Which documentary have you seen lately?

:bump: One I've actually missed the first episode of last night on BBC: 6 part series A History of Christianity, "Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ntrqh
 
The King of Kong-a brief history of competitive retro arcade gaming, and a man's quest for the world record in Donkey Kong.

Interesting, with lots of very unintentionally funny parts.
 
JEELEN said:
:bump: One I've actually missed the first episode of last night on BBC: 6 part series A History of Christianity, "Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ntrqh
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I would very much like to see this documentary, but your link does not let me watch it, because it has not been broadcasted in the last 7 days on BBC. Please post a link or let me know where I can download it :)

The Money Masters. A documentary about how money works, how the Fed and the Government relates to our money. The documentary is eye-opening, has a conspiracy-theory tone and entertainment value, yet is based on nothing more than sound economical principles and history, made easy to understand so you don`t have to be an economist to enjoy this documentary.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...520&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
 
Why we fight

I'm as put off by liberals who see only from the perspective of the left as I am by conservatives who see only from the right, so I didn't much enjoy Michael Moore's films. This film however, is not about bashing anyone. This film illustrates how money influences politics, and that is bad for America no matter if you are Republican, Democrat or other. True patriots don't wrap themselves in the flag, they ask hard questions. This film does just that.

And what answers do we find? We find that Eisenhower, a military man of all people, was very scared that having this much power and money invested in a standing army and a huge profit driven industry supporting it, would haunt future Americans.

The film then sets out to show, very convincingly, that we have indeed been involved in conflicts we should not been involved in, and did so for all the wrong reasons. One of the films most important moments is when it shows Bush on tape stating that we did not go into Iraq for reasons related to 9/11. Most American citizens, completely buffaloed by Fox News Channel (when they can be pulled away from watching sports), are completely oblivious to this fact.
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Homie said:
I would very much like to see this documentary, but your link does not let me watch it, because it has not been broadcasted in the last 7 days on BBC. Please post a link or let me know where I can download it :)
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I guess you're a bit late... Sorry, but you'll have to take that up with the BBC. :dunno:

(The documentary is actually an abbreviated/reworked version of MacCulloch's book of the same title.)
 
Watched Louis Theroux's documentary about Thai bride services in Bangkok. I especially enjoyed the bits about the 60 year old nutter from Great Yarmouth. He was such a character!

http://documentaryheaven.com/thai-brides-louis-theroux/

downtown said:
The King of Kong-a brief history of competitive retro arcade gaming, and a man's quest for the world record in Donkey Kong.

Interesting, with lots of very unintentionally funny parts.
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This documentary is awesome. Steve Wiebe is an True American Hero.
 
edit: damn, merged with this thread. Didn't see it.

The Vice Guide to Travel: Liberia
Mindblowing roadtrip into Nigeria. Cannibalism, war and General Butt Naked.
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia-1-of-8

The Vice Guide to Travel: North Korea
Great insight in the workings of North Korea and it's propaganda. I Love the tea-girl who waited almost a year for some visitors. She's so happy to see some new people!
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3

I've got hundreds more, so if you have any requests for different subjects, please ask and I'll see what docu's I know about the subject.
 
This one i like a bit its very funny it says its from 1986 but it was filmed at least part of it in 1985
http://vimeo.com/2469760

my favourite part starts about 3:19 and goes on till 5:06 i thought it was a funny part
 
Don't laugh people, but I will link to The Legend of Atlantis - It´s Time to Wake Up.
It's hilarious. It's a mix of conspiracy and Atlantis like no other. It's so fascinatingsly weird, that it hurts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVSAGv4kUgk

And you're spelling seems to have improved, Aimee.
 
I got a hold of another Petty documentry that came out ths year. TBH, its not even supposed to be available in North America till next month, but I got a hold of it regardless. This is the trailer:


Link to video.
 
BBC Horizon: Is Seeing Believing?

Horizon explores the strange and wonderful world of illusions - and reveals the tricks they play on our senses and why they fool us. We show how easy it is to trick your sense of taste by changing the colours of food and drink, explain how what you see can change what you hear, and see just how unreliable our sense of colour can be.

But all this trickery has a serious purpose. It's helping scientists to create a new understanding of how our senses work - not as individual senses, but connected together. It holds the intriguing possibility that one sense could be mapped into another. This is what happened to Daniel Kish, who lost his sight as a child. He is now able to create a vision of the world by clicking his tongue which allows him to echolocate like a bat.

And in a series of MRI scans, scientists are now looking to find out if Daniel's brain may have actually rewired itself enabling him to use sound to create a visual image of the world.

For the Brits, the link also links to an interactive illusion thingy, but it's not available for me.

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David Attenborough's First Life.

Another wonderful documentary from the man, detailing the first animals from wierd fern-like things to the first arthropods on land. (Only in the UK, sorry).
 
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