Carter Boehm, Founder of Ponderosa Films, On Documentaries

2018 is a year that offered a few notable documentaries. This article intends to highlight the 10 best from that list, regardless of financial success. While these films may vary wildly in subject matter, none of them fail to grab their viewers’ attention.

Amazing Grace.

This concern film showcases Aretha Franklin’s two-night performances at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, widely regarded as the greatest live album ever.

Bisby ‘17.

In the year 1917, on July 12th, copper miners living in Bisbee, Arizona were rounded up and left for dead in the desert in a maneuver called the “Bisbee Deportation.” The film highlights the pressure applied to pro-Unionists, other “undesirables.” The film even showcases a reenactment of the Deportation.

Hale County, This Morning, This Evening.

RaMell Ross is a youth basketball coach who uses his camera to record the changing lives of the teens he coached within the titular Alabama county. What makes this documentary notable is the occasional uses of footage depicting days long gone by.

Minding the Gap.

Bang Liu is a skateboarder who uses his camera to showcase how the hobby shared by his two friends helps them to cope with a variety of systemic problems and hazards of common American life.

McQueen.

This fashion-centric documentary focuses on the life and antics of the kilt-wearing, provocateur and UK fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

Shirkers.

Sandi Tan once attempted to make a film. Unfortunately, the fruits of her filming were taken from her through manipulation and power plays. Decades later, Shirkers documents the turmoil and elation Tan endured while making her film.

Monrovia, Indiana.

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman chooses to make his 45th film a documentary about the portion of the United States that cares about God and gun ownership without framing it in terms of one party’s politics or another’s.

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About Carter Boehm

Carter Boehm is an experienced executive and business owner in the real estate industry. Recently, however, Carter Boehm has moved on from real estate, and now primarily focuses on the film industry. Carter Boehm enjoys all aspects of film, and runs a successful production studio, Ponderosa Films, which is working on producing several high-profile projects.