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Post by lagatta on Oct 8, 2020 0:31:41 GMT
Oh, I loved her. Sorry to see that she died before getting such recognition.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 8, 2020 0:45:15 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2020 18:26:55 GMT
This is exciting, but it's only good through tomorrow. Note that some of the films have passwords (provided). For a limited time only – October 21-23, 2020 – watch the films that were finalists for the 2019 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. Click the FULL VIDEO link next to the 2019 finalist films.loc.gov/programs/lavine-ken-burns-prize-for-film/prize-winnersCross-posted to Little Things That Mean a Lot.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 28, 2020 18:29:56 GMT
Slumped on the sofa this afternoon trying to find a comfortable position so my back doesnt hurt...bored with sewing face masks...I flicked through Netflix and found an absolute gem. A documentary (film) showing a team of Egyptian archeologists working on a dig in Saqqara. It was brilliant. The labourers, foreman, archeologists and other specialists working over 6 weeks, excavating a 4,000 year old tomb whilst looking for more sites in the area that will enable them to request another season's government funding. It was so good to see Egyptian experts at work, excavating their own historical sites.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 12, 2020 22:31:37 GMT
Sounds great, Cheery. What's the name of it?
This look at the Mennonites was made in 2018. It's quite good:
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Post by Kimby on Jan 25, 2021 18:20:57 GMT
Reviving this thread after realizing that some of my recent viewing should have been placed here instead of in the small-screen viewing thread. We watched a well-done documentary called THE RAFT, about a sociology experiment conducted in the 70’s that got nicknamed by media “The Sex Raft”, though the stated purpose was to discover what causes violence in humans and hopefully use that knowledge to further peace. amp.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/mutiny-on-the-sex-raft-70s-experiment-santiago-genovesThe best part was seeing the participants (mostly women) come together 4 1/2 decades later to talk about their shared experience.
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Post by bjd on Jan 25, 2021 19:45:42 GMT
I just watched that Mennonite documentary. I hadn't seen the post before. Very interesting. There are Mennonites in Canada, in southern Ontario along with Hutterites, another Protestant conservative group. I hadn't realized there are also some in Belize and Peru.
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Post by bjd on Jan 27, 2021 20:34:42 GMT
Thank you, Bixa, for finding those DW documentaries. I just watched two: one about how what we eat affects our brains, specifically the damage caused by fat and sugar, and another about Neanderthals. Lots of interesting documentaries on the site if you look for Deutsche Welle Documentaries.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 27, 2021 22:26:38 GMT
Thank you for reminding me about those documentaries, Bjd! I'm going to watch the Neanderthal one later today. (I looked exactly like that when I got up this morning, except for no facial hair.) Here is a little background on DW, and here is their youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q (all full documentaries, not trailers!) But there is a teaser for DW Documentaries ~
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 8, 2021 23:27:10 GMT
This 14 minute video could fit in other threads, but here it is ~
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 16, 2021 10:11:26 GMT
I strongly recommend the 3 part documentary Fluctuat Nec Mergitur about the terrorist attacks in Paris. I'm sure I must have mentioned it earlier, but I just discovered that it is hiding on English language Netflix under the title "November 13."
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 16, 2021 17:42:50 GMT
Thank you so much for this! I had forgotten that the attack was on a Friday the 13th. Is that supposedly an unlucky day in France? It also seems amazing that it was already five years ago, as the unbelievable horror still seems so fresh. The trailer is quite moving, so I imagine the documentary will be compelling viewing that requires a box of kleenex nearby.
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Post by casimira on Feb 16, 2021 18:06:49 GMT
Echoing what Bixa said.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 16, 2021 18:07:52 GMT
Maybe two boxes of Kleenex.
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Post by htmb on Feb 16, 2021 18:17:12 GMT
I’ve had it flagged for a couple of months, but haven’t been able to bring myself to watch.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 20, 2021 18:53:32 GMT
I saw an extremely gritty Israeli documentary about an aging gay porn star. It was filmed over an 8-year period so one sees more than enough of the decline, the drug use, the side jobs as male escort. Apparently there are two versions, edited or unedited. I saw the unedited version, and you certainly get an eyeful from time to time. But what is important about the movie is that it is as much about his parents as his job. His mother offers unflagging support and consoles him when necessary. After he discovers that his father has lied to him about certain things (the father jumped ship early in his life) and his mother tells him the truth, his eyes fill with tears that roll down his cheeks.
In any case, he has left the porn industry, lives with his mother in Tel Aviv and works in a supermarket.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 20, 2021 23:32:45 GMT
Even though I know I would choose the edited version, it looks like a thoughtful and compassionate film.
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Post by casimira on Feb 22, 2021 16:06:45 GMT
I watched a few episodes of the aforementioned film November 13- Attack on Paris last evening. It was as predicted very chilling. As it was evening time I did have difficulty keeping up with the subtitles as they don't stay on the screen long enough for me to complete reading them before the next one. The French tend to talk so very fast. It seems I will have to watch it when I am more alert earlier in the day to keep up.
I also had forgot that the attack took place in multiple locations. I remember maybe one other than the one at the Bataclan Theatre.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 24, 2021 16:50:53 GMT
Am I a woes, or do I just have time for Greg Wallace and his tour around South Africa?
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 24, 2021 17:12:49 GMT
I can’t stand Greg Wallace at any price wherever he is.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 25, 2021 8:23:32 GMT
This is the first time I have watched him out of a cooking program - those factory visits were interesting enough but were still about food. Admittedly he did Ooh and Aah over some of the South African dishes cooked especially for him to taste, except I was rather surprised when he was a bit hesitant when it came to eating the sheep's head cooked in a sand pit. Now, I would be put off - but then I'm not a chef or food critic. He did get stuck in and seemed to enjoy it after all. He did have me teary-eyed when I saw how emotional he felt holding a full grown leopard when assisting the vetinarian out in the bush. Try and watch Mick, you might change your mind a little.
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Post by rikita on Mar 3, 2021 19:57:56 GMT
just watched a short documentary about glaciers melting and the consequences of that, geared at children - wanted to watch it with agnes, but now watched it on my own ...
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Post by Kimby on Mar 13, 2021 16:58:48 GMT
Last night’s DVD was THE DONUT KING.
I expected to not like it, but it is the surprisingly uplifting true story of a Cambodian immigrant who learned to make donuts and got his first store 6 months after arriving nearly penniless on US shores after Cambodia fell.
Within a few years, he’d turned his extended family (including more immigrants that he sponsored) into donut makers and the Cambodians cornered the donut market in California. He personally controlled 75 stores at his peak, and moved into a mansion and drove a Mercedes. Life was good. Till it wasn’t.
Now I’m hungry for a donut, fresh from the fryer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 13, 2021 18:01:14 GMT
I haven't seen the documentary, but I read a very long article about him.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 29, 2021 20:00:33 GMT
I just watched a brilliant 2 hour new documentary on the life of Tina Turner.
If you can find it, watch it!
Sky Documentaries.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 29, 2021 20:30:55 GMT
The Commune by Peter Watkins is only 6 hours long. (It is actually a docu-drama, a speciality of Peter Watkins.)
Here is the first half:
And here is the second half:
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Post by Biddy on Mar 29, 2021 23:49:13 GMT
MicktheCactus - totally agree. I watched 'Tina' the other night. She was a great entertainer. I was also struck by her humbleness. She had a horrible childhood and married life to Ike. It was good to hear her greatest hits.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 30, 2021 0:11:40 GMT
Going back to the Mennonites, I do want to point out that at least in Canada, there are many who aren't fundamentalist or insular, though they do tend to modesty and "plain living", many involved in movements for peace and welcoming refugees.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 20, 2021 21:59:46 GMT
I don't have the slightest idea if North Americans ever heard of the Norwegian group A-ha, but they were huge in Europe. So I am very much looking forward to seeing this documentary about them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2021 19:54:53 GMT
A lot of food for thought in just a half hour ~
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