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Notable documentaries off the top of my head:
Crumb - amazing documentary about the underground comic artist. It's understated insight into family dysfunction and psychology/pathopsychology of sexuality are unusually poignant.
Michael Moore Hates America - The story we don't hear about the documentary filmmaker whose net worth is already greater than George Bush.
The Kid Stays in the Picture - fascinating story about Robert Evans and his Hollywood days
Capturing the Friedmans - chilling portrayal of a family with secrets.
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film - An incredible 13 part miniseries - I've been waiting for it buy it on DVD. The silent film era is full of remarkably powerful and sophisticated films we never hear of.
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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi
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