what are your fave documentaries?

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i've seen some kool neurobiology (?) documentaries, such as "the guy who swore he was normal" about a really kool tourette's guy, and a movie called "gunnar goes comfortable".

anyone got any tips on which autism/aspie docus to watch?!
and what are the bad ones.. we gotta know that too

Well, I can tell you some documentaries I've enjoyed, but they're not necessarily Aspergers related.

When We Were Kings
The Cliburn
semi-documentary, with an Aspie character: American Splendor
A Brief History of Time
Winged Migration

I really like most documentaries I watch about special effects, movies, animals, history, religion, dinosaurs, and paleoanthropology and make it a point to watch them whenever they are on T.V. I was also quite fond of the recent documentaries speculating on future evolution and the one entitled Alien Planet, which was based on the book Expedition from Wayne D. Barlowe. This book is so extraordinary I knew it deserved some sort of adaptation eventually. It more or less reveals how the vast majority of sci-fi dealing with alien beings is bereft of imagination and actual scientific basis.

Recently, I watched and loved March of the Penguins. It is either the most moving documentary I've seen about penguins or I'm a sap. I was impressed with Bowling For Columbine and Farenheit 9/11 until I found out what B.S. they were. The same is also true of What the *%&! do we Know?. I think one poster at imdb.com correctly said, "You'd think it would be impossible to make a movie that would offend theists, atheists, and scientists all at once, and this movie managed to do exactly that." I couldn't agree more.

the story of black sabbath 1970-1992

i meant like ABOUT ASPIES (other diagnoses)

I like documentaries about science/geography (Not AS related):

Britsh Isles: A Natural History
Horizon
Walking with Monsters

You should try and see the BBC documentary series 'The power of nightmares'

- it documents the rise of neo-conservatism, radical islam and the cold war, and how they all linked up. A real eye-opener. Heavy stuff too - i can only take in about 20mins in one sitting.

There's only a few documentaries that I found on IMDb, but they are mostly on Autism. I haven't had any luck finding any documentaries on Asperger's. One of the ones that I foud, I've seen and I think is really good. It's called Autism Is A World. It was nominated last year for Best Short Documentary at the Oscars. I hope you check it out.

JIM HENSON DOCUMENTRIES!! !! !! !! !