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valley_parade:
I saw two sports docs last night. The first was "Spaceman", which was about former Red Sox and Expos pitcher Bill Lee and his trip to Cuba with an adult league from the San Diego area. It was a great look back at his career, and more importantly, his love of baseball. The dude's almost 60 years old and he still plays every chance he gets.

The second was "Once In a Lifetime", which was the story of the New York Cosmos of the old NASL. Pele, Carlos Alberto, Giorgio Chinaglia, Warner Entertainment, all that shit. Loved it. I recommend both highly.

Inlander:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 25 Apr 2007, 03:57 ---Got to run out to see a show at the Comedy Festival now, but more when I get back!

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Okay, so it took me a while. If you're looking for Etre et Avoir, you might want to search for it under its English title: To Be and To Have.

A couple of other good docos off the top of my head:

Street Fight is a great documentary about the mayoral election a few years ago in Newark, New Jersey. It's one of those films that makes your blood boil and the overt injustice it depicts, and it also serves to remind you just how much democracy can be abused when nobody's really paying attention.

The Staircase, a.k.a. Death on a Staircase, is an amazing 8-part (as I recall) made-for-T.V. documentary series following a murder trial in the U.S., largely from the perspective of the defence team. The director is French. It's pretty depressing, I guess, but it's also incredibly gripping and possibly raises as many questions as it answers.

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