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Does anybody know any good documentaries about public education? I'm more interested in historical or factual stuff, not alarmist "[x] is destroying our youth, only [y] can save us!" bullshit.
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I can't see this anywhere else in the thread, so apologies if it has already been posted... 18 With A Bullet: This is a documentary in to the life of the 18th Street gang in San Salvador. It's fascinating not because of the 'shock' value these documentaries tend to have, but the amazing level of organisation (albeit crude) that exists behind the gangs from money making to punishments. A scary but insightful look in to a world most of us would not survive in. Video - I've not been able to test the link as I'm at work, but I'm pretty sure its on YouTube anyway if this doesn't work. Wiki entry here.
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Aug 9, 2010 14:15
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Any more documentaries about the way we currently eat? I've already seen Food Inc., King Corn, Supersize Me, Fat Head, Fast Food Nation (not actually a documentary), and Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, Killer at Large. Amazon is recommending me The Future of Food, Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food and Foodmatters.
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Aug 9, 2010 15:32
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Kitsch! posted:Any more documentaries about the way we currently eat? I've already seen Food Inc., King Corn, Supersize Me, Fat Head, Fast Food Nation (not actually a documentary), and Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, Killer at Large. The World According to Monsanto?
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I'm a huge fan of anything to do with the power of our brain/mind. Any recommendations? Here is one I just got done watching and I loved it. The Science of Healing with Dr. Esther Sternberg "From ancient Greek temples to state-of-the-art science labs, join medical researcher Dr. Esther Sternberg as she studies the connection between the mind and body in order to understand how our brains, emotions and environment influence healing. In this illuminating documentary, Dr. Sternberg explains fundamental concepts about healing, shares fascinating research findings and relates her personal history coping with illness." http://www.netflix.com/The_Science_of_Healing_with_Dr._Esther_Sternberg Zoowick fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Aug 10, 2010 |
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Aug 9, 2010 19:45
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Does anybody know any good documentaries about public education? I'm more interested in historical or factual stuff, not alarmist "[x] is destroying our youth, only [y] can save us!" bullshit. I don't have an instant reference for you, but when you use Google's advanced video search and exclude keywords like ufos, bible, islam, Alex Jones, 9/11, Zeitgeist, and all the usual red flags you can usually get some decent results.
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Aug 9, 2010 20:28
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Wandering Idiot posted:The History Channel has a shitload of engineering disaster specials, if you didn't realize that already. They usually run at random times, rarely when people are actually home to see it. Yeah, only thing I ever see on there is stuff about WW2 and Hitler usually. drat you HC. *shakes fist*
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Aug 9, 2010 23:37
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What are some good documentaries on modern inner cities? Requiem for Detroit was interesting but a little fluffy. The Wire, while not a documentary, is a fascinating portrayal of Baltimore and its myriad of problems. I guess I'm looking for more stuff along those lines, documentaries portraying the horrors of the modern inner city but also why and how they got that way, so focusing on the suburbanization, white flight, de facto apartheid, etc. too.
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TenTonHammer posted:Yeah, only thing I ever see on there is stuff about WW2 and Hitler usually. drat you HC. *shakes fist* You must have some kind of strange History Channel being fed through your cable, because they've cut a lot of the WW2/Hitler poo poo out in favor of aliens, monsters, mythology and jobs, especially over the past 3-5 years. Their website has a decent selection of full episodes of Modern Marvels, which is where the engineering/manmade disasters shows are going to be, mostly.
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Aug 10, 2010 04:20
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Jesus Christ. John Malpezzi, the lawyer in the Louis Theroux documentary about the neo-Nazis is one of the most interesting and bizarre characters I've ever seen. I'd love to see a documentary just about him. Or anyone like him, if anyone has any suggestions, I guess. doctor iono fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Aug 10, 2010 |
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Aug 10, 2010 06:22
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That Rich Hall documentary is amazing, I too saw it on TV at the time. His presenting style is perfect for it.
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Does anyone out there know of any good documentaries about homelessness (in America, although that's not necessary)?
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Local Group Bus posted:Couldn't find this on here so apologies if it is a repost. I now want to see a porno with an Amish girl volontarily filmed during her Rumspringa.
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Aug 10, 2010 12:55
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Railing Kill posted:Does anyone out there know of any good documentaries about homelessness (in America, although that's not necessary)? Ive posted it before but here's an 80's documentary about homeless kids in Seattle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-scpQ_szM
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Aug 10, 2010 13:14
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Railing Kill posted:Does anyone out there know of any good documentaries about homelessness (in America, although that's not necessary)? Dark Days. I believe it's on Netflix Instant and it's brilliant.
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Aug 10, 2010 14:34
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Dark Days. I believe it's on Netflix Instant and it's brilliant. Thanks Hundu and BobFossil. I'll check out both.
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Aug 10, 2010 15:54
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Dark Days is seriously cool, I would recommend it to anyone. Additionally, DJ Shadow did the soundtrack, so if by some miracle you find it boring you at least have that to keep you entertained. The Vice Guide stuff is REALLY good. I was kind of skeptical because in the past I watched their docs about South America where they showed the guy who proudly fucks donkeys or their search for exotic jungle drugs and it all felt a bit juvenile. The North Korea and Liberia episodes (especially Liberia) are much more mature and heartbreaking. I'm not a big fan of docs designed around pushing a socio/econo/political agenda no matter how true they may be. These don't really push too much of a point, it's more like riding on Willy Wonka's boat though Pandemonium and the facts speak for themselves. North Korea presents a creepy Soviet level facade of plastic success, and Liberia is the most accurate representation of the words 'insane' and 'hell' I have ever seen.
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Aug 10, 2010 16:14
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The War Game is an Academy Award-winning documentary on nuclear warfare that was made by Peter Watkins in 1965 and was subsequently suppressed by the BBC until 1985 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58NmAzQzRjk Probably one of the most gripping and at the same time terrifying things i have ever seen, showing both a very human side to the possiblity of a full scale nuclear conflict and the problems with policy and the readiness of a country to deal with such an event.
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Nthing the support for the Rich Hall Dirty South program, very interesting. Recommended.
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bipolarbear posted:Dark Days is seriously cool, I would recommend it to anyone. Additionally, DJ Shadow did the soundtrack, so if by some miracle you find it boring you at least have that to keep you entertained. The Vice Guide to Liberia is definitely one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I expected North Korea to be scary, but Liberia made me appreciate my life, man. The World According to Monsanto (if it hasn't already been posted) can be found EDIT: gently caress the Veoh link, it wants you to install something. Here's the YouTube. spoonfulofwhoopass fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Aug 10, 2010 |
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Aug 10, 2010 20:50
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spoonfulofwhoopass posted:The Vice Guide to Liberia I'm watching this right now, and it's close to the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. Holy poo poo, Liberia.
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Aug 10, 2010 22:54
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My Architect Docu-bio about Louis Kahn, one of the foremost American architects. Very interesting personal as well as professional life. http://www.myarchitectfilm.com/
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Madness in the Fast Lane BBC iPlayer (for the next week for UK/Ireland goons or inventive residents of other territories!) I just watched this and it's one of the strangest stories I've ever seen in my life. UK or Irish goons might remember a story from May 2008 about a pair of Swedish twin sisters who were spotted walking up the central reservation of the M6 motorway in England and were brought to the side of the road by someone working on the motorway. When the police came, they ran out into oncoming traffic and were run over - one of them by a truck, the other by a car. Amazingly, they both survived the collisions and were fully lucid minutes later... so they both broke free from the police/paramedics and ran out again, getting run over again, and again surviving. One was brought to hospital and released a few days later, the other fought violently with the police, who were trying to restrain her, and all the time she was screaming for the police ("we are the police") and rambling about stealing her organs. After being sedated and brought to the police station, she appeared completely normal, almost flirtatious, and was charged with assaulting a police officer, for which she was sentenced to a day in custody, which she had already served by the time she appeared in court. That's where goons' memory of the event would end, and the block of text might look like a spoiler, but that is only the intro to the documentary: the rest of the story has only come into the public domain recently, due to the completion of one of the strangest murder trials ever conducted. You won't know what to make of this, but it's an incredible story.
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane This is like watching an episode of The X Files. Utterly bizarre, especially as there's no real explanation for any of it.
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Aug 11, 2010 00:47
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane
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Beep Street posted:This is unmissable. The story just got more and more bizarre throughout. Crazy swedish twins make for very interesting documentaries. I remember the original clip coming out. gently caress the BBC for blocking it. I'm a god drat colony! 
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It made a lot of news in Sweden back when it happened too, here's something from YouTube about it, would love to see the documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUT3gPsthrI
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane This is the most insane thing I have maybe ever seen.
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Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1179868849995186824&hl=en&emb=1#docid=-7179169229177802908 from the guy who brought you "Grizzly Man", Herzog now takes you to a research complex in Antarctica where you come into contact with the strange people and wildlife that inhabit the continent. a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7kdDeGXUjI "Is there such thing.. as insanity among penguins?"
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Aug 11, 2010 02:18
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I really think it's serendipitous that I stumbled across the existence of a documentary about Banksy and street art in general. Even more so that it's coming to my town in just a few weeks. From the sounds of it, a French Shopkeeper got really into the street art scene and attempted to track down and film Banksy. Instead, Banksy somehow outfoxes him and turns the documentary into one about the shopkeeper, as well as street art in general. Check out Exit Through the Gift Shop.
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane The Liberia stuff is totally insane but this is equally as loving bonkers. I can't help but feel really sad for pretty much everyone involved. VV Pretty sure the iPlayer only works for people in the UK/Ireland VV Slippy G fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Aug 11, 2010 |
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane
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I really want to see Best Worst Movie, a documentary about a b-movie called Troll 2, and created by the child star of the film. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRccOQjmVQ Scene from Troll 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyophYBP_w4&feature=related I really liked Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore's documentary about guns in America, but this is all I remember: - A lot of Canadians leave their doors unlocked at night. - At the end, Michael Moore confronts Charleton Heston about a 6 year old girl who was shot and killed by a classmate, and Heston just walks away. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSn5UEiovxo I also watched bits of American Masters: Andy Warhol. It's very long, and really dramatic compared to others I've seen, but it's jam-packed with information.
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Spiderjelly posted:I'm watching this right now, and it's close to the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. Holy poo poo, Liberia. While not a documentary, check out the Liberia episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. VERY different look at the same country. edit: Season 6 Episode 16
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane Are we allowed to discuss how non UK people can watch this? It sounds fantastic, but alas, I'm American.
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Trench_Rat posted:
Africa Addio is essentially a romantic homage to colonialism and white supremecy. The film's implications are too insidious and racist to be given a silly label like "shockumentary".
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TelekineticBear! posted:The War Game is an Academy Award-winning documentary on nuclear warfare that was made by Peter Watkins in 1965 and was subsequently suppressed by the BBC until 1985 I'll have to say this touched me a lot, the subject really does burn into your head the idea that the use of nuclear weapons on living beings is probably the most barbaric and atrocious thing a civilization can do to another. May sound cool on paper or from a far flung distance away, but drat it its so loving horrifying to see the end affects.
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Railing Kill posted:Does anyone out there know of any good documentaries about homelessness (in America, although that's not necessary)? Not America, but Romania. Children Underground. During the Ceauçescu-era contraception and abortions were forbidden and so thousands of unwished children were born. After the fall of Ceauçescu's dictatorship many of them ran away from the orphanges or their parent's home to escape the cruelty what happened to them in these places... They live in the underground stations or in abandoned houses, they live in small groups with strong hierarchies, they copy what they have experienced in their life among adults, their lifes are dominated by violence, drugs and the daily struggle to survive in a hostage world, which offers them barely changes to escape it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FQCKJzldI Very good. Very sad.
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The Lost World of Communism http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5302179309927381360 A three parter that focuses on how people lived their lives during communist regimes. Also focuses on people who famously rebelled and gives insight into things such how the media was controlled, for instance in Part 3 they state how Ceausescu never was to be seen on TV eating or drinking, they'd always cut away. Part 1 is in Eastern Germany. Part 2 is Czechoslovakia. And Part 3 covers Romania
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RollingBoBo posted:anyone have any documentaries about graffiti or street art? There's a really interesting documentary about the life of an Australian graffiti artist (tagger) based out of Melbourne called "Jisoe". Search for that name on Youtube, and the whole thing will be avaliable to watch in 7 parts. It's kinda depressing in parts, but hilarious in others. Getting away from the subject of graffiti and street art, "RIP: A Remixers Manifesto" is the most recent doco I've seen. It features artist/musician/remixer "Girl Talk" and deals with the numerous copy right issues involved with what he and others like him do for a living. Pretty interesting subject matter if you're at all interested in copyright law, but even more so if you like Girl Talk, as I do. 
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