Most Popular Documentary s

Jessica Shire

Project Nim
Project Nim in 2011 is the most popular documentary, as from all the reviewers and other feedback it has shown that the public has voted it number 1 documentary. It s about a story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s. It s voted a 7.4 on the rating scale. Within it s beginning week it made a huge amount of money, just starting from $25,820. Directors Name- James Marsh Domestic Box Office Gross- $410,077 (USA) (11 December 2011) Released Date 10th July 2011 Budget Distributor Genre Documentary Country USA Language English Technical Specifications- Camera Arri SR3, Canon Super 8 Film negative format (mm/video inches) - 8 mm, Super 16

Project Nim Reviews

This documentary has had many reviews from the public good and bad. For example from Rotten Tomatoes, which post lots of reviews of programs and here are some from what the public have said.

The Last Lions

Then the second most popular documentary in 2011 is The Last Lions. It s based on facts from the past and giving the audience unknown facts about lions etc. Fifty years ago there were close to half-a-million lions in Africa. Today there are around 20,000. To make matters worse, lions, unlike elephants, which are far more numerous, have virtually no protection under government mandate or through international accords. Directors Name- Dereck Joubert Domestic Box Office Gross- $631,925 Released Date 18th February 2011 Budget Distributor Genre Documentary Country USA Language English Technical Specifications- Canon Camera, Fujinon and Angenieux lenses, Panasonic AJHPX3000, Vision Research Phantom HD Cinematographic process, Digital Intermediate (master format), Digital (source format) Printed film format, 35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393)

The Last Lions Reviews

Again from Rotten Tomatoes here are some reviews on the last lions documentary.

The Interrupters
The Interrupters is the next most popular documentary in 2011. it tells a story of the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn, persistence of violence in our cities. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in our cities. During that period, the city was besieged by high-profile incidents, most notably the brutal beating of Derrion Albert, a Chicago High School student, whose death was caught on videotape. It s a very moving documentary and is well known all around the USA. Directors Name- Steve James Domestic Box Office Gross- $267,763 Released Date 12th August 2011 Budget $300,000 Distributor Genre Documentary Country USA Language English Technical Specifications- Zeiss DigiPrime Lenses Sony HDCP1

The Interrupters Reviews

From doing my research I have found some views on the documentary The Interrupters, with some bad and good comments from the public here are some of them.

Pina
Is the next most popular documentary and the whole point of this documentary is that it s a tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch. This means that their is no purpose of the documentary and that there isn t a non fiction storyline to it. It s got a high rating for it, from the public and have won awards for this documentary. It has become so famous it has reached worldwide. Directors Name- Wim Wenders Domestic Box Office Gross- $13,992,869 Released Date 22nd April 2011 Budget 3,238,460 (estimated) Distributor Genre Documentary Country USA Language English Technical Specifications- Sony CineAlta HDC-1500, Zeiss DigiPrime Lenses Sony HDCP1, Zeiss DigiPrime Lenses

Pina Reviews

Then here are some of the reviews from the documentary Pina.

Hell and Back Again

Is lastly the fifth documentary in the chart and with the lowest rating according to the public. It s a very moving, fiction documentary and is all about, What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. Directors Name- Danfung Dennis Domestic Box Office Gross- $37,209 Released Date 12th October 2011 Budget Distributor Genre Documentary Country USA, UK, Afghanistan Language English, Pashtu, Dari Technical Specifications- Sony CineAlta HDC-1500

Hell and Back Again Reviews

From doing my research I have found some views on the documentary Hell and Back Again, with some bad and good comments from the public here are some of them.

Footnotes
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?sort=movie meter,asc&title_type=documentary&year=201 1,2011 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/