Documentaries

pjoasisrule

Any good ones been released lately? I have already seen Sicko.

sponger

I actually haven't seen this documentary, but I've read the book and it had a profound impact on my view of the human race.

http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4008293090480628280

MasterFramer

A must watch

http://iraqforsale.org/

PJamGrunge10

pjoasisrule wrote:

Any good ones been released lately? I have already seen Sicko.

Ok, not totally related but did anyone find it funny how when Michael Moore went on Letterman and said how the average U.S. citizen has a lower life expectancy than other less developed countries, he said it as if was the governments fault for not providing sufficient health care? I just stared at his obese self and wondered if he ever looked in a mirror. Heart disease is a major cause of death here...

Jeremy1012

PJamGrunge10 wrote:

Ok, not totally related but did anyone find it funny how when Michael Moore went on Letterman and said how the average U.S. citizen has a lower life expectancy than other less developed countries, he said it as if was the governments fault for not providing sufficient health care? I just stared at his obese self and wondered if he ever looked in a mirror. Heart disease is a major cause of death here...

Sounds like the time my head of year at school gave us a lecture on the dangers of junk food, telling us that if we eat a packet of crisps a day, in a year it's the equivalent of downing 4 bottles of vegetable oil. He sat down looking smug and each of us wondered why the fattest man in school was telling us this... :rolleyes:

anyway, back on topic, Grizzly Man is very interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Man

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PJamGrunge10 wrote:

Ok, not totally related but did anyone find it funny how when Michael Moore went on Letterman and said how the average U.S. citizen has a lower life expectancy than other less developed countries, he said it as if was the governments fault for not providing sufficient health care? I just stared at his obese self and wondered if he ever looked in a mirror. Heart disease is a major cause of death here...

The government does share SOME of the blame for the average life expectancy. Yeah, lots of people die of heart disease because they eat too much, but still...lots of people die of completely curable things every day because they can't get coverage.

I don't think Moore puts all the blame on the government, and I don't think his documentary is meant to do that exactly. From what I know, it's more like a comparison to other nations, which is sad when you look into it.

I also think it's wrong to dismiss him because he's obese. He's not trying to sell you a diet plan, he's just putting information out there for us. I don't see anyone else doing it on such a large scale, so I don't really care what he looks like.

g under p

MasterFramer wrote:

A must watch

http://iraqforsale.org/

It was awesome!

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polaris

i dunno if you get cbc in WI as it's close to the border ... but they have a show on called DOC zone ... last nite they did one on plastic bags - great documentary ...

Todd76

a couple GREAT ones I have watched recently are.....Jesus Camp & The Devil and Daniel Johnston

g under p

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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