Must-watch Documentaries, according to suhaibwebb.com
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POLITICS AND HISTORY
- “Why We Fight” (BBC, 2005)
- “Fahrenheit 9/11” (Michael Moore, 2004)
- “War on Democracy” (John Pilger, 2007)
- “Hijacking Catastrophe” (Sut Jhally, 2004)
- “Breaking the Silence” (John Pilger, 2003)
- “Fog of War” (Robert McNamara, 2003)
HEALTH, FOOD, AND NATURE
- “Food Inc.” (Robert Kenner, 2008)
- “Super Size Me” (Morgan Spurlock, 2004)
- “Planet Earth” (Discovery Channel, 2006)
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
- “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People” (Jack Shaheen, 2006)
- “Control Room” (Magnolia Pictures, 2004)
- “Hearts and Minds” (Peter Davis, 1974)
- “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media” (Herman, 1992)
- “Weapons of Mass Deception” (Danny Schechter, 2004)
- “The War You Don’t See” (John Pilger, 2010)
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
- “The Century of the Self” (BBC, 2004)
- “Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech” (HBO, 2009)
- “Debate: Political Islam – Is it a threat to the West?” (Doha Debates, 2009)
- “Bowling for Columbine” (Michael Moore, 2002)
- “Hamza Tzortzis: Liberalism & Islam” (LSESU, 2011)
- “Jesus Camp” (A&E Indiefilms, 2006)
- “A Time for Burning” (William C. Jersey, 1966)
- “Malcolm X: Make it Plain” (AE, 1994)
PALESTINE
- “Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land” (Sut Jhally, 2004)
- “The Israel Lobby” (Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer)
- “Defamation” (Norman Finkelstein, 2009)
- “Palestine Is Still the Issue” (John Pilger, 2003)
- “Occupation 101” (Abdallah Omeish, 2006)
HUMAN RIGHTS
- “The Road to Guantanamo” (Michael Winterbottom, 2006)
- “Taxi to the Dark Side” (Moazzam Begg, 2007)
- “Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre” (Italy, 2005)
- “Generation Kill” (Journeyman Pictures, 2004)
- “The War Tapes” (Deborah Scranton, 2006)
ECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION
- “Commanding Height: Battle for the World Economy” (PBS, 2002)
- “The Corporation” (Noam Chomsky, 2003)
- “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices” (Brave New Films, 2005)
- “Money as Debt” (Paul Grignon, 2006)
- “Darwin’s Nightmare” (Hubert Sauper, 2004)
- “End of Suburbia” (Gregory Greene, 2004)
- “Life + Debt” (Stephanie Black, 2001)
- “Smartest Guys in the Room” (Alex Gibney, 2005)
MISCELLANEOUS
- “Inside Islam: What a billion Muslim really think” (Dalia Mogahed, 2009)
- “Islam: Empire of Faith” (PBS, 2000)
- “Inside Mecca” (National Geographic, 2003)
- “Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple” (PBS, 2006)
- “Death of the Freedom Fighter” (Al Jazeera, 2009)
- “The Trouble With Atheism” (Dimitri Collingridge, 2006)
- “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” (Premise, 2008)
- “To Catch a Predator” (Dateline, NBC)
- “An Islamic History of Europe” (Omaar Rageh, BBC)
- “Free Fahad” (Siraj Wahaj, 2008)
- “Entrapment or Foling Terror?” (Amy Goodman, 2010)
