Documentary Channel has announced airing of the best documentaries of 2011 throughout the month of December. Their “Best of DOC” lineup was chosen by Documentary Channel staff and includes a total of 31 worthy films. Academy Award nominated documentary film “Operation Homecoming” will head off the month-long schedule, airing on Thursday, December 1 at (8 p.m. ET/PT). Other titles include “John Lee Hooker: That’s My Story” , (Thursday, Dec. 8), “Full Disclosure” (Friday, Dec. 16), and “Kurt Cobain: About a Son” (Friday, Dec. 23). Documentary Channel (DOC) is available on Dish Network (Ch. 197) and DirecTV (Ch. 267). See below for the full schedule.
2011 “Best of DOC” schedule:
| Thursday, December 1 | “Operation Homecoming” | ||
| Friday, December 2 | “Honeyboy and the History of the Blues” | ||
| Saturday, December 3 | “The Story of the Weeping Camel” | ||
| Sunday, December 4 | “Eat the Sun” | ||
| Monday, December 5 | “King Crawfish” | ||
| Tuesday, December 6 | “The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue to Hope” | ||
| Wednesday, December 7 | “The Chair” | ||
| Thursday, December 8 | “John Lee Hooker: That’s My Story” | ||
| Friday, December 9 | “Autumn Gold” | ||
| Saturday, December 10 | “A Good Man” | ||
| Sunday, December 11 | “Prosecutor” | ||
| Monday, December 12 | “The Last Days of Shishmaref” | ||
| Tuesday, December 13 | “The Secret to a Happy Ending” | ||
| Wednesday, December 14 | “Tell Them Who You Are” | ||
| Thursday, December 15 | “For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism” | ||
| Friday, December 16 | “Full Disclosure” | ||
| Saturday, December 17 | “Ghost Bird” | ||
| Sunday, December 18 | “Gathering Remnants” | ||
| Monday, December 19 | “Sing: The Hotel Café Tour” | ||
| Tuesday, December 20 | “October Country” | ||
| Wednesday, December 21 | “Burzynski: Cancer is a Serious Business” | ||
| Thursday, December 22 | “Against the Tide” | ||
| Friday, December 23 | “Kurt Cobain: About a Son” | ||
| Saturday, December 24 | “Puppet” | ||
| Sunday, December 25 | “Space Tourists” | ||
| Monday, December 26 | “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment” | ||
| Tuesday, December 27 | “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks” | ||
| Wednesday, December 28 | “Killer at Large” | ||
| Thursday, December 29 | “Trimpin: The Sound of Invention” | ||
| Friday, December 30 | “Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived” | ||
| Saturday, December 31 | “Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea” | ||
