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Which documentary has stayed with you, and what did it change for you?
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Charlotte Cook

documentary producer; co-creator and executive producer of Field of Vision

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"Fourteen Days in May" by Paul Hamann opened my eyes to the power of documentary and "Portrait of Jason" remains my favorite documentary of all time. The exploration of performance and representation of reality and storytelling is still very powerful to me.

Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg, She Does questionnaire/interview page, She Does Podcast, 27 January 2016 source ↗

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David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails; chief technology officer of 37signals
Let’s see. I like The Big Short. I’d read the book already. That was a good one. ... I find more than documentaries – I get a little impatient with documentaries because I find the point they’re trying to make could be made in ten minutes and we’re stretching it to an hour and 45 with pictures and unless those pictures are amazing, there’s a lot of other things I’d rather do.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗
Jim Loehr Performance psychologist; co-founder of the Human Performance Institute
I love ESPN’s 30 for 30. I adored the one on Andre Agassi. I love the story, the documentary on Ray Mancini’s life. This is food for my soul. I love the inside story because that’s kind of the world I live in. And a lot of the stories I can’t tell, but I have such deep appreciation when the honesty and authenticity of an athlete is out there.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 December 2020 source ↗
Wes Lindamood designer and immersive-storytelling producer at NPR
What's your favorite documentary? I'm glad you asked. It's Errol Morris's film Fast, Cheap & Out of Control I saw this film at a festival in college, and in a single viewing it completely changed my perception of what a documentary could be. Since then, I've had an unrelenting obsession with documentary film.
Recorded Faces of NPR questionnaire, KEDM / NPR, 27 February 2017 source ↗
Mo Scarpelli filmmaker and documentary director/producer
Zack Canepari & Drea Cooper's "California Is A Place" showed me how independent doc shorts for online were possible, and also that they could be quirky, stylized and emotionally resonant. This, along with MediaStorm's short multimedia pieces, opened my world to that wonderful blurry space between film + journalism on the web.
Recorded Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg, She Does questionnaire/interview page, She Does Podcast, 2015 source ↗

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