Good documentaries

Basil Fawlty · January 3, 2015

Watched this old dispatches the other day. I thought it was interesting.

Pat's Van · January 3, 2015

ste d' indica said:
Finally got round to watching Blackfish, really is an impressive piece of work.

it's mad isn't it, poor old Tillikum

missed out a bit of the science for me, but very very good watch, very sad

davek · January 8, 2015

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014...tary-about-spin-after-death-of-princess-diana

One we were supposed to see but now wont.

The influence these reptiles have is obscene.

ianefc · January 8, 2015

COYBL25 · January 8, 2015

ste d' indica said:
Finally got round to watching Blackfish, really is an impressive piece of work.

Great shout although it a heartbreaking documentary - a BBC 4 Storyville from 2013. It is criminal that Sea World is still allowed to operate. Made me very very angry, still haunts me now. I,m not ashamed to say that as a result of this documentary I donate money to various charities that are actively campaigning to shut down Sea World. Tremendously powerful piece of film making and rightly won awards.

kithnou · January 9, 2015

Great thread. Some good viewing here.

evilwebby · January 9, 2015

Been watching the Louis Theroux series on Netflix. There's some seriously disturbed and deranged people out there!

Adam_EFC · January 9, 2015

Not been through the whole thread but has anyone put "King of Kong" on here? About the guy who beat the high score in Donkey Kong.. Brilliant documentary, I'd recommend it to anyone not just people who like video games. The guy who you consider the "bad guy" in the documentary Billy Mitchell is like a cartoon villain.

kithnou · January 9, 2015

evilwebby said:
Been watching the Louis Theroux series on Netflix. There's some seriously disturbed and deranged people out there!

Always entertaining viewing

Clint Planet · January 11, 2015

Watched John Pilger's 1979 doc, "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia" today.

There are no words. Truly heartbreaking - and the West (particularly Nixon's America) do not come out well.

A must see.

Pat's Van · January 11, 2015

Clint Planet said:
Watched John Pilger's 1979 doc, "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia" today.

There are no words. Truly heartbreaking - and the West (particularly Nixon's America) do not come out well.

A must see.

scary shizzle all that, the emptying of the cities and all

you should read some of the "confessions" they forced out of the prisoners in tuol sleng

especially those of the foreigners, just mental

Clint Planet · January 11, 2015

A review of it (on IMDb, maybe) called Pilger "flawed but brilliant" and it made me wonder how exactly he was flawed. He directs the spolight away from the obvious culprit towards those truly responsible? He tries to get to the truth? He always has people's freedom and well-being as his core values?

For me, he's one of the few who aren't de facto "flawed."

Azzurri · January 11, 2015

Watched that Genghis Khan one on BBC Four the other night. Absolute tosh.

It's almost as if they actually try to make some of these documentaries as similar to a GCSE history lesson as possible.

"The Mongol Empire: Kublai Khan" was good though, as they actually had people giving insights into the reasoning behind his action rather than just "and he did this... then this... and then this happened" like on the Genghis one. Plus Kublai Khan was a more interesting and complex figure IMO.

"Hannibal versus Rome" was good too. Mad that one of the most intelligent military minds and influential leaders of all time basically dedicated his entire life to hating Rome.

Billy Dean · January 11, 2015

Just watched a documentary about the Incas on iPlayer. Called 'Masters of the Clouds'. Very interesting, looking forward to the next episode. Interesting for me how the use of force was only their last resort as they expanded their territory if other methods like bribery or diplomacy didn't work, and they assimilated culture and religions of groups they conquered into their own. Would be interesting to see how that part of South America would look now if they Spaniards didn't come.