Read more about him here (PBS Frontline).
I absolutely love all of his work but if you are to pick only one I would say Sherman's March.
Sherman's March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, (1986) Autobiographical documentary on life, love, nuclear preparedness, and the various neuroses of General William Sherman.
- Sundance Film Festival
- Best Feature Documentary USA Film Festival, (Dallas)
- Cinema du Reel, Paris National Board of Film Critics, runner-up Best Feature Documentary, 1986
- Selected by Library of Congress National Registry International Doc. Assoc: Top 20 Documentaries of All Time
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And if you can't get over Charleen, which you most likely won't be able to, then you have to pick-up Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?.
Charleen, (1978) Portrait of North Carolina native Charleen Swansea, a protégé of Ezra Pound, poet, and innovative teacher in the public schools.
- Best Documentary American Film Festival (NYC)
- Red Ribbon Award Best Feature Documentary of 1980, Boston Society of Film Critics
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And then of course, you should watch Bright Leaves.
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