I love documentaries, so decided to start a thread in hopes of getting suggestions from others. I'll start by the latest one I have watched. David Attenborough A Life on our Planet. David Attenborough has explored the world for 60 years, and at the age of 93, I would call him the world's most experienced expert on nature and the living world. He's seen it all, and this film is what he calls his witness statement. It is full of old black and white video clips of him in the wild as well as more recent ones. The documentary offers a bleak, but hopeful look at climate change, and how we can shape a better future living with nature. He shows huge contrasts of what life on earth was like in the early days of his career compared to now. Here is one stat from the film. In 1953 the world population was 2.3 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness was 66%. In 2020 the world population was 7.8 billion, carbon in atmosphere 415 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness only 35%. David Attenborough is one of the most interesting men in the world in my eyes, and I would rate this documentary 9.5/10
Along the same lines, do any of you subscribe to CuriosityStream? I was thinking about doing it because I like randomly watching documentaries. Most of my interests lie in science, ancient history, nature, and some anthropology, but I'll pretty much watch all kinds of stuff.
I have it. Its ok but its more heavily produced. It tends to have almost a childrens feel. Like a solid documentary you would watch in high school or college. They get into depth but it is mainly just front end documentaries for a wide audience. It makes sense they would do that. I have linked this before here but I really like this guy. This is the first of 3 talking about birth of civilization. Its approx 1 hour each and can be dry but really well done and informative. Im a big fan Part 2 Part 3
Just finished Raoul Peck's Exterminate All The Brutes on HBO Max. This is a 4 part documentary that focuses on genocide, white supremacy and the history of the west. Peck presents a non-chronological, revisionist history of the West since the Crusades using collages of archival materials, infographics and clips from movies, like the Conrad-inspired Apocalyse Now and John Wayne’s The Alamo, that mythologize shameful moments in our history. The aim is to make viewers aware of the prejudices we’ve passively absorbed through pop culture, in order to challenge those assumptions. I found it very timely considering the current efforts by Republicans and the Trumpists to "whitewash" history particularly when it comes to the narrative of slavery and the extermination of the native American cultures that were destroyed by the European invasion of the North and South hemispheres.
Just started this one. Worth a watch. It's an inside look of the people living in one of the last remaining flophouses in New York City's Bowery district.
Just watched the WeWork Doc Dude was a major douche Alot of bait and switch and lies and smoke and mirrors . . . . Dude got major paid Rocket River
I started watching the 3 part documentary Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons on Hulu and was pleasantly surprised. The first episode was really good, the second was excellent.
Love Attenborough. I watch documentaries when I'm sorting laundry. The last one I watched was Age of Tanks, a French documentary about the invention and use of tanks through the 20th century. Decent.
I'm a huge nerd so I watch a lot of documentaries and educational videos. One series that I was watching while having COVID was BBC's The Price of Empire about WWII. Unlike many documentary series it really tries to cover the whole scope of the WWII for all countries involved and give a sense of how big and complicated it is. I'm a history nerd and didn't know that a battle in WWII was fought on Madagascar.
this was great. messing around a lot lately with bikes and had to rebuild a shifter today on my wife's vintage Specialized Rockhopper from the 90s. One thing led to another . . . this one's a lot of fun.
Not necessarily a documentary, but I love this dude's Channel. Most are about true dark and mysterious stories, but this one is my favorite. Highly recommend the channel.
Posted on another thread, a couple weeks ago my wife and I saw Facing Nolan. It is the documentary on Nolan Ryan. We really enjoyed it. Good watch, particularly if a baseball fan
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Netflix) Storyline A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity. I rate it 8/10. The photography was beautiful, the story was gripping, and the heroism by the people involved was a testament of courage.
