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Genre | Documentary |
Presented by | Morgan Spurlock |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
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Network | Current TV |
Release | 2 August 30 August 2011 | –
50 Documentaries to See Before You Die is a 2011 television special aired on Current TV. Presented by Morgan Spurlock, the series features a ranking of fifty documentary films.
This limited series, presented by Morgan Spurlock and on the television network Current TV, featured what editors regard as fifty of the most influential and/or important documentary films from the 25 years prior to the series' debut. [1] It aired in five hour-long episodes, each detailing ten entries on the list in a clip show format. In association with the series, Current TV aired some of the documentaries featured on the list. [2]
The fifty titles were selected by a panel including film professor Michael Renov, International Documentary Association's then-president Eddie Schmidt, and television executive Brian Graden. [3]