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Nov 18, 2010

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discoukulele posted:

Hey thread! Does anyone have any recommendations for documentaries about bizarre/interesting subcultures? Those are always my favorite.

Room 237 is supposed to be interesting.

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Nov 18, 2010

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Drunkboxer posted:

A new Ken Burns documentary series on the Roosevelt family started last night. I guess most people know what to expect from Ken Burns by now, but I still really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the more Eleanor centric episodes because I know the least about her.

I'm probably going to spend my Saturday catching up with this.

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Nov 18, 2010

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Mahoning posted:


After finishing the Roosevelts, I'm really tempted to make a Ken Burns megathread to discuss his general body of work. I don't know if it would get many people posting in it but I may try anyways. Gonna finish The Dust Bowl first.

I would read this. I've only ever seen the Civil War but I found out most of his stuff is on Netflix so I'll try to catch up on it when I have free time.

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Nov 18, 2010

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KoRMaK posted:

There was a documentary about skunkworks, where they explain the history of the name and the program inside Lockheed, but I can't remember the name. Does anyone know good skunkworks docus?

Not a documentary but the book is pretty good:

http://www.amazon.com/Skunk-Works-Personal-Memoir-Lockheed/dp/0316743003

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Nov 18, 2010

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The Doctor posted:

Any recommendations for documentaries on American history?

All of Ken Burns' stuff, most of it is on Netflix. I highly recommend The Civil War.

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Nov 18, 2010

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SeanBeansShako posted:

Odd, I was thinking about trying to look around the internet for that or more modern conflicts in Imperial era China. Any suggestions?

http://vimeo.com/94828509

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Nov 18, 2010

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Gringo Heisenberg posted:

Any suggestions for organized crime documentaries? Mafia/Russian organized crime/cocaine era gangs/whatever. I remember there being a couple Russian organized crime/prison gangs documentaries that were well received a few years ago, but I can't remember any of their names.

I just finished watching a 30 for 30 documentary on Netflix about the Boston College point shaving scheme and it was pretty entertaining.

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Nov 18, 2010

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mod sassinator posted:

The first episode of CNN's new documentary series The Eighties premiered Thursday last week and is really really good. Definitely worth tracking down through whatever means you have for finding TV shows online. It's produced by Tom Hanks, just like their past docs on the 60's and 70's. The intro for it is a major nostalgia blast, here's all of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Rswf_C3WU

I think The Sixties and The Seventies are on Netflix now too.

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