Let's watch Awesome Documentaries, 201X edition

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Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

Herbicidal Maniac posted:

I'll definitely have a lot to watch in the coming weeks, this is awesome.

A good documentary if you want to look at how animals are treated in society, but want to leave out the crazy PETA poo poo, look at the documentary Earthlings. It's very powerful and doesn't sugar coat anything. Be careful though, We saw this with an entire class, and there wasn't a person who wasn't crying. You might even become a vegitarian for a while, I did.

possibly if you have a heart.
http://www.earthlings.com/

So is my video out of sync or is the narration just poorly timed?

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Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

I got through the chicken part but the out of sync poo poo gives me a headache.

Also for everyone not being able to make it through the trailer, Shake Hands with the Devil is much harder to watch than Earthlings.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2010 03:10

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

HipGnosis posted:

I'm glad I'm not the only person who couldn't make it all the way through.

I am a vegetarian because my thoughts about meat have always been, "If I couldn't kill an animal myself, I shouldn't be eating it." And I probably couldn't kill an animal, even if was in a humane-non-skinning-alive way.

Do you grow and harvest all your vegetables and fruits?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2010 22:53

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

It was lame that he didn't play the audio of the attack in Grizzly Man.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2010 00:58

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

Tohokai you need your old av back.

Anyone know if it's possible find that HBO documentary Talked to Death (about talk shows)? I've never been able to find it, but I've wanted to watch it since I saw it on TV back in the day.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2010 00:21

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

Spiderjelly posted:

If you've never seen Pumping Iron, you should. It's a documentary about competitive body building starring Arnold Schwarzenegger back when he was Mr. Olympia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdE1C6NaT5Q

This is literally the best documentary ever made. Nay the best film ever made.

mrfart posted:

Amazing really.
I'm shocked at the racism in these days.
I mean, I knew it was bad, but not THAT bad.

...Jack Johnson died in 1946.

Nuke Goes KABOOM fucked around with this message at 22:17 on May 16, 2010

# ¿ May 16, 2010 22:15

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

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.

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.

So China's America now.

# ¿ May 26, 2010 21:04

Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

Tohokai posted:

I can't recommend this documentary enough, American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

Really, watch it.

Wow what a shock.

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Nuke Goes KABOOM: Mar 24, 2007; by Fistgrrl

He hates Jews and gays so that doesn't surprise me too much.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2010 03:05

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