Meow Wolf ultimately hits a cultural nerve and garners massive, unexpected success with their exhibit, House of Eternal Return.
Agave: The Spirit of a Nation

2018

Agave: The Spirit of a Nation

2018
6.6
In Mexico, families have passed down the tradition of distilling agave for generations and now, this once obscure Mexican drink is everywhere. Discover, how one delicate plant has carried the weight of a nation and the people trying to protect it.
TransMilitary

2018

TransMilitary

2018
5.6
At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four of the thousands of transgender troops risking discharge fight to attain the freedom they so fiercely protect.
This One's for the Ladies

2019

This One's for the Ladies

2019
4.4
This documentary explores the sexual and social identity of contemporary black America through intimate, eye opening and often hilarious accounts from women and men who find love and community in the underground world of exotic dancing.
Scary Stories

2018

Scary Stories

2018
5.8
A documentary about children's horror classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It includes the author's family, scholars, folklorists, artists, and children's book authors such as R.L. Stine, Q.L. Pearce, and more.
What About ME?

2016

What About ME?

2016
7
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.
Beyond: An African Surf Documentary

2017

Beyond: An African Surf Documentary

2017
6.5
Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.
Maynard

2017

Maynard

2017
5.2
Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.
Word is Bond

2017

Word is Bond

2017
6.6
This documentary ﬁlm examines the transformative power of lyrics in the world of hip-hop music. Through dynamic archival footage, in-depth interviews and excursions with artists like Nas, Tech9, J Cole, Rapsody and Anderson. Paak, the film explores the many dimensions that hip-hop poetics occupy.
Not a War Story

2017

Not a War Story

2017
5.6
Hollywood collides with a group of veterans who are tired of the typical PTSD and valor-portrayed movies and decide to make an original dark humor zombie apocalypse film all on their own.
Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

2014

Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

2014
7.8
In the feature documentary, Summer 82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story of Frank Zappa's star-crossed concert in Palermo, Sicily, the wrap-up to a European tour that ended in public disturbances and police intervention. Cuccia had a ticket to the concert but never made it. Thirty years later, collaborating with Zappa's family, he re-creates the events through a combination of rare concert and backstage footage; photographs; anecdotes from family, band members, and concertgoers; and insights from Zappa biographer and friend Massimo Bassoli. The story is also a personal one, as Cuccia interweaves the story of Zappa's trip to Sicily with his own memories from that summer.
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

2017

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

2017
6.4
On January 16, 1979, the then Shah of Iran, left Iran commencing what became a 19-month odyssey to exile in Egypt, Morocco, Bahamas, Mexico, US, Panama, and back to Egypt again where he passed away. His death had profound consequences for the future of the middle east and the world, yet the untold medical story of the late Shah of Iran has to date remained a puzzling mystery. This documentary leads viewers to the main causes of the Iranian revolution, pursuant hostage crisis, and the state of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

2017

Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

2017
7.2
When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went in search of the man he often only experienced behind the mixing desk as a child. At the same time it became the search for the artistic legacy of his father.
Witkin & Witkin

2017

Witkin & Witkin

2017
6.4
A pair of identical twins, one a photographer and the other a painter, have very little in common.
Balkan Spirit

2013

Balkan Spirit

2013
6.6
Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
Stealing Rodin

2017

Stealing Rodin

2017
7.8
One morning in June 2005, the guards of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile, noticed that a millionaire Auguste Rodin sculpture had been stolen. 24 hours after the event a shy art student returns the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project. A documentary that explores the dilemmas of the artist and contemporary art.
My Life Without Air

2017

My Life Without Air

2017
6.2
Free-diver Goran Colak has dedicated his life to surviving devoid of oxygen. Driven by a desire to be the best in the world, Goran has achieved every feat possible in the sport of free-diving. In doing so he has expanded our understanding of human capability, floating in an arrested state somewhere between life and death. Beautifully lyrical, My Life Without Air demonstrates the power of will to transcend its body's earthly limitations.