Dear Ammonite,

I wish I could travel as well - but I think that it will have to be
"arm-chair," travel for some time for me. I'm not up to it.
Anyway, Thanks for your recommendation. This doc. must really be something with so many people loving it.

If anyone has any other ones they could recommend - I'd love to get
more titles.

There are some great documentaries that have already been mentioned. I too am a fan of Michael Moore, David Suzuki and Attenborough.

I also enjoy documentaries about food (where it comes from, farming etc) and those around self-sufficiency like Beachcomber Cottage, Gourmet Farmer, Slow Food Movement, SBS's Love's Harvest and a few of the Cheese Making documentaries that have come on of late.

Others include ABC's Mountain, Seafood Odyssey series and many good nature series.

Other good docos include 'Who killed the Electric Car' (has to be viewed in full knowledge of the bias) and 'Enron' (a ghastly insight into corporate irresponsibility).

Pelican

Those cheese making series, had me salivating, cheese is a living vibrant food and I had to make sure I had already eaten before watching this show (preferably some sort of smelly cheese).

And, you're spot on about "...the Electric Car" and "Enron" - no doubt we'll see a complete analysis of BP's Mexican gulf debacle - too soon for a complete expose. Of course, the problem with some of these, is that the people who really need to watch won't see them, the recent GBTWYCF being a case in point.

However, we are in a new age of communication, Youtube offers many opportunities and is available to a diverse range of people. Look at the many totalitarian regimes that attempt to silence the internet - even China is not wholly successful.

Thank you all for your contribution to this topic. It has made interesting reading. I've seen quite a few of the docos mentioned and made a note of all the others I still have to see.

Postive inputs are a pleasure to read instead of watching a white empty wheelbarrow even worse one filled with trash being wheeled across your screen.

More delightful than reading about other people's comments is to actually experience the documentary by travelling, meeting people, and being a part of the event.

Has anybody experienced what they have seen. On America's National Parks - I've visited more than 15 and watching the documentary allways brings back happy memories.

Australia has many wonderful locations such as the Ocean Road in Victoria, the Dandenongs, Barossa Valley, Hunter Valley, the tropical forests in Queensland, all would make great documentaries to watch on television. Various programs such as Getaway, Postcards, Great Outdoors are never long enough to give full appreciation to what they have to show.

Aquarius

The Great Ocean Road is where I like to take visitors as well around my own region which is a beautiful part of Victoria.

Have traveled to Tonga - so can really appreciate difficulties of sea level increase of even the tiniest margins, was broken hearted by the inaction after Hurricane Katrina, having fallen in love with New Orleans.

Am hopeful, that in the future I will be able to travel again. However, I have to accept I will never be a space astronaut.

Just remembered that one of my all time favourite films is a French documentary titled "To Be and To Have" (Etre et Avoir).
It's concentrates on a year in a one room school in rural France, which caters for children from kindergarten to 11 years-old. They are taught by a devoted teacher who has been at the school for twenty years - the year of the documentary being his last.
This film won many European awards - it's a beautiful film in its simplicity of spirit.
(Lexi and Ammonite - I think you'd both get a kick out of it) It's in French with subtitles, which adds to the charm : )