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When the Mountains Tremble (1984) - An incredible, up close look at the Mayan peasant resistance against genocide carried out by the Guatemalan Military. Footage from this documentary was later used as forensic evidence in court to charge former President Ríos Montt with crimes against humanity.

1,792 points 166 comments submitted 1 year ago by aksumighty to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rG8nmgRw4

Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. - (1984) - [84:57]

516 points 191 comments submitted 2 years ago by unboredMonster to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJldun440Sk

Atomic Cafe (1984): A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

696 points 77 comments submitted 2 years ago by asdfghjklqwertyuiolm to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssKiI1P3lT4

Society28 Up (1984) Part of a ongoing 48 year film project by director Michael Apted revisiting the same subjects every 7 years

601 points 36 comments submitted 4 months ago by bowerbirder to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/rLdSIYa55bQ

28 Up (1984) - Documented Life of 12 British Individuals from Childhood to Age 28

513 points 38 comments submitted 6 months ago by Ajnin123 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdSIYa55bQ

American politicsMexican Drug Cartels vs. Mitt Romney's Mormon Family (all 7 parts are now up!)

578 points 51 comments submitted 4 years ago by rpm1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef5YU6uaAH8&list=PLDbSvEZka6GE9xDCqPYxM502RRfAY7P4R&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Deception Was My Job (1984): ex-KGB officer Yuri Bezmenov & Soviet defector openly reveals KGB's subversive tactics against western society as a whole

395 points 116 comments submitted 1 year ago by goldseek to /r/Documentaries

http://youtu.be/y3qkf3bajd4

Afghanistan ConflictWhy It Never Gets Better in Afghanistan: A (Vice) Documentary - YouTube

281 points 85 comments submitted 4 years ago by rpm1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83X4wx6XYU4&feature=em-uploademail

Lemmy: Live Fast Die Old (2013)

260 points 12 comments submitted 1 year ago by baj1984 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYuSJacb7H0

MusicRock and Roll: The Early Days (1984) - A History of Rock and Roll from its origins up to the early 60's. Featuring songs by Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins. Narrated by John Heard.

409 points 12 comments submitted 4 days ago by LxCoronado to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCv58ThH5E

Streetwise (1984) Documentary about street kids living in Seattle, ending with the suicide of one of the kids they were following. (A movie was later based on the kid that committed suicide, starring Edward Furlong and Jeff Bridges)

275 points 44 comments submitted 2 years ago by p_hinman3rd to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lTQgfXb87k

Streetwise (1984) - Homeless teens and prostitutes in Seattle

206 points 15 comments submitted 25 days ago by W00ster to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lTQgfXb87k

The Man Who Got No Whammies Documentary (2003) - He managed to cheat a game show to make thousands of dollars.

177 points 41 comments submitted 1 year ago by baj1984 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNMCXWCZzQ

Crime Inc. Story of the Mafia - Part 1 (1984); "Documentaries made today are total shit compared to this."

NSFW 199 points 32 comments submitted 1 year ago by empify to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uoEzjAUXPw

AnthropologyNomads of the Rainforest (1984) [CC] - NOVA visits the Waorani Indians of Eastern Ecuador less than 30 years after their first contact with Western civilization.

177 points 37 comments submitted 1 year ago by s18m to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/hn8gk67s6YM

National Geographic documentary on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in India (2011). An industrial accident in 1984 where 2,259 immediately died and many more were severely injured. The total number of injuries from the incident were 558,125.

220 points 19 comments submitted 1 year ago by Fluttershy_qtest to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfkJLwXjM0

The Making of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [part 1/6] (1984)

150 points 13 comments submitted 1 year ago by budbudderk to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mh1YBN711c

Link is DownStreetwise (1984) - Thrown too young into a grown up world, these runaways & castaways survive, but just barely. Rat, the dumpster diver, Tiny, the teenage prostitute, Shellie, the baby-faced blonde, DeWayne, the hustler, all old beyond their years. Filmed in downtown Seattle [1 HR 30 Min]

221 points 33 comments submitted 4 years ago by doopercooper to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7UM-KWJS8&DOCU

AnthropologyInterview with a Cannibal (Vice)

96 points 39 comments submitted 4 years ago by rpm1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BosZxa1bYcE&feature=em-uploademail

EducationFrontline: A Subprime Education (2016) - Correspondent Martin Smith returns to the story of for-profit colleges — which FRONTLINE first examined in the 2010 documentary "College, Inc." — to investigate allegations of fraud and predatory behavior by for-profit colleges. - [29:41]

191 points 8 comments submitted 4 months ago by mrmax1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365840612/

SILENCED: The War On Whistleblowers (2014). Compelling documentary about the U.S.A's treatment of whistle blowers Kiriakou, Radack, and Drake.

132 points 4 comments submitted 10 months ago by Mr-1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://leaksource.info/2015/02/08/silenced-the-war-on-whistleblowers-kiriakou-radack-drake-2014/

OffbeatThe Press Your Luck scandal. (2003) Unemployed Ice cream truck driver Michael Larson takes game show in 1984 for over $100,000 by memorizing numerous repeating patterns on their supposedly random game board.

132 points 17 comments submitted 2 years ago by thewhitedeath to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNMCXWCZzQ

Religion/Atheism1984 A Sikh Story BBC (2010)

75 points 7 comments submitted 2 years ago by AAjax to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW2bFFSsS_0

WarThreads - The aftermath of a Nuclear Strike [BBC Drama Documentary - 1984]

67 points 18 comments submitted 4 years ago by FinKM to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCbTvoNrAg

WarThe Business of War: SOFEX - YouTube

78 points 4 comments submitted 4 years ago by rpm1984 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_3Qg-SADY&feature=em-uploademail

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