Soundtracker (2010)

In this documentary that shadows an Emmy-winning sound recordist at work, writer-director Nick Sherman captures one man's solitary obsession with obtaining "natural" sounds in an aural world that's littered with noise. Recording sounds isn't just Gordon Hempton's occupation, a job he's performed passionately for the past 30 years; to him, it's also an art form -- and his preferred method of communication.