Documentaries you've seen you still think about to this day

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Fantastic thread, just finished reading through it all. This is a long shot but there is a documentary that has stayed with me, and I don't know what it's called and never been able to find it. It could possibly have been dramatised. It was 90s I think, and it was about a 13 year old girl who was living in a rough area and she was pretty much allowed to do what she wanted. She was partying and having what she considered a great time, drink and drugs etc. One evening she came home and drank a full bottle of methadone and died on the settee. It has stayed with me as my younger years were very similar, maybe not as extreme, but it really struck a chord with me. Can anyone else remember it?
 
Started watching a documentary series on All 4 about the Daniel Morgan murder case. Very good so far. Case does get very convoluted.
 
What an interesting thread, looking forward to trying some of these suggestions. I love watching old documentaries!

Two spring to mind immediately:

1. There was a programme on Ch4 around 2001 called "The Real Fresh Prince" following a black teenager from London as he did a trial in a fee paying school in the countryside. He was torn between street life in the tough area of London he lived in, or a life of pursuing education. He was called Pierre Pitt. I'd love to know what happened to him, how did his life turn out...I've searched a few times online and found nothing.

2. A programme I watched during the first lockdown on Youtube, a documentary called "Gale is Dead" from 1970 that was broadcast as part of the Man Alive series (lots more interesting Man Alive docs on Youtube... i wish a few more would get uploaded). It was about a teenage heroin addict and it was absolutely heartbreaking, I've thought about it so much since.
Here's part 1, it is split over several Youtube videos. I highly recommend watching just be warned it is extremely sad.
There is a lovely woman called Nancy David in the video who tried to help her, truly beautiful soul...
 
Millennial Pink said:
So, I got around to watching Dear Zachary. Probably one of the most heart-breaking stories I've ever heard. I just cannot believe they let that woman walk free. The grandparents were amazing, don't watch this without tissues.
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I saw this for the first time 8 years ago and I still think of it. It’s so, so heartbreaking. Andrew seemed like such a beautiful person — his parents are A FORCE. I cried for hours the first time I seen it.
 
Might have been mentioned already but Storyville - The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea was fascinating and terrifying at the same. It’s about a man who infiltrates North Korea and poses as someone who is interested in buying weapons. It’s a crazy documentary and seems more like a film at times. Cannot believe how brave the two guys were who were the moles.
 
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Might have been mentioned already but Storyville - The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea was fascinating and terrifying at the same. It’s about a man who infiltrates North Korea and poses as someone who is interested in buying weapons. It’s a crazy documentary and seems more like a film at times. Cannot believe how brave the two guys were who were the moles.
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where did you watch this?!
 
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