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Good Documentaries

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Very welcome - tis a great site - but I'm sure Mugabe posted it first so he can take the plaudits. Really is an amazing site - probably the widest range and largest volume of documentaries on any one site I've come across. I get through several a day sometimes and have never been at a loss of what to watch next cos it's regularly updated and has fuckloads already :D

Some more good docusites from my Favourites folder for those who haven't come across them:

http://www.documentary-log.com/
http://www.documentarywire.com/
http://www.docu-view.com/
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
http://freedocumentaries.org/
http://www.documentary24.com/
http://freeonlinedocumentary.com/

Should keep you going for a while. That last one is a bit anaemic at the moment cos they had some problem or other and lost all their content but they're building it up again gradually. You tend to see a lot of the same content on all the docu sites but they all have unique content too if you dig around - some gems to be found on 'em all.

Example of a gem: The Way of All Flesh is a recent favourite of mine. Tells the story of something I had never heard a whisper about and is just fascinating. It's about the cancerous cells taken from a woman who died in the 50s that are used around the world - they've multiplied to such an extent they now represent several times her original body mass. It's a really interesting story however uninteresting I make it sound - honest :D
 
Bumped cos I'm watching a very entertaining "Christians are silly sods" doc at the moment that's worth sharing. It's about Jesus as an historical figure rather than an inspirational myth being bollocks and as usual the non-Christian documentarian actually knows what he's talking about and can back it up with both historical and Biblical information and leaving the poor lil Christians for the lion's supper. I'm fairly well up on the subject myself as it's a bit of a hobbyhorse of mine but must admit I've learnt a coupla things so far too. Good stuff, well researched and with all the smiling, gormless, braindead Christians looking kinda stoopid when their ignorance of their own religion - let alone independently established historical facts - is exposed. It's a tad amateurish in terms of production but for all you atheistic/can't stand sanctimonious Christian ignoramuses types you may enjoy - The God Who Wasn't There. The six-minute "Greatest Story Ever Told! (Abridged)" bit at the beginning had me sniggering even if you can't be arsed with the full hour :)
 
The God Who Wasn't There is proper good. Check out some of Richard Dawkins' films as well if you're into that kinda thing. The Root of all Evil is the best I'd say.

WikiRebels -- The Documentary

Really good film about Wikileaks for anyone that's interested.
 
Watching it now and enjoying greatly. Have watched a few things that fella has presented and he's growing on me. Found him quite irritating at first but he does tell a good tale... albeit in exactly the same way every time. The footage of the chemical reaction I forget the name of in the Petri dishes is stunning. Have only read about it and seen diagrams before but seeing it actually happen is amazing.
 
In similar vein, my morning documentary for today is Anti-Chaos. Tis about the way complexity emerges from chaotic systems despite it not making much sense scientifically. At least didn't make much sense at the time t was made (early 90s by the look of it). Knowledge has moved on but complexity theory's sexier cousin chaos theory still gets more exposure. Good way to start the day :)
 
I need to get myself a decent sized monitor. Its a bit of cunt watching these off of a fuckin 15" screen.
 
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"A collection of hour-long films on eight seminal artists and their groundbreaking works, which originally aired on British television, this boxed set is as entertaining as it is enlightening, with Schama doing for Western art what, say, Steve Irwin did for Australian natural history. Eight artists are featured--Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rothko--and each portrait of the artist weaves biography and historical context to help explain the true power of his works."
 
RIP! A remix manifesto 13 parts about the ways in which copyright is destroying creativityin muisc, but has a great deal to do with economics... Infact I'll let this quote explain it better than I can ;)
Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The film's central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.
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Oh. and there's a shit load of good Docs, Films, Animations and everything on nfb.ca :)
 
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