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Good Documentaries

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I've still got a tab open in Firefox from when you recommended that Toynbee Tiles doc before Shambles, I'll get round to watching it eventually.

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Saw it. Was good... but somewhat disappointing. Nice to see all the same. Is yer man Shulgin after all and he be God round these parts <3
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He was until someone quoted him claiming to get a dunt just from sitting in a room with other people who'd taken 2c-i while he'd taken nothing. AT IT.
 
Ha! Ya that "contact high" report is pushing it a bit. Contact highs definitely exist but trying to rate it toward the upper end of his trip intensity scale is just a bit silly really. To be fair, a lot of the reports he uses in PIHKAL/TIHKAL aren't written by him and I think he does add a bit of detail to that 0mg one.

Toynbee Tile doc I just watched on a whim one night having never heard of the things. Totally drew me in. It's the kinda thing (the whole Toynbee Tile "phenomenon" that is) that totally reinforces my belief in the fundamental awesomeness of people. And that aside, it's a really well made doc - won Best Director at Sundance apparently and can see why.

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"You must lay tile - alone - as hellions and feds infiltrate and harvest you to prison."

Quite.

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How do we get to watch this - I'm intrigued.
Scratch that, I've caught it through live headers. I shall feedback after.
 
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The House I Live In - Was shown on BBC4 a few months back, but is available to download somewhere, or just watch on BBCi player if you're in the UK.

It tells the history of drug laws, how they first came in to effect and why, talking to everyone from the lowly junkies like myself to the big dealers, plus the law enforcement side, talking to DEA agents and judges even David Simon the creator of The Wire talks quite a bit on how the war on drugs isn't working, but it's not propaganda for either side to the argument of the decriminalization of drugs, which I feel some can be.
 
Toughest Place to be a ........

Ace series. Next episode sees a london bin man revisit an indonesian bin man who has to work 16 hour days, 7 days a week, and then go rummaging in the rubbish dump for scraps to sell, all this just to provide food and 1 little tin shack of a room for his whole family.

The Bin man episode was the best IMO. The Cornish Fisherman in Siera Leone was excellent too, apart from the bit where he asked a father whose kid had malaria "does malairia kill children ?". Very fuckin tactfull. He was a good guy apart from that blunder though. The bin man is a great great person.

Totally must watch TV.
 
Probally been mentioned, anyone seen any or all of the Drugs Inc programs from over the pond?
 
^ Heard of it.. They were recruiting people from here to be on their show not too long ago..
 
I've just seen this thread and had to mention what is in my opinion the best documentary ever aired on television (certainly that I have seen). I don't know if anyone's mentioned it, I've not read the thread - But "Bomber Command" was the most intense, heartwrenching, absolutely fantastic piece of tv I have ever seen in my life.
It really put things into perspective, and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. I never knew any of my grandparents, but am sure if I did they would have filled me in on the war stories that I craved as a youngster. This documentary filled every desire I ever had to hear from those people at the front line. My God, it was terrific. I think documentaries like this should be a must see in schools, purely so that the younger generations get a sense of what those people fought and lost their lives for. Us. I think that's important.
Edit - if anyone is interested, the whole thing is on YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0-y0ZiWX7M
 
Battle Scarred: soldiers behind bars.
I think it's a series but I've only seen that one. It's worth watching
 
"The vice guide to Karachi" is a pretty good documentary about the city Karachi in Pakistan. Its one of the most gangster places in the world. Must watch I say.
 
Seeing as I've got no laptop sound (and no tevo or playback thingies) at the motown, I'm having to plan what's interesting and keep hopping channels etc. etc.
Thankfully - a Horizon doc called [I]"Seeing Stars"[/I] - was on last night and it's repeated @ 1am tonight. But I got about 2hrs sleep so I just hope I can stay awake for it. Sounds really interesting and it's right up my alley :)

Also all these music documentaries on Ch4 about music will be fucking ace! :D
At 10pm tonight there's "Notes from the Inside with James Rhodes"
Classical pianist James Rhodes, who was sectioned five years ago, is convinced that music can change people for the better. In this documentary, he takes a Steinway grand piano inside one of Britain's largest psychiatric hospitals and hears the stories of patients Jason, Kelly, Krissy and Nicky, before performing specially chosen pieces he hopes will resonate with them and enrich their lives. Part of the Mad4Music season
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Also I've been diggin "24 Hours in A&E" which is on tonight before that ^ , which is grand - A good night of chilling out with a cider and no cleaning every fucking single square cm of the house as I've been doing week in week out. Could even get some washing done now that I'm not cleaning! 8o
 
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