Filmspotters' Top 100 Documentaries 2011: The Countdown

[Bondo]

Murder on a Sunday Morning
Directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (2001)
Officer Martin came in and candidly admitted that the only reason Brenton Butler was even
stopped that morning was because he happened to be a black male walking in the neighborhood.
— Ann Finnell
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
5	8.40	6.534	81

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
3	21	103

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Street Fight
Directed by Marshall Curry (2005)
We're not gonna win this campaign on tv. We're not gonna win this
campaign on radio. We're gonna win this campaign in the streets.
— Pablo Fonseca
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
6	8.00	6.546	80

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
4	13	164

[Bondo]

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Directed by Spike Lee (2006)
We are destroyed. I've seen Beirut. I've seen Calcutta. I've seen downtown Jakarta. I've seen Aceh. They have nothing on us.
— Garland Robinette
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
6	8.00	6.546	79

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	1

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
3	17	132

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One Day in September
Directed by Kevin Macdonald (1999)
When I was a kid my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized.
Our worst fears have been realized tonight.
— Jim McKay
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
7	7.71	6.565	78

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	1

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
2	18	124

[Bondo]

Jesus Camp
Directed by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady (2006)
Did you get to the part yet where they say that science hasn't proven anything?
— Levi's Mom
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
16	6.75	6.574	77

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	1	2	5	3	3	1	1

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
7	41	49

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Standard Operating Procedure
Directed by Errol Morris (2008)
You gotta consider yourself dead, and if you come back, you're just a lucky bastard, you know.
But if you're there, and you consider yourself already dead, you can do all the shit you have to do.
I wouldn't recommend a vacation to Iraq anytime soon.
— Tim Dugan, Civilian Interrogator
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
8	7.50	6.584	76

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
3	18	121

[Bondo]

The Five Obstructions
Directed by Jψrgen Leth & Lars von Trier (2003)
My plan is to proceed from the perfect to the human, right?
— Lars von Trier
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
8	7.50	6.584	75

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
4	31	79

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The Last Waltz
Directed by Martin Scorsese (1978)
He called me up, and I said, "Sure I'd like a job. What does it mean? What do I do?"
And he said, "Well, son, you won't make much money, but you'll get more pussy than Frank Sinatra."
— Robbie Robertson
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
14	6.86	6.596	74

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	2	2	2	1	4	3	-

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
4	33	75

[Bondo]

Winged Migration
Directed by Jacques Perrin (2001)
The story of bird migration is the story of promise - a promise to return.
— Narrator
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
9	7.33	6.598	73

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	1	-

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
3	21	103

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Gates of Heaven
Directed by Errol Morris (1978)
Death is for the living and not for the dead.
— Pet Cemetery Investor
Final Voting

Votes	Avg	Score	Rank
14	6.93	6.665	72

Vote Distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	2	2	1	4	2	1	2

Shortlist Voting

Votes	Points	Rank
4	60	30