Can anyone recommend a gripping Documentary to watch?

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Just that really! TIA

Scamanda on Disneyplus

I saw one the other day that was very thought-provoking.

Dancing back to the light - it is about Steven McRae, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, his catastrophic injury & rehabilitation, and his eventual return to the stage. A real eye-opener, and an insight into just how increditbly hard ballet dancers have to work, and how strong they have to be. His wife and kids are a delight in the programme too.

Touching the void … it’s gripping

Escaping Utopia on BBC. A 3 part series about a religious cult in NZ/India and people trying to leave it. There a lot of fascinating clips from 20/30 years ago and then the children and adults shown in those clips telling the behind the scenes truth about what actually went on.

Touching the Void is fantastic, also Tinder Swindler.

Birdsong on iplayer - a lovely quiet and thought provoking documentary

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin on Netflix

I'm definitely not a gamer but this helped me understand what it can be about. It's really emotional.

The new tornado documentary on netflix. Watched it last night all in one go it was crazy.

Three Identical Strangers left me with my mouth hanging open.

The Last Breath, as someone else said. It's really well made.

I love Drive to Survive!

Rain in my Heart
Abducted in Plain Sight
14 Days in May
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

I just watched the Kitty Genovese documentary The Witness where her brother interviews people who were present when she was murdered.
It was a big news story at the time and has remained a kind of shameful parable about apathy and the reluctance of strangers to intervene when someone is in trouble. So much of the story was apparently misrepresented by both the police and media, it's an eye opener and very moving.

I personally watch Nile Rodgers in concert anywhere to lift my spirits.

Bitter Lake

oh and The Shock Doctrine

Kursk: the 10 days that made Putin.

I watched rain in my heart about 5 years ago and it still upsets me. Very good quality documentary, just such a sad topic

Yes! Gripping

Watching with interest but no suggestions as the ones 8 would have suggested have been mentioned.

Turning Point on Netflix- charts the Cold War from the atomic bomb onwards. V interesting.

That sounds like something I'd get absorbed into. Will have to start making a list after reading this thread.

Just watched the Twister documentary film about the town in Missouri which was destroyed in a tornado. Lots of first hand accounts and footage.

Capturing the Friedmans which is about a farher and son in the states being investigated for child abuse. It's hugely compelling and disturbing. It's available on Now / Sky.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342172/

Good thread op