50 Documentaries to See Before You Die: The Challenge

Current TV has ranked 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die. I'm sure that's not hyperbole at all - that you have to see all 50 before you die. Or, the moment you have seen the fiftieth, you shall die. In either case, I found myself casually watching the first two installments (Docs 50 - 31) before a night of epic insomnia, and thought, "Hey, I've seen a bunch of these already! Way to reinforce my taste in movies, Current TV!" However, this also made me think about trying to see all 50 again. Even if I've already seen them, or if the DVD has been gathering dust on my shelf since 2006, I should try to pull them out and watch them. Maybe comment on them in Blog Posts. Maybe on Fridays, when I'm trying to think of something to do for the weekend.

So, here is the challenge: Watch all 50 Documentaries by August 31, 2012. That's one per week, with a couple weeks off for vacation and what not. They don't have to be in order, but I do have to track down all 50:

50. Spellbound                                                                    Reviewed 8/19

49. Madonna: Truth or Dare                                               Reviewed 10/7

48. The Kid Stays in the Picture                                         Reviewed 11/4

47. One Day in September,                                                 Reviewed 9/2

46. Little Dieter Needs To Fly                                            Reviewed 12/16

45. Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years

44. Burma VJ

43. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts      Reviewed 10/14

42. Catfish,                                                                         Reviewed 8/26

41. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters                    Reviewed 12/9

40. When We Were Kings

39. Biggie and Tupac                                                         Reviewed 10/28

38. March of the Penguins                                                 Reviewed 12/9

37. Inside Job                                                                     Reviewed 10/21

36. Taxi to the Dark Side

35. Paragraph 175

34. Brother's Keeper

33. Tongues United

32. Dogtown and Z-Boys

31. Jesus Camp

30. Farenheit 9/11

29. Man on Wire

28. Gasland

27. Tarnation

26. Murderball

25. Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room                   Reviewed 12/16

24. Paradise Lost

23. The Eyes of Tammy Faye

22. Shut Up and Sing

21. Exit Through the Gift Shop

20. Capturing the Friedmans

19. Touching the Void

18. Food, Inc.

17. Street Fight

16. Bus 174

15. Crumb

14. Dark Days

13. The Fog of War

12. Bowling for Columbine

11. Paris is Burning

10. Grizzly Man
9. Trouble the Water
8. An Inconvenient Truth
7. The Celluloid Closet
6. The War Room
5. Super Size Me
4. Waltz With Bashir
3. Roger and Me
2. The Thin Blue Line
1. Hoop Dreams                                                             Reviewed 9/9