The Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative journalism. It offers the biggest names and best writing in news, culture and analysis with a particular focus on Australia.
This month’s selection features five documentaries that put place at the heart of their story, from a Danish restaurant in Tokyo to Muscle Shoals in Alabama.
This month’s selection is:
Muscle Shoals
Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America’s most creative and defiant music. Discover the place that has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time.
The Summit
In August of 2008, 22 climbers converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit of the most dangerous mountain on Earth. 48 hours later, 11 had been killed or vanished into thin air. Like a horror movie come-to-life, the mountain began stealing lives, one climber at a time.
Ants on a Shrimp: Noma in Tokyo
In January 2015, Noma, recognised as the best restaurant in the world, moved its entire team from Denmark to Japan. This film is an exploration of creativity and inspiration as well the people and places, sights and sounds, tastes and flavours, of one of the world’s most amazing food cultures.
Tender
Set against the stunning backdrop of the industrial seaside town of Port Kembla, a feisty and resilient community group are determined to take back the responsibility that most of us leave to someone else – to care for their own dead. As plans for community-based funerals gather momentum one of their own is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
Dinosaur 13
On August 12, 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota, paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute unearthed the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. Two years later, when the FBI and the National Guard show up, battle lines are drawn.
