Your Favorite Documentary

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Here's mine: I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE

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Michael Franti, world-renowned musician and human rights worker, travels to Iraq, Palestine and Israel to explore the human cost of war with a group of friends, some video cameras and his guitar.

"I Know I'm Not Alone" video is a compelling soundtrack, visual and musical montages, and Franti's intimate voiceovers make the film speak to the MTV, X, Y & Z generations, as well as the baby-boomers. A true armchair travel film pulling the audience into these war zones in the company of Michael's guitar, eloquence and wit - you feel the humanity, artistic resilience and sometimes horrific experience of what it's like to live under the bombs and military occupation.

With its guerrilla style footage captured in active war zones, the documentary is unlike the many academic and politically driven pieces in the marketplace, instead offering the audience a sense of intimate travel and the opportunity to hear the voices of everyday people living, creating and surviving under the harsh conditions of war and occupation.

Here's a 10 minute preview of this documentary...Michael Franti - I Know I'm Not Alone


REVIEWS

"Watch this film then insist that Michael Franti becomes President of the United States!"
-Anthony Minghella (Academy Award Winning Director, English Patient, Cold Mountain)

"Michael Franti is the most important artist recording and touring today who has yet to reach the mass audience. The subjects he sings about are totally genuine and derived from personal experiences."
-Chris Blackwell (Founder-Palm Pictures, Island Life)

"Michael's (Franti) a modern minstrel weaving stories of war and occupation into his heart of peace, giving us hope, not just tears. The film is powerful, honest, and touching."
-Serj Tankian (Musician-System Of A Down)

"Michael Franti so easily embodies the kind of artist we must all yearn to be, forever connected to the heart of the people and always giving us something meaningful to dance to, even and especially, in the face of war and despair."
-Saul Williams (Musician, Actor, Poet)

"I Know I'm Not Alone" is an antidote to despair. With soulful music and boyish charm, Michael Franti sings his way through two brutal occupations--Iraq and Palestine, breaking through the hate and revealing the oneness of our human family.
-Medea Benjamin (Founder-Global Exchange)

Rating: 4 stars
NEW INTERNATIONALIST Magazine, UK

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stu gee

My favourite documnentary was John's Not Mad, which was about a guy with severe tourette's syndrome. I remember seeing it when i was younger and being in hysterics as id never come across tourette's before, but obviously as i learned more about it i realised how much of a nightmare it must be for people who have it. Although in my opinion it is really difficult NOT to laugh at some of the things he was saying, it was sad to hear him talking of his struggles with things like relationships. John himself actually did say that he accepted that people would laugh at what he said because even he admitted that it was actually quite funny. He didnt mind so long as people were laughing with him and not at him.

This is a short summary of the documentary which i found very interesting, as well as funny in parts. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cD6RV4Rb8

dunkman

stu gee wrote:

My favourite documnentary was John's Not Mad, which was about a guy with severe tourette's syndrome. I remember seeing it when i was younger and being in hysterics as id never come across tourette's before, but obviously as i learned more about it i realised how much of a nightmare it must be for people who have it. Although in my opinion it is really difficult NOT to laugh at some of the things he was saying, it was sad to hear him talking of his struggles with things like relationships. John himself actually did say that he accepted that people would laugh at what he said because even he admitted that it was actually quite funny. He didnt mind so long as people were laughing with him and not at him.

This is a short summary of the documentary which i found very interesting, as well as funny in parts. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cD6RV4Rb8

fuckin..peas... fuck sake... i dinnae like peas.. *spits*


I love Hearts of Darkness about the making of Apocalypse Now

azwyldcats

Decline of Western Civilization, The Metal Years. LOL

Ahnimus

I don't have a fav, there are many good ones.

Check out "Sir! No Sir! The G.I. Revolt"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=-6778006324418913071&esrc=sr2&ev=v&len=2967&q=No%2BSIr!%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-6778006324418913071&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-6778006324418913071%26q%3DNo%2BSIr%2521%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D215%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D1&usg=AL29H22CCI1niKKCt4ZKoxMwOrgKWfDo1w

And "Rageh Inside Iran"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=554201962695917482&esrc=sr1&ev=v&len=5370&q=in%2Biran%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482%26q%3Din%2Biran%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D2693%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D0&usg=AL29H20C2JKqrgEEfPpBH4wc4hVHRBZg2g

I'm also partial to lectures and conferences

http://www.beyondbelief2006.org

jlew24asu

Ahnimus wrote:

And "Rageh Inside Iran"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=554201962695917482&esrc=sr1&ev=v&len=5370&q=in%2Biran%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482%26q%3Din%2Biran%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D2693%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D0&usg=AL29H20C2JKqrgEEfPpBH4wc4hVHRBZg2g

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I like this one. seems to be a generational thing with hatred towards the US. the newer (mid 20s or so) seem to like "western" culture but they arent really allowed to

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Ahnimus wrote:

I don't have a fav, there are many good ones.


And "Rageh Inside Iran"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=554201962695917482&esrc=sr1&ev=v&len=5370&q=in%2Biran%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482%26q%3Din%2Biran%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D2693%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D0&usg=AL29H20C2JKqrgEEfPpBH4wc4hVHRBZg2g

I posted a thread titled this..the bit torrent version was a much nicer on the eyes.

Really good watch. I love documentaries on other countries.

FinsburyParkCarrots

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ascent_of_man

Ahnimus should watch this.

http://www.guba.com/watch/2000989072

norm

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LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i cant remember the name...

there was one i watched recently about an area in africa and how a giant fishing industry ran by russians and middle easterners kept brutally exploited the locals.

the poor people there lived in horrendous conditions. i never really bought the idea that they lived much better before the fishing guys got there, but it did show how unchecked, unregulated industry can ruin a country.

does anyone know the name of this?

Abuskedti

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282864/

Ahnimus

jlew24asu wrote:

I like this one. seems to be a generational thing with hatred towards the US. the newer (mid 20s or so) seem to like "western" culture but they arent really allowed to

Which is why war against Iran may be detrimental. If we wait, Iran will look alot different in 20 years. Otherwise, we might just be creating a new generation of haters.

Ahnimus

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ascent_of_man

Ahnimus should watch this.

http://www.guba.com/watch/2000989072

Nihilism is nothing new to me Nietzche.

This is like that film "What the BLEEP"

It's hypocritical of it's self within the first 5 minutes.

"There is no absolute knowledge"

That sure sounds like a claim of absolute knowledge to me.

Then, why go on to talk about anything at all? Why mention physics, electromagnetism, or anything else involving knowledge?

He seems pretty absolute in his claims about electromagnetism.

"Anyone who claims absolute knowledge is opening the door to trajedy."

The problem with his entire perpsective is defeatism. It gets you no further ahead, and that is a trajedy.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Ahnimus wrote:

Nihilism is nothing new to me Nietzche.

This is like that film "What the BLEEP"

It's hypocritical of it's self within the first 5 minutes.

"There is no absolute knowledge"

That sure sounds like a claim of absolute knowledge to me.

Then, why go on to talk about anything at all? Why mention physics, electromagnetism, or anything else involving knowledge?

He seems pretty absolute in his claims about electromagnetism.

"Anyone who claims absolute knowledge is opening the door to trajedy."

The problem with his entire perpsective is defeatism. It gets you no further ahead, and that is a trajedy.

Watch the film. You've long proven yourself to me to be a psuedoscientist, a fake, a fraud, a laughable charlatan with limited knowledge of your subject. How dare you presume to challenge Bronowski? My complaint against you isn't personal, it's academic and professional. You're a con-artist, and a damned poor one outside of this little board.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

I like shiny things...

g under p

Ahnimus wrote:

I don't have a fav, there are many good ones.

Check out "Sir! No Sir! The G.I. Revolt"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=-6778006324418913071&esrc=sr2&ev=v&len=2967&q=No%2BSIr!%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-6778006324418913071&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-6778006324418913071%26q%3DNo%2BSIr%2521%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D215%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D1&usg=AL29H22CCI1niKKCt4ZKoxMwOrgKWfDo1w

And "Rageh Inside Iran"

http://video.google.ca/url?docid=554201962695917482&esrc=sr1&ev=v&len=5370&q=in%2Biran%2Bduration%3Along&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482&vidurl=%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D554201962695917482%26q%3Din%2Biran%2Bduration%253Along%26total%3D2693%26start%3D0%26num%3D10%26so%3D0%26type%3Dsearch%26plindex%3D0&usg=AL29H20C2JKqrgEEfPpBH4wc4hVHRBZg2g

I'm also partial to lectures and conferences

http://www.beyondbelief2006.org

Sir No Sir is great, great movie loved the look back on Vietnam. I love docs from foreign lands.

PAPER CLIPS

It began as a lesson about prejudice... What happened next was a miracle
Plot Outline:As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

Trailer to Paper Clips.

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geishagrrl

azwyldcats wrote:

Decline of Western Civilization, The Metal Years. LOL

Werd!
I wish they would release the first one on DVD. I haven't watched it in years.

I have to add both Paradise Lost docs.
My husband and I also watched this this weekend. Not that I wasn't aware of most of it, it was still very disturbing.

Ahnimus

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Watch the film. You've long proven yourself to me to be a psuedoscientist, a fake, a fraud, a laughable charlatan with limited knowledge of your subject. How dare you presume to challenge Bronowski? My complaint against you isn't personal, it's academic and professional. You're a con-artist, and a damned poor one outside of this little board.

Those are some pretty tall words for such a short guy.

You don't even have a clue what I am Fins. I talk about this stuff over dinner.

Case-in-point, I had dinner with a physiology major today and we talked about the content of my latest reads "Brain-Wise" and "The Engine of Reason, The Seat of The Soul" by Pat and Paul Churchland respectively, two professors at UCSD.

My dinner date stated "You need to go to university" and I said "I dunno, then the pressure is on to remember what I read" and she replied "But, you remember it all already and you are basically doing it without the instruction or the degree."

I even question the textbooks. I'm not afraid to fire off an email to some professor/author of a university/textbook and question something in their book/paper. I do it with a solid enough understanding that they humor me with a reply.

Go back to twanging your banjo and leave the thinking to the thinkers.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Franti kickin it in Iraq...

The preview was fuckin A

FinsburyParkCarrots

Ahnimus wrote:

Those are some pretty tall words for such a short guy.

You don't even have a clue what I am Fins. I talk about this stuff over dinner.

Case-in-point, I had dinner with a physiology major today and we talked about the content of my latest reads "Brain-Wise" and "The Engine of Reason, The Seat of The Soul" by Pat and Paul Churchland respectively, two professors at UCSD.

My dinner date stated "You need to go to university" and I said "I dunno, then the pressure is on to remember what I read" and she replied "But, you remember it all already and you are basically doing it without the instruction or the degree."

I even question the textbooks. I'm not afraid to fire off an email to some professor/author of a university/textbook and question something in their book/paper. I do it with a solid enough understanding that they humor me with a reply.

Go back to twanging your banjo and leave the thinking to the thinkers.

You're talking to a literary critic. I have three degrees. You have none.

Ahnimus

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

You're talking to a literary critic. I have three degrees. You have none.

Congratulations!

Perhaps you can tell me the standard delay between a stimulus and a readiness potential then?

Or maybe you'd like to take a crack at explaining how the V1 striate cortex encodes for projections to V4.

Or maybe, you are just a literary critic and don't know a damn thing about brains.