Well Documented

 Documentaries are some of my favorite types of programming to watch. I have a whole playlist of them on YouTube, which are mixed in with a few made-for TV movies. I always enjoy learning something new and refreshing my memory on things that I have learned before. One of the first I remember viewing was about the Dionne Quintuplets, produced by the Film Board of Canada in the late 1970s. It recalled the life of the five sisters in Ontario during the Great Depression, and how their lives played out until the late 1970s. Five of the documentaries that I enjoy are from the ESPN 30 for 30 series. The first one is Broke, which I mentioned previously in this blog. It is about professional athletes who go broke after retiring, and the athletes who speak on the issue describe their spending habits (cars, houses, clothes, bar/restaurant tabs, etc) and think about what they could have done to avoid going broke in the first place. The second is Benji, which is about the late Ben Wilson (1967-1984), who was one of the best basketball players in the city of Chicago, if not the state of Illinois. He was shot and killed in November 1984 while walking with his girlfriend during lunch hour at school. Another favorite is Pony Excess, which is about the football program at Southern Methodist University going through the NCAA's "Death Penalty," which took away scholarships and television coverage for the team in the mid to late 1980s. The documentary "Ghosts of Ole Miss" is a favorite of mine, as well. It talks about the 1962 University of Mississippi football team and the activities around campus surrounding James Meredith's enrollment in the school. The fifth documentary in this series I like is Without Bias, which tells the story of Len Bias, who played baskeball at the University of Maryland. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in June 1986, and later died of a cocaine overdose. What are some of your favorite movies/documentaries?