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kittiesgomeow posted:Composed of mostly interviews with defectors, it was much more insightful than the Explorer episode I thought, where the crew was followed by government workers, making sure they saw only the best of North Korea. Also, I really liked the dancing which was used during the film, but some people might find it unnecessary. My favorite North Korea documentary so far. Really enjoyed this one as well, although the dancing was a little off putting for me personally. edit. The old lady in that documentary has one of the most depressing life stories I've ever heard
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Theos, you're not really helping your case at this point. To everyone else, it's kind of lovely to talk about a documentary especially if you haven't seen it. It really is dumb to just write something off before giving it a chance (however ridiculous it may be). Anyways, Theos, I'm sure you'll enjoy this, watched it last night... not really a documentary but still very interesting http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Dmitry_Orlov_Social_Collapse_Best_Practices
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I've been watching a lot of documentaries on climate change recently, thought I'd throw a few up on here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/secrets-beneath-ice.html quote:Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But when an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed in less than a month in 2002, it shocked scientists and raised the alarming possibility that Antarctica may be headed for a meltdown. Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities unlike any seen before in human history. What are the chances of a widespread melt? "Secrets Beneath the Ice" explores whether Antarctica's climate past can offer clues to what may happen. NOVA follows a state-of-the-art expedition that is drilling three-quarters of a mile into the Antarctic seafloor. The drill is recovering rock cores that reveal intimate details of climate and fauna from a time in the distant past when the Earth was just a few degrees warmer than it is today. As researchers grapple with the harshest conditions on the planet, they discover astonishing new clues about Antarctica's past—clues that carry ominous implications for coastal cities around the globe. Also I'm sure it's been posted before but it probably deserves reposting, one of the best episodes of Frontline ever: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid quote:Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, floods and droughts. On the eve of a historic election, award-winning producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster. Should be noted (since Heat is a little old) that we still have done nothing of substance... Also for people who enjoy documentaries about volcanism, etc. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/How_the_Earth_Was_Made_Season_2/70128770?trkid=2361637 Episode 11: Earth's Deadliest Eruption quote:A look back 250 million years ago when a massive volcanic eruption, (in what is now Siberia), spewed lava one mile thick over an area the size of Texas; caused intense climatic change that killed 95% of the life on the planet and paved the way for the next dominant species – the dinosaurs.
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Fooz posted:I ctrl-f-ed all over this thread and couldn't find it so I'm gonna give a hearty, hearty reccomandation of Gasland. It's everything a good documentary should be, heart-wrenching, outrageous, urgent (especially if you live on the east coast), personal and widespread. Thanks for posting this, haven't seen it yet but I know I'm going to like it 
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The Other Side of Immigrationquote:Contemporary immigration issues between the United States and Mexico receive careful study in this documentary, which uses extensive interviews to outline the experiences and perspectives of ordinary citizens from both sides of the border. In examining the economic factors prompting Mexicans to seek work in the United States and the social pressures that result, the film presents an affecting look at a complex political and moral issue. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Other_Side_of_Immigration/70153414 Found this to be a very interesting perspective on the immigration debate, it focuses a lot on rural Mexico and the factors that drive labor migration. It's quite amazing how difficult the life of a migrant is.
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prinneh posted:Got anymore like it? Not really related, but here's another mind-bending documentary about chaos theory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACkykFlIus edit. Also I'll plug this one time here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manderson/fall-and-winter-a-documentary-film i am not zach fucked around with this message at 15:58 on May 16, 2011 |
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MolierePumpsMyNads posted:New Adam Curtis starting Monday 23 May 9pm on BBC2 - "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" This was great, highly recommend it to anyone. Whens the next one coming?
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http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/festival/play/6888/Life-in-Hell---Survivors-of-Salt---Acidquote:In these environments, microorganisms rule. In order to thrive, certain animals have made strange adaptations. Scientists are studying how they manage to live in water as acid as vinegar or as alkaline as washing powder. Living in Lake Retba in Senegal are square extremophilic bacteria that produce a red pigment to withstand the high salt concentration. The concentration of bacteria is so high that the lake has become completely pink. In Lake Natron in Tanzania, extremophilic fish swim in ultra-saline water with a temperature close to 48 degrees Celsius. In Lake Mono in California, the edges of the lake are home to the largest population in the world of Alkali flies. To enable the species to live in this saline hell, ten times saltier than the sea, each Alkali fly is equipped with a scuba system. In Lake Owens, the amount of arsenic dust carried by the wind is comparable to the quantity of dust generated when the Twin Towers collapsed. Yet, in this diabolical lake, life goes on its merry way. In New Zealand, fly and leech larvae manage to live in fluorescent green water, as acid as our stomach juices. The list of extremophiles and their ecosystems has only just started to be drawn up. Their recent discovery has already enabled the formulation of new hypotheses about life on Earth … and perhaps elsewhere.[
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