The 10 best short documentaries of all time, according to me.
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- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorAlex LockwoodStarsJay WildeKatja WildeA beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.
- DirectorJohn HaptasKristine SamuelsonStarsHenry AscherNadja HatemMikael BillingIn the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.
- DirectorSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsAsad JamalSabaA woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
- DirectorRayka ZehtabchiStarsAjeyaAnitaGouri ChoudariIndian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
- DirectorEd PerkinsStarsKai Francis LewisNikisha LewisLarry OlubamiwoAfter the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.
- DirectorAmy SchatzStarsJack FeldmanElliott SaiontzA conversation between a boy and his great-grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, is woven with historical footage and animation to tell a heartbreaking story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, sharing lessons from the Holocaust with a new generation.
- StarsJohn GielgudTatty HodgeMark LermanThe video featured covertly obtained footage from Commonwealth Foie Gras of force-feeding, accompanied by experts describing the practice as inherently cruel and then followed by an appeal by Gielgud for viewers never to purchase or consume foie gras and to inform others why foie gras was cruel.
- DirectorDavid DouglasStarsRip TornMan's emergency creativity can be seen at its best, after Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait oil wells lit up, as teams from all over the world fought those fires for months, and had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
- DirectorDaniel JungeSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsSarkar AbbasMohammad JawadPlastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.