most recent 30 from http://videowtf.com 2010-07-30T18:39:29Z http://videowtf.com/feeds/question/588 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs Pat Race 2009-11-11T08:54:53Z 2010-07-22T10:22:31Z

<p>I feel like solid short films, especially mini-docs, have a poor signal to noise ratio online. What are some of the best documentaries you've found that are under ten minutes long? </p> <p>Please vote up any you agree with so we can develop a good sorted list and post one film per answer to keep things easy.</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs/589#589 Pat Race 2009-11-11T08:57:26Z 2009-11-11T08:57:26Z

<p>"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q9WdjD5wc" rel="nofollow">Like a Bird on a Wire</a>" - 3:18</p> <p>Not technically a mini-doc, a segment from the helicopter documentary "Straight Up!", showing power line maintenance being performed on live wires by a man outside a helicopter, using a type of Faraday cage.</p> <p>I've never seen the whole film but this stands alone.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q9WdjD5wc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q9WdjD5wc</a></p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs/591#591 Pat Race 2009-11-11T09:02:14Z 2009-11-11T09:02:14Z

<p>"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs" rel="nofollow">Parkour Documentary</a>" - 4:01</p> <p>A film about a space and the art of motion. A very well assembled piece on a simple subject.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs</a></p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs/593#593 lImbus 2009-11-11T10:46:11Z 2009-11-11T10:46:11Z

<p>Unfortunately not available in english, but the german words do not say anything that wouldn't be obvious by the image already:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYvQNB5FXY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYvQNB5FXY</a> (3:16 min long)</p> <p>It's about the man and the job on a hand-operated railroad-crossing on a road leading to one house, two families, three cars and four horses.</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs/645#645 Aaron 2009-11-25T14:51:28Z 2009-11-25T14:51:28Z

<p>Anything by <strong>Les Blank</strong> <a href="http://lesblank.com/main.html" rel="nofollow">http://lesblank.com/main.html</a> His films on video are a little harder to find. You might have luck at the library or local specialty video stores if you have any where you live. Run times vary from 5 min. to 2 hrs.</p> <p><strong>Utopia 3</strong> by Sam Green and Carrie Lozano was one of the best mini-docs I saw last year at the Ann Arbor Film Festival <a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/utopia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/pov/utopia/</a></p> <p>Looks like <strong>POV</strong> has a collection of shorts that might interest you <a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/shorts/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/pov/shorts/</a></p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/588/what-are-your-favorite-mini-docs/668#668 Anne Jonas 2009-12-09T22:26:16Z 2009-12-09T22:26:16Z

<p>I don't know if these count, but I really like the Etsy "There's no Place Like Here" shorts, like this one: <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/items/2510111" rel="nofollow">https://www.miroguide.com/items/2510111</a>.</p>