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[Must Watch] Top 9 Best Documentaries for Celebrities

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All along with history, there are too many great people who have great personalities or have made great contributions. Through them, we can learn the great power of life and love. And some great documentaries record their life and express their thoughts. Here we will introduce the top 9 best documentaries for celebrities, and through these documentaries, you may gain the power to deal with difficulties and facing problems in your daily life.

Best Celebrity Documentaries

King in the Wilderness (2018)

Director: Peter Kunhardt
King in the Wilderness is a good documentary about the great man: Martin Luther King Jr (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968). The greatest contribution of dear Martin Luther King Jr is that he devoted his life to the career of civil rights through nonviolence. And he did have made great improvement towards this noble goal.
This documentary focuses on the last 18 years of him until he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. It uses the materials collecting from the interviews with those who are closest to him. The documentary, King in the Wilderness, was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary for the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

King in the Wilderness

Life Is But A Dream (2013)

Director: Ed Burke, Beyoncé Knowles, Ilan Benatar (co-director)

Beyoncé Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is one of the most talented American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. And she is the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards as well as the most nominated woman in the Grammy Award history. In the late 1990s, Beyoncé became famous as the lead singer of Destiny’s Child.
This documentary Life Is But a Dream is directed and executive produced by her. It was nominated for Outstanding Documentary category for the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards.

Life Is But A Dream

This Is It (2009)

Director: Kenny Ortega
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter. He was one of the greatest men and significant figures in the 20 century. And people love him so much that he is regarded as the "King of Pop". Even today, many of Micheal's songs and records are loved by quite a lot of people all around the world.
This film is a recorder of the last time of Michael Jackson. On July 13 in 2009, the concert series of the same name started. But sorrowfully, eighteen days later, dear Michael dead. The film, That Is It, is now the highest-grossing concert movie and documentary through all the history of cinema.

This Is It

I Am Ali (2014)

Director: Clare Lewins
Muhammad Ali (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016), was a professional boxer in America. His nickname is "The Greatest" and he did be the greatest boxers of all-time in the 20 century. Also, he was an American activist and philanthropist. Ali is the only boxer who has ever been named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times.
This documentary tells the life of this great professional boxer. The materials this film used comes from personal audio recordings made by Ali himself as well as interviews with his friends and family members.

I Am Ali

Amy (2015)

Director: Asif Kapadia
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) is a British singer and songwriter. Her vocals are deep and hence are loved by many people. Amy is talented in music. We can find that she shows success in mixing different kinds of music including blues, jazz and soul and so on. Her album, Back to Black, got five Grammy Awards in 2008.
Amy shows to the audience about the life and death of Amy Winehouse. Through this film, you will see how Amy struggled out the difficulties and waited as well as tried her best until her career bloomed. At that time, this documentary is the highest-grossing British documentary ever.

Amy

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Director: Griffin Dunne
Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is a great American essayist for her critical thinking and deep writing. Her political writing is always concentrated on society and her points, as well as her essays, make the deep core of any speech obvious. In 2005, Joan won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.
In the documentary, you will gain quite a lot from the conversations with Joan Didion talking about her thoughts as well as her life.

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)

Director: Banksy
Mr. Brainwash, whose real name is the Thierry Guetta, is born in France, but he is a Los Angeles-based street artist. Before becoming an artist, Mr. Brainwash owned a used clothing store and was just an amateur videographer. After being introduced to street art by his cousin, his talent in art appeared gradually.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Exit Through The Gift Shop

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Director: Liz Garbus
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), known as Nina Simone, is a versatile American singer, and she is also a songwriter, musician, and arranger. One of the most outstanding characters of Miss Simone is that she is also a civil rights activist. She attributed to racial discrimination.
Through some archive video footage and interviews with Simone's daughter and friends in this film, you will understand and know about the whole life of Simone more. 

What Happened, Miss Simone?

A Ballerina's Tale (2015)

Director: Nelson George
Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an excellent America Ballet dancer. On June 30, 2015, Copeland is promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and she is the first African American woman who gets this honor in ABT's 75-year history. Besides her career in ballet, Copeland is also a public speaker and stage performer. And she has two autobiographical books written by herself telling about the challenges she faced in her career.
The film shows her daily life and focuses on her cultural impact. You will see her outstanding character when facing challenges through this documentary.

A Ballerina's Tale

These celebrities are all respectable and you can feel their courage, literary and a feel of responsibility through these documentaries. And many of their characters are worth learning. If you find yourself confused, you may open one of the documentaries and watch it. And you can just admire the lofty personality and pay your respect together with missing towards these great people.

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