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PBS names Talihina Sky as best Oklahoma doc!
December 20, 2011 - 05:00 PM by phearcreative
The United States of Documentaries (Map)
The United States of Documentaries is a representation of the best documentaries each state of our great union has produced. When I say produced, I mean the main story and subject are set in that state. And when I say best, it could either be that the film itself is great, or that its connection to the state is the most unique or telling.
Disagree with a pick? Add your favorite state-specific doc into the poll below and see if your choice can’t top what’s on the map.
Documentaries bring us closer to the world. We get to go places we normally can’t, and learn about fascinating people and important issues that might otherwise be ignored. But just how comprehensive is our understanding of our own country, based on the documentaries we see? What you see before you takes a first stab at answering that question.
The Films
Alabama
The Order of Myths
Margaret Brown, 2008
Alaska
Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog, 2005
Arizona
Crossing Arizona
Dan DeVivo, Joseph Mathew, 2006
Arkansas
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 1996
California
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Stacy Peralta, 2001
Colorado
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore, 2002
Connecticut
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Kevin Rafferty, 2008
Delaware
Keeping the Peace
JJ Garvine, Tai Parquet, 2009
Florida
Salesman
Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1968
Georgia
Sherman’s March
Ross McElwee, 1986
Hawaii
Riding Giants
Stacy Peralta, 2004
Idaho
Living with Wolves
Jim Dutcher, Jamie Dutcher, 2005
Illinois
Hoop Dreams
Steve James, 1994
Indiana
American Teen
Nanette Burstein, 2008
Iowa
King Corn
Aaron Woolf, 2007
Kansas
What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Joe Winston, 2009
Kentucky
Harlan County, USA
Barbara Kopple, 1976
Louisiana
Trouble the Water
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin, 2008
Maine
The Way We Get By
Aron Gaudet, 2009
Maryland
Darkon
Luke Meyer, Andrew Neel, 2006
Massachusetts
Young@Heart
Stephen Walker, Sally George, 2007
Michigan
Roger & Me
Michael Moore, 1989
Minnesota
American Dream
Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Lawrence Silk, 1990
Mississippi
Freedom on My Mind
Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford, 1994
Missouri
Slam Planet: War of the Words
Kyle Fuller, Mike Henry, 2006
Montana
Sweetgrass
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009
Nebraska
The Brandon Teena Story
Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir, 1998
Nevada
Area 51: Declassified
National Geographic, 2011
New Hampshire
Winning New Hampshire
Aram Fischer, Mark Lynch, William Rabbe, 2004
New Jersey
Street Fight
Marshall Curry, 2005
New Mexico
American Waitress, New Mexico
Vanessa Vassar, 2002
New York
Man on Wire
James Marsh, 2008
North Carolina
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg, 2006
North Dakota
Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, 2006
Ohio
Flag Wars
Linda Goode Bryant, Laura Poitras, 2003
Oklahoma
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon
Stephen C. Mitchell, 2011
Oregon
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Marshall Curry, 2011
Pennsylvania
High School
Frederick Wiseman, 1968
Rhode Island
Taking on the Kennedys
Joshua Seftel, 1996
South Carolina
Building Bombs: The Legacy
Mark Mori, Susan Robinson, 1991
South Dakota
Incident at Oglala
Michael Apted, 1992
Tennessee
Undefeated
Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, 2011
Texas
Hands on a Hard Body
S.R. Bindler, 1997
Utah
Sons of Perdition
Tyler Measom, Jennilyn Merten, 2010
Vermont
Man with a Plan
John O’Brien, 1996
Virginia
A Perfect Candidate
R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor, 1996
Washington
Kurt and Courtney
Nick Broomfield, 1998
West Virginia
Before the Mountain Was Moved
Robert K. Sharpe, 1970
Wisconsin
American Movie
Chris Smith, 1999
Wyoming
CHIEFS
Daniel Junge, 2002
Washington, D.C.
The March
James Blue, 1964
