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In an effort to get you, the readers, some learning, I offer to you a list of documentaries.  Now traditionally documentaries are something they force you to watch in school but I offer a different take, a more entertaining take on the documentary form.  Without any further ado, here is a list of documentaries that don’t suck:

5. Expelled-No Intelligence Required:  This is Ben Stein’s quest to open a dialog between hard line Darwinists and Intelligent Designists. One thing to note, the film makes it very clear that they are discussing intelligent design not creationism.  They don’t really bring a specific designer into the discussion.  It could be advanced space aliens for all they care.  The climax of the movie involves Ben talking to staunch atheist, Richard Dawkins.

4. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden:  Morgan Spurlock goes on a quest to find Osama Bin Laden.  You may remember Morgan as the guy who ate Mcdonalds for whole month while filming it.  Super Size Me may be a more powerful documentary, but this one is well worth a look.  He actually travels to the middle east and basically goes door to door looking for Osama.  All the while his partner is pregnant with their first child.  Of note is when he goes to Israel and tries to talk with the hard line Jews and is literally chased out of the neighborhood.

3. CSA: Confederate States of America:  What if the South had won the Civil War?  That’s the question posed by Kevin Willmott in this documentary.  While not a true documentary, I’m still including it on this list due to its unique perspective.  The documentary is a mix of “historical” information and fake commercials.  There are some very uncomfortable moments.  One being a “Cops”-like show involving the tracking down of runaway slaves.

2. Darkon:  A LARP-ing documentary.  Most everyone I know who reads this site should know what this means.  For the uninitiated, it stands for Live Action Role Play.  Basically a group of guys and gals strap on their armor and beat each other with foam weapons.  This documentary follows the adventures of one such group.  The interesting thing is how seriously they take it.  From the opening scenes you may think you’re watching a low budget fantasy film, but then you see cars in the background and the field of battle still has the markings of a soccer field.  If you don’t want to be seen renting or buying this movie, the whole thing is available on Hulu.

And finally the best of the best:

1. The Aristocrats:  This is a documentary about a joke that comedians tell each other at parties.  So in essence you have some of the greatest comedic minds of our time all telling the same joke.  The kicker is that no 2 tellings of the joke are the same.  A word of warning, this is probably the foulest, dirtiest, most disgusting documentary you will ever see.  Perhaps I forgot to mention that the point of the joke is to out gross anyone else’s telling of the joke.  Be prepared for jokes about incest, bestiality, vomiting, fountains of bodily fluid, etc., etc.

Finally what list would be complete without an honorable mention:

Best in Show: Like CSA not a true documentary but I’m putting it in anyway.  Christopher Guest examines the world of dog shows with his standard cast of improv actors.  That is something to note about his films.  There is no script.  All the actors are given is broad strokes of what needs to happen and outlines of their characters.  The rest is up to them.  If you haven’t seen a Christopher Guest movie, get out to a video store and rent one.

So there you have it.  You may not learn a single thing from any of these films but you’ll have a good time.