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Any good documentaries on native Americans? I'm watching one on youtube (this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dr_Qqja4RY) and I just need to know more about the people who used to live where my house now stands ( ).
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Kull the Conqueror posted:You Are on Indian Land. I just watched it recently. It's a 36-minute Canadian work from 1969 about a protest against forcing a sovereign Mohawk community pay duty for crossing an American/Canadian boundary on a bridge that they have never recognized, and the ensuing police confrontation. It was shot and chopped by First Nations peoples, who had been armed with cameras as part of a Canadian documentary initiative called Challenge for Change. Those were great. Just... yeah.
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Jul 24, 2014 08:54
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bunky posted:Mentioned earlier (I believe), Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian is really good. It delves into how popular culture has changed how people understand natives of the Americas. The line about the natives selling away their sense of humor in a 19th century treaty had me in stitches. It's a great, informative, funny, and surprisingly angry documentary. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Finally watching The Fog of War. Holy poo poo. 
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I watched the Central Park Five on Netflix yesterday. How is it that none of the people involved in sending these kids to prison got sent to jaiL!?
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I watched Virunga with my family the other day, because this thread recommended. It's been a few days and I still find myself thinking about it.
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Nov 26, 2014 07:50
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The most I did was like the Facebook page and share it with my friends ebcause I'm a broke college student. 
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This thread got me to watch The Jinx. I'm not sure what I just watched or how to feel about it.
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Just watched Whitey on Netflix. Is... is that legit? Because it's got pretty frightening implications.
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Viginti posted:I assume that they didn't just make it all up for the movie, although given the current state of documentaries who knows? It's a pretty crazy story though and far more fascinating than the 'Gangster History' that I thought it was going to be; not sure why its advertised as a Whitey film when he's far more of a catalyst than an actual character. I wonder how much of this will be covered in Black Mass, I sort of like the idea of that being his personal story and this being a chronicle of the ripples he caused though, so I'll be fine if the answer is none of it. Given that they cast Adam Scott as hero cop and Edgerton as corrupt cop I can't imagine they'll have huge screentime but I would love it if they do. I wonder if they'll go with Whitey as informant or Whitey as never an informant. It's a huge difference.
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Apr 24, 2015 12:44
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I watched The Emperor's New Clothes, Russel Brand's documentary on inequality. Nothing I didn't already know, but ti was told in an entertaining manner.
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Apr 27, 2015 00:31
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I'm watching The Story of Film: An Odyssey right now. It's really, really goddamn good.
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Aug 9, 2015 05:41
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Droopy Goines posted:I was really looking forward to this, but I had to quit the series after the first episode because the narrator was too annoying.  The narrator has a really strange voice, but I found it workls really well after getting used to it. It gives the whole thing a very melancholic tone, fitting for a reflection on forgotten moments of film history.
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So I'm watching that Sleep Paralysis documentary on Netflix (called The Nightmare) and I don't think I'm sleeping tonight.
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Yeah, I'm guessing how scary you find the movie is dependant on how much Nightmares scare you. I don't think I've ever had the same kind of full-blown night terrors as the people in the movie, but I regularly have some very weird and/or scary nightmares.
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Oct 15, 2015 17:57
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I just watched Call me Lucky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRkYG_AeRfU Hey, the looks like a nic elittle documentary about a comic I've never heard of... Oh. Oh. 0_0
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Nov 21, 2015 21:59
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That whole interview with the kid shows why you don't talk to the police ESPECIALLY if you're innocent. My god the poor kid.
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Finally watched the Cannon film documentary, and that last sentence on the screen had me rolling around laughing for a good five minute straight. I can't remember the last time a movie made me laugh this hard. It's just so loving perfect.
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Feb 8, 2016 01:26
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Saw Last Man on the Moon on Netflix. It's a pretty interesting look at the space race, and one of the astronauts involved. Man, all those shots of the launch center empty and rusted...
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Jun 30, 2016 05:48
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New volcano documentary by Werner Herzog up on Netflix. Images are amazing, as could be expected.
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Nov 5, 2016 05:58
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As if anyone could stop Herzog, the man who dragged a boat on top of a mountain for poo poo and giggles (and an amazing movie).
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Nov 6, 2016 18:31
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cstang posted:Anyone that's into documentaries about eccentric people should really check out "Curse Of The Man That Sees UFOs". It's streaming on Netflix. Just wanna say to listen to this post. It's great.
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Feb 17, 2017 08:47
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precision posted:The Keepers is on Netflix now, a series about the extremely hosed up murder of a nun. After 1 episode I'm def hooked. Yeah, it's something. The subject is really depressing, but at the same there's hope in all those people working together to do something about it, and the way that nun affected her students positively before her untimely death. I'm at the start of episode 4 now. The est documentary.
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May 22, 2017 23:43
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I wonder what the reaction of the Catholic Church was to The Keepers.
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May 24, 2017 04:40
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I liked that Joshua Wong doc that just dropped, it was pretty interesting to learn more about the protests in Hong Kong a few years ago. I hope HK somehow manages to get democracy.
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May 27, 2017 15:48
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:I just saw Icarus. Wow, that went from: "ok, that is a cool premise", to full on Jason Bourne in the span of an hour. Yeah, you weren't lying. 0_0
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Aug 5, 2017 02:54
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:I was waiting the whole time for Bryan to say something like "WTF? I was just trying to make a simple documentary!" I was super worried for Grigory.
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Aug 5, 2017 15:10
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Mo_Steel posted:"The Vietnam War" by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick premieres tonight, Sept. 17th on PBS with a new episode every night. Is there a way to watch it online for us canadians?
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Alhazred posted:Watching Time: The Kalief Browder Story and it does a really good job of showing of hosed up american prisons (especially Rikers Island) are. I watched this and it destroyed me I'm legit crying right now. gently caress.
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Sep 19, 2017 03:31
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DeimosRising posted:P sure I couldn't handle this ATM I didn't know about his suicide. He was younger than me. gently caress.
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LadyPictureShow posted:Considering they had all the taped interviews with him and others, I didn't even consider 'oh this was put together post-mortem'. That depressed the Hell out of me. Definitely the wrong choice for 'I'm in a lovely mood and don't want to leave the house; I'll watch a doc' Yeah, I'm not getting to sleep feeling like this, I need something to cheer me up. I mean, it's super good and definitely worth watching to get properly pissed off at a major problem of today, but don't watch it when you're feeling down.
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Herv posted:My last two documentaries were Vietnam and Dark States. Batterred Bastards of Baseball always makes me smile. 
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Mahoning posted:At what point do you demonize the US to the point that you can no longer count on the cooperation of the veterans who have agreed to appear in and/or collaborate on your documentary? Dude. Duuude. Demonize. Really? Demonize. Seriously? ... You're trolling, right?
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ruddiger posted:The Search for General Tso Pretty sure that's already on Netflix.
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Groovelord Neato posted:dirty money is amazing (apart from the quebec maple syrup one) - especially the trump episode. How dare you, the great Maple syrup caper is an important part of our history! (Nah, you're right)
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May 20, 2018 20:53
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Groovelord Neato posted:how the hell does ken burns open his vietnam documentary with the war being started with the "best intentions"??? https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/07/what-we-did
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I've started watching The Innocent Man on Netflix because the John grisham name cuaght my attention, and it's amazing what police gets away with.
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Vincent posted:Any feel good docs you peeps recommend? This year has been a shitshow so far and most the documentaries named here are incredibly depressing. Battered Bastards of Baseball always makes me smile.
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SimonCat posted:This is amazing. If you want to see the state of the anti-Vietnam thinking circa 1984 watch this rebuttal to the documentary "Vietnam: A television history." I'm guessing this one is pro-vietnam war and full of bullshit.
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