The trailer for this documentary on violence in Brazil looks great.

Quoted: A cinematic bullet into the cerebral cortex, a documentary that unflinchingly exploring the cycles of violence that plague Brazil’s upper and lower economic classes in fits of rampant corruption and violent kidnappings. The film chronicles these cycles by utilizing highly personalized stories that reflect the growing truth about Brazil’s huge economic disparities-differences that cause violence on both sides of the spectrum.

Holy Schnikeys! A friend told me about this documentary last week.

Basically, it's an exploration of a practice in the South - diving underwater and sticking your hands into holes with the hope that a huge-ass catfish will bite it and you can surface with a trophy prize. The problem is that there are lots of snakes in the holes too. People get bitten, die, drown. Sounds like great fun. I'll have to go see if Scarecrow has a copy since Netflix does not.

Errol Morris, one of the country's finest documentarians, is going to be making a documentary on Abu Ghraib.

Quoted: It is no surprise that someone is planning a documentary about the Abu Ghraib scandal; there will probably be a few. Already there is Robert Greenwald's latest, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, which deals with one aspect of the prisoner abuse, and the PBS series Frontline has included the incident in its recent episode titled "The Lost Year in Iraq". However, there's a good chance that no others are or will be as good as the one Errol Morris is set to make. The project was announced Sunday by Diane Weyermann of Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth) during the American Film Market.

The trailer for "This Film is Not Yet Rated." It's going to be great!

This is another site, the official one, for "Music from the Inside Out." This one has a trailer available if you want to check it out...

Just heard about this film on NPR and it sounds great. It's a documentary exploration of music as told through the eyes of symphony performers. Many of the orchestral members moonlight playing other types of music such as salsa or bluegrass in their spare time. One guy apparently literally leaves the symphony for a salsa bar with his trumpet. Seems interesting and is garnering a lot of attention.

I just watched this last night per Mohit's suggestion. It was amazing. The amount of pride, hubris, and cockiness at this company was unbearable. It's an amazing story that makes me want to read the book. Fictionalized versions of this scenario could be quite powerful...

Quoted: Amazon.com: Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room: DVD: Ken Lay (II),Sherron Watkins,Reverend James Nutter,John Beard (II),Amanda Martin-Brock,Lou L. Pai,Loretta Lynch,Colin Whitehead,Jim Chanos,John Olson (VI),Peter Coyote,Nancy Rapoport,Lou Lung Pai,Andrew Fastow,Philip Hilder,Joseph Dunn (III),Mike Muckleroy,Mimi Swartz,Michael Lugenbuehl,David Freeman (XI),Alex Gibney by Ken Lay (II),Sherron Watkins,Reverend James Nutter,John Beard (II),Amanda Martin-Brock,Lou L. Pai,Loretta Lynch,Colin Whitehead,Jim Chanos,John Olson (VI),Peter Coyote,Nancy Rapoport,Lou Lung Pai,Andrew Fastow,Philip Hilder,Joseph Dunn (III),Mike Muckleroy,Mimi Swartz,Michael Lugenbuehl,David Freeman (XI),Alex Gibney

A new documentary about the fan phenomenon surrounding the cancelled tv show and major motion picture surrounding Firefly.