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RealKyleH posted:Welcome to Lagos examines what life is like in one of the world's fastest growing mega-cities. Lagos, Nigeria. This was great. Just watched episode 1 and will watch the others soon. It made me really appreciate what I have without being too depressing. They are wonderful people. docrobert fucked around with this message at 18:37 on May 17, 2010 |
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Shark Fin Soup posted:B.I.K.E. More on bike culture: Klunkerz - A film about mountain bikes Docu about the genesis and early history of mountain biking. Offical site: http://www.klunkerz.com/ Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_C4TD5E7eA Can be watched here: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Bl4EFIE23po/ Afrika Shox fucked around with this message at 18:58 on May 17, 2010 |
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Railing Kill posted:Part of me (a sick, sick part) wanted to see Expelled back when it was released. That's the Ben Stein documentary about "creationism is being blocked from school curricula! Only do this if you want to ruin the rest of your day. It's so full of intellectual dishonesty I found myself feeling an upsetting mixture of despair and murderous rage.
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" I guess it's just morbid curiosity, or maybe the same itch that makes some folks rubberneck car crashes. I think it must be pretty funny.
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Devil's Playground A documentary about how when Amish kids come 'of age' at 16, they are allowed to enter the real world, and experiment with technology, drugs, sex, and whatever else their hearts desire. The film claims that 90% return to Amish ways after experiencing their Rumspringa. Fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Playground_(film) As has been mentioned before, Netflix (and instant streaming) is the only way to fly if you enjoy documentaries.
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Bright Lights On posted:Frontline: Digital Nation[/url] Just to expand on this subject, does anyone have something that goes a little more in-depth on the consequences of online gaming and virtual realities?
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Rabhadh posted:For us non americans, its available on youtube here I'm an American and it worked just fine for me. Thanks for the link, that was a really interesting story.
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Has anyone seen Videocracy? Itīs a documentary about Berlusconi's control over Italian media and how he has used media as a tool to shape the values and views of Italians. It also goes into how big TV is in the lives of Italians and how everyone wants to be a TV star. It features a young man called Ricky who wants to become the next Van Damme but is having a hard time getting ahead. It also has interviews with Lele Mora who is Berlusconis personal friend and manager to all the biggest TV stars in Italy as well as a very big fan of Mussolini.
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BBC Scotland have made a programme called called The Scheme which is basically a fly on the wall documentary about people on a housing estate in Kilmarnock. It is a real life shameless and is very hosed up indeed. My favourite part is the mother lying in bed smoking a fag using language like oval office whilst her 5 year old daughter is totally running late for school. Classy. Available on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj713/The_Scheme_Episode_1/
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Narev posted:The Vice Liberia documentary is overwhelming. After watching a child no more than 12 smoke Heroin and talk casually about a rape he committed, people making GBS threads on the beach because they have no bathrooms, and prostitutes who sell themselves for less than 1 US dollar, they started talking about the widespread cannibalism. I had to take a break. I never imagined how horrible it could be over there. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Nazi style death camp in the next episode. Oh, and a Liberian journalist they met over there joked about how female genitalia were cut and preserved in such a way that a man could keep them in his wallet. This documentary made me feel ill. People usually think that just sending the UN will help a country, but the truth is that it simply won't work. You can't maintain a Peace-Keeping forever, eventually the countries must take responsibilities for their own fates. This is what has happened in Africa for the last few decades, many countries are just waiting for hand outs from the west and the UN, and do not try to come out of their terrible situation by themselves (after all, God Helps Those Who Help Themselves). And yes, I agree with you regarding that lotteries we've won. I was born in South America, in Chile, and though we're definitely not a rich country compared to the US, even the poorest person here lives better than anybody over there. It does make you look at your problems in a different light. (Once again, here's the url for it: http://www.vbs.tv/search/videos?key=liberia )
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Phyzzle posted:The Staircase About a bizarre murder trial, from the point of view of a man accused of killing his wife. Thanks for this, it was awesome but I totally disagree with the comments posted earlier -the documentary was clearly biased in favour of the husband but I don't understand at all how the jury came to a guilty verdict!? Even the prosecution seemed to have given up by the end due to the overwhelming lack of evidence - murder weapon turned out to just be in the house untouched, motive (if it was really resting on the fact he was bisexual) was not nearly strong enough to carry the whole thing and the forensic evidence on him, on her and the staircase all point to it NOT being a homicidal attack. The list of 'reasonable doubts' the defence lawyer comes up with at the end seemed pretty definitive - was this just a case of how badly the system can work against an innocent man? EDIT: Oops just saw this, could anyone point me to this extra information? Angiepants posted:I got the same vibe as you did but I still wasn't sure if I thought he was guilty or not until I read up about the case afterward. Apparently he and one of his sons were both in massive amounts of debt and Kathleen had a $1.8m life insurance policy. The film obviously worked an angle as that was never mentioned in any of the eight parts. Still a wild ride and I've been recommending it to everyone since I finished it yesterday afternoon. Johnny Deformed fucked around with this message at 13:30 on May 23, 2010 |
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Industrial Revelations Mark Williams, you might know him as Mr. Weasley form Harry Potter hosted the first two seasons. Like the name implies, it's about different aspects of the Industrial Revolution. This is what I could find so far on the net. http://www.guba.com/watch/3000089558/More-Industrial-Revelations-Pen-and-Paper http://www.guba.com/watch/3000089598/More-Industrial-Revelations-Building-a-Revolution http://www.guba.com/watch/3000089602/More-Industrial-Revelations-Under-Pressure
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I really enjoyed A Certain Kind of Death It's about what happens to people who die and have no next of kin. In the beginning it can be a little  when they show the discovery of the bodies, but overall the subject is handled with dignity and is really interesting. Available on Netflix WI: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/A_Certain_Kind_of_Death/70025287?strackid=4b4058e517b64c3a_0_srl&strkid=1127891770_0_0&trkid=438381
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Beep Street posted:BBC Scotland have made a programme called called The Scheme which is basically a fly on the wall documentary about people on a housing estate in Kilmarnock. It is a real life shameless and is very hosed up indeed. My favourite part is the mother lying in bed smoking a fag using language like oval office whilst her 5 year old daughter is totally running late for school. Classy. This is great, subtitles are a must though.
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Tohokai posted:This documentary made me feel ill. This documentary was akin to sending a film crew into the slums of Detroit and finding the most hosed up criminals to interview and presenting that as "the way life is in the United States, how sad". The fact that a bunch of hipsters-turned-filmmakers can bribe an official to release a war criminal from jail is pretty alarming, but it also goes to show just how much they actually care about their subject. Their account of Liberia's post-colonial history lasted all of.... 15 seconds? The rest of the film was just them finding hosed up poo poo to put on camera, nothing more -- no lesson, no context, and nothing from the rest of the country or better parts of Monrovia. Yes Liberia is hosed up. Yes the UN mission is a stopgap solution. But this "documentary" is the worst kind of exploitation, as it's neither objective nor does it have any point other than "hey look at us travel to this hosed up place".
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wnatw posted:it's neither objective nor does it have any point other than "hey look at us travel to this hosed up place". Why does it have to be? I don't think it was trying to be anything but what you've described.
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Beep Street posted:BBC Scotland have made a programme called called The Scheme which is basically a fly on the wall documentary about people on a housing estate in Kilmarnock. It is a real life shameless and is very hosed up indeed. My favourite part is the mother lying in bed smoking a fag using language like oval office whilst her 5 year old daughter is totally running late for school. Classy. Love this kinda stuff, thanks for sharing. And nice username.
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Johnny Deformed posted:EDIT: Oops just saw this, could anyone point me to this extra information? Everything is at least mentioned on this site: http://www.peterson-staircase.com/ Though you would apparently have to get this book for real citations: http://www.amazon.com/Written-Blood-Diane-Fanning/dp/0312994036 Basically, any evidence that the defense couldn't poke holes in (most of the key stuff) was left out of the documentary.
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I finally got a chance to watch Unforgivable Blackness via that Youtube link, and it is fantastic. I very much recommend it, even to anyone who doesn't typically follow boxing. For those like me that do follow boxing, the account that posted the documentary, Thefightdoc, has a bunch more boxing documentaries available in entirety. Check it out. But, really, everyone should check out Unforgivable Blackness.
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Narev posted:The thing is, the government sounds unbelievably corrupt, and I doubt aid workers would be safe, especially women. So how do we help them? Send the military? That always works out terribly for everyone involved, and their government would never sanction our meddling. We can't just invade every country to "fix" it. Maybe some of those micro loan companies do business there, but it was also pointed out that most businesses are just fronts for dope houses. "We" aren't going to help them at all, just like Western nations haven't for over a hundred years. China is going to save Liberia along with the rest of Africa. Western nations are extremely concerned about the "cost" of doing business in African nations (risk to employees, corruption, etc) and the ongoing legacy of colonialism, racism, and exploitation. Investing in Africa means you have to have the proper image, which often comes down to a patriarchal charity-style investment. The Chinese have absolutely no qualms about investing billions of dollars and sending thousands upon thousands of skilled workers to lovely parts of the world. They have been building massive infrastructure projects for years now, so they definitely have the experience, skilled labor pool, financial strength and desire to expand. Everyone seems to think China is just going to rape Africa like everyone else did (example: buying farmland by the country) but the Chinese see Africa as one massive opportunity that has been ignored for FAR too long. Sure, they have a bit of a learning curve when it comes to corporate ethics and environmental responsibility, but they actually GET poo poo DONE. China does need Africa's natural resources but the larger, long-term concern is to dramatically raise the economic power of ordinary Africans so they can buy more Chinese goods. In a few short years, many Africans will be driving Chinese cars (built by Africans in domestic plants) on new roads engineered by Chinese contractors (and built by African workers) to go to work in modern buildings designed by Chinese architects. I can't seem to find a decent documentary on this subject though!
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Bliggers- posted:"We" aren't going to help them at all, just like Western nations haven't for over a hundred years. China is going to save Liberia along with the rest of Africa. These statements are controversial, to say the least, but would make a fascinating D&D thread, particularly if you have good source material to back up your thinking on this. I hope you'll give it some thought.
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BobFossil posted:Love this kinda stuff, thanks for sharing.
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Railing Kill posted:I finally got a chance to watch Unforgivable Blackness via that Youtube link, and it is fantastic. I very much recommend it, even to anyone who doesn't typically follow boxing. For those like me that do follow boxing, the account that posted the documentary, Thefightdoc, has a bunch more boxing documentaries available in entirety. Check it out. But, really, everyone should check out Unforgivable Blackness. Jack Johnson was an insanely ballsy guy for such a racially charged period in American history.
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Beep Street posted:The second episode was shown last night and it was just as juicy. Alas due to legal reasons they can't broadcast any more episodes for the near future - someone featured in the 3rd and 4th episodes is up in court on a serious charge! I know, I found out I could get BBC Scotland and watched it. What a clusterfuck! Poor Bullet the dog 
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Bliggers- posted:Everyone seems to think China is just going to rape Africa like everyone else did (example: buying farmland by the country) but the Chinese see Africa as one massive opportunity that has been ignored for FAR too long. Sure, they have a bit of a learning curve when it comes to corporate ethics and environmental responsibility, but they actually GET poo poo DONE. China does need Africa's natural resources but the larger, long-term concern is to dramatically raise the economic power of ordinary Africans so they can buy more Chinese goods. So China's America now.
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Art&Copy A great documentary about the advertising world. It's not extremely exhaustive, but it's just some great hands on interviews with some of the biggest firms (including Old Spice's Wieden+Kennedy) and what makes advertising successful and not successful. Seriously check it out ESPECIALLY if you're in the ad world.
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Bliggers- posted:I can't seem to find a decent documentary on this subject though! Hi there. Chinatown, Africa: http://www.hulu.com/watch/91587/vanguard-chinatown-africa
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What are some good documentaries about the Civil Rights movement(s) of the 50-60s? Unfortunately I don't have Netflix.
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BobFossil posted:I know, I found out I could get BBC Scotland and watched it. It was even on the newspaper boards outside newsagents this morning about the Scheme being cancelled. Highly unusual for a documentary to make morning headlines.
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snackpants posted:What are some good documentaries about the Civil Rights movement(s) of the 50-60s? Unfortunately I don't have Netflix. Eyes on the Prize is hands down the definitive series. It's from PBS and it's like 8 or 10 parts.
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Ok I don't want to make a habit of this, but once again for us non americans who can't get hulu etc here are 2 links for previously posted documentaries. From Nexus-6 A Certain Kind Of Death From Bro Dad Chinatown, Africa If the docs get posted on these region specific sites, a quick search usually finds them elsewhere.
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I cannot remember the name of this documentary but its the one about the guy who has injected his penis with all this silicone and made it like a giant crazy blob. I've been googling for like 20 minutes and can't find it. I think it was a BBC series on body image? I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Going to watch a doc for lunch today. Here we go!
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Bastards of the Party http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3187159310863046769 Raised in the Athens Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the notorious gang, Sloan looks back at the history of black gangs in his city and makes a powerful call for change in modern gang culture with his insightful documentary, BASTARDS OF THE PARTY. Haunted by his involvement in the Bloods' pervasive culture of violence, Sloan wanted to explore where it all began. In researching the subject, he discovered that the roots of black gangs were nurtured within a distinct political landscape. BASTARDS OF THE PARTY traces the development of black gangs in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the '60s and '70s, to the breakdown of community in the '80s and '90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992. Among the gangs that figure in the story are the Spook- hunters, Farmers, Slauscons, Businessmen and Gladiators. It's really good!
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Svartvit posted:American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein This was fascinating. I knew nothing about this guy. Thanks for this.
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King Lou posted:I cannot remember the name of this documentary but its the one about the guy who has injected his penis with all this silicone and made it like a giant crazy blob. I've been googling for like 20 minutes and can't find it. I think it was a BBC series on body image? I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Might not be the same but Channel 4 had a documentary called 'The Perfect Penis' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQZHJEKe44 This is obviously  !
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I found Stupidity: The Movie, it's a movie-doc analysis on why people do stupid things. It's funny and interesting.  The ads are Frecch but the movie is en anglais. http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/33725
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Haven't had a chance to read the thread yet, but wanted to offer this suggestion just in case: Lord of the Dance Machine http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7219723761907308555 A fun little doc about a British DDR player. The guy's a total chav, but it's an interesting videogame story.
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thankyou to whoever posted the link to VBS vice guide to liberia, this is the kind of footage i like to see. the toxic garbage and north korea series on the same site are amazing too
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iqarus posted:thankyou to whoever posted the link to VBS vice guide to liberia, this is the kind of footage i like to see. the toxic garbage and north korea series on the same site are amazing too My favorite part of the NK episode is when he's bouncing around drunk screaming Anarchy in the UK, and then gives a totally heartfelt monologue about how the North Korean guides acted like he was crazy because they had never heard that type of music before... on their own machine... in a country that doesn't allow outside books... and not because some fat American who they already hate was acting like an idiot. While the rest of the footage really did show how repressive and indoctrinated that country is, it just seemed like that little bit was thrown in so that 19 year old kids wearing their American Outfitters jeans and sitting on their Urban Outfitters couch could grasp the fact that those people "just didn't know".
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I don't remember this being in the thread, but here is a VBS documentary about Heimo and Edna Korth, who live in ANWR as the last pioneers. Shows what they do to survive, trapping, hunting, etc. Also tense night-time encounter with a Grizzly bear. Great hour-long film. Heimo's Artic Refuge http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/heimo-s-arctic-refuge-full-length
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