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Wrageowrapper posted:Dont think this one has been posted yet. Haven't seen this in a while and it's hair-raising how brutal the hazing of the trainee girl is - I've always read stuff about how ridiculously sadistic the japanese pro wrestling training regiment is and seeing this way back when was still shocking because you automatically assume any story associated with pro wrestling is tall tales and exaggeration out the rear end.
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Railing Kill posted:I finally got a chance to watch Unforgivable Blackness via that Youtube link, and it is fantastic. I very much recommend it, even to anyone who doesn't typically follow boxing. For those like me that do follow boxing, the account that posted the documentary, Thefightdoc, has a bunch more boxing documentaries available in entirety. Check it out. But, really, everyone should check out Unforgivable Blackness. Jack Johnson was an insanely ballsy guy for such a racially charged period in American history.
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snackpants posted:What are some good documentaries about the Civil Rights movement(s) of the 50-60s? Unfortunately I don't have Netflix. Eyes on the Prize is hands down the definitive series. It's from PBS and it's like 8 or 10 parts.
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May 27, 2010 16:04
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aeser posted:born rich Not to be a dick but the name of the documentary is "Born Rich", how could you think it would be about American meritocracy or whatever.
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Darkon is hilarious.
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Railing Kill posted:Does anyone out there know of any good documentaries about homelessness (in America, although that's not necessary)? Dark Days. I believe it's on Netflix Instant and it's brilliant.
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nowning posted:Madness in the Fast Lane This is the most insane thing I have maybe ever seen.
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Paradox86 posted:Anyone know any good documentaries shot in the mid-70's? Kinda broad, but I'm very interested in seeing sorta every day people in that era. Harlan County, USA and Hearts and Minds are two of the greatest documentaries ever made.
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Mrens posted:I don't think most atheists think this, it would certainly cut back on war, it would remove a large background component or certainly main component in some ongoing conflicts. Not really. Religion as a source of conflict has more or less always been a pretext.
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There isn't a drat thing goony about Mark Borchard, say what you like about his awful movie but he was motivated to make art and followed through
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Ropes4u posted:I totally support the use of tactical nukes, but In the case I was just expressing my outrage. Why do you support the use of tactical nukes.
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Communocracy posted:The new Fifth Estate on CBC (a Canadian program kind of like PBS Frontline) provides a good look at what happened during the G20 protests/riot in Toronto last June. It's called You Should Have Stayed at Home. The whole 45 min. thing is on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQ06Q55u1k Speaking as someone used to hysterical American and UK news-magazine programs, the Fifth Estate is a really fascinating show to watch. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest that it's objective, but it's very even keeled in it's portrayals of various people.
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Lone Rogue posted:It's the most important programming that CBC creates, but if you ask most Canadians, that would be Hockey Night in Canada. The episode I am specifically thinking of is the episode about the guy who murdered and cannibalized a guy on a Greyhound bus. I can only imagine how hysterical, say, Dateline or 60 Minutes would be about that situation. I was shocked at how grown-up it seemed.
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reality_groove posted:A lot of my job at the moment is watching documentaries and some days I feel like slitting my wrists. That said, cheerful documentaries tend to fall into the categories of You know, I almost feel weird saying this but the documentary The Goddess Bunny is oddly uplifting.
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Pipski posted:Dangerous Knowledge. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8492625684649921614 Man this ruled.
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JibbaJabberwocky posted:
So were (allegedly) Cary Grant, James Dean and Arthur C. Clarke.
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Also, Allen Ginsberg you upset me. I liked you more when I didn't know you were a pedophile.
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Chicken Doodle posted:I don't have one off hand, but you just reminded me of Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal, which is kind of up there, just replace lottery with game show. Seconded. I love this documentary.
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drunken officeparty posted:There's a lot of interview footage of just girls talking about poo poo I don't really care about. I wanted to see the actual stuff more, but it was still a really good watch. I was pretty much laughing at it all except a 1 second shot of putting pins under some girls toenails. gently caress. That. Why would you be bragging about this?
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IanJ posted:The People's Cartoonist (2001) This is amazing.
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Can't Stop Eating is a classic.
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You could probably include every single 30 For 30 episode. I've seen maybe half of them and not one of them was boring, bad or pointless.
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Jul 30, 2012 21:51
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Hell House is nutso, as long as we're sticking with the theme of fundamentalist Christianity. Also watch Witness to Jonestown.
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Marjoe Gortner also stars in CD favorite Star Crash.
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Sourpalm posted:Install "Media Hint" plug-in for your browser and you're all set. It works as a proxy so you're not restricted to just localized content. Just switch it on/off depending on which content you want to browse. It also allows you to Hulu and Pandora. Works like a charm. Does this work for Youtube, too? I wanna watch some CBC stuff and don't really have a reliable way of doing so.
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The scene where she goes to Wal-Mart and just loads up 7 shopping carts with tacky Christmas presents kills me.
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Ropes4u posted:Dancing boys of Afghanistan Well, for one, Afghans ain't Persian.
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Ropes4u posted:I should have known that having spent time in the area.. Sorry for being a dick.
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I'd like to throw a warning on this, because I've seen the first part before: this documentary series occasionally will throw up some evidence pictures and video without warning that might chill you to the bone. It's censored but awfully shocking if you're not ready for it.
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I will say a couple things, since I don't want to come off as being negative about it - one thing is that it makes me realize how reliant U.S. style tv docs are reliant on constant, driving music to tell you how to react to something. It's shocking how evenhanded this is. It also makes me think something like Chicken Hawk - Men Who Love Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l5Mc28GbEE could basically not be made today.
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Jan 20, 2013 23:36
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unam3d posted:How the hell is NAMBLA even a thing?! Free speech. It's not strictly a crime - however you can bet your rear end anyone who openly puts their government name on their registration rolls is on a list.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:00
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unam3d posted:That's the one thing I like about America, you guys really go the extra mile with this free speech stuff. Please. Half the stuff in this documentary literally could not be shown in the US, censored or no, actually showing the crimes in commission would get that networks' HQ firebombed.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:47
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MRC48B posted:For good reason. It's *a* reason, the frankness of it doesn't seem prurient to me. Contrast this with the US' To Catch A Predator which despite showing nothing is quite playful and exciting, using excerpts solely for entertainment value. The House I Live In is incredibly depressing.
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Jan 21, 2013 01:45
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The internet has no country, try as they might!
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Jan 24, 2013 22:42
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I don't get what you're objecting to, there. The prosecution of the war on drugs is disproportionately targeted toward urban minorities, which in turn feeds the for-profit prison industry, which experienced record growth over the past 20 years.
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Jan 27, 2013 00:21
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Spuckuk posted:Cant reccomend these enough. The Jimmy Saville documentary, made before the revelations of what we now know he was up to, is pretty chilling in retrospect. What's weird is that the Savile doc makes it seem like it was an open secret at the time, and that was twelve years ago. Or at least there's some knowing baiting going on there which Savile doesn't exactly deny.
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Peas and Rice posted:Atomic Cafe is fantastic. This is really good stuff.
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Feb 22, 2013 21:44
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Killing of America is for sure my favorite documentary ever. The only "spiritual sequel" I can think of is the incredibly grim and moralistic "Executions": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHaLAMtrLyY Gonna definitely have to slap a  for unsimulated human death.
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Apr 28, 2013 19:54
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I actually didn't care for that, but the book it's based on, Going Postal, is killer.
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Apr 28, 2013 21:34
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I believe that Schrader's solution is to just let society end if it's ending. I've always liked it because of it's weird, fatalistic tone, it's a hopeless jeremiad.
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I dunno what to tell you, I don't like The Killing of America for statistics and sound prescriptions for action.
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