Rosie_0801 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 As my side of the globe winds down towards the end of daylight savings, and I begin to remember how much of winter I spend sitting under doonas, it occurred to me that random documentaries would help pass the time pleasantly and distract me from feeling like a wimp compared to the Canadians. :biggrinjester: Lately I have enjoyed this series on the history of the Lebanese in Sydney: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2015/02/time-punchbowl-1975-1996-150223102756878.htmland have enjoyed contrasting it with Salam Cafe, made in Melbourne. http://www.veoh.com/find/?query=Salam+Cafe+season+1 Most of the first series is available on that site, but the subsequent seasons are on Youtube. My brother has a fan boy crush on Waleed Aly and Susan Carland. :D Tonight, after dd is in bed, I'm going to watch this one on the effects of Turkish soap operas: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2013/11/kismet-how-soap-operas-changed-world-20131117152457476872.html I'm pretty sure these links are accessible around the world. Have the rest of you tripped over any interesting short documentaries lately? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Not new, but fairly recent, Catfish. It's about social media. It's about a reporter who starts following a child artist on Facebook. I found it fascinating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Not new, but fairly recent, Catfish. It's about social media. It's about a reporter who starts following a child artist on Facebook. I found it fascinating. I watched that one a couple of years ago. The story's stayed with me. Definitely worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 You people are going to make me look up the links myself? *weeps at the workload* I think I can get into it here: http://www.solarmovie.is/play/play1.php?movie=1584016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Digging for Britain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpDsInlwcBQ There are a number of episodes (eta: oh. that's a lovely picture that comes up) Michael Wood also has done a lot of things. I've found almost all of them interesting. In Search of the Dark Ages is on youtube, although wardrobe, haircuts, video quality and even science are a bit dated, it was still interesting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Re: Turkish soap operas. I was able to see the first episode in English of Gumus(imagine umlauts on the "u"s)...but never saw another one. :( I think it was called "Nour/Noor" when it was sold to Arabic TV. I really liked Bettany Hughes documentary "When God was a Girl" https://youtu.be/xS3Do6KqYPc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Lots of goodness here: http://www.reddit.com/r/documentaries/top/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Well, since we are a farming family, we've been watching Adam's Farm Countryfiles from the BBC on Youtube. Lots of cute baby animals, birthing, growing crops...the kids like them too. My dh and I kind of wonder at the kind of people we are to enjoy watching lambing videos together after the kids go to bed. ;) They are short, about 10 minutes. Here's a playlist that contains many of them. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFarmvids Also, this PBS documentary I saw on a local station years ago and was fascinated about how arithmetic evolved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpadYjnYl8&list=WL It's called the Story of One. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Oh, and DS1 loved this documentary on Viking swords. He ran around with a pool noodle yelling "Ulfbehrt!" https://youtu.be/nXbLyVpWsVM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I love documentaries. Here's two I watched recently that have been good. "My Brother the Terrorist" It's a follow up to his movie "My Brother the Islamist" - which I haven't seen. I can't remember, but this one may be a bit more than an hour - so it might not fit your criteria. Also, American Denial... about an hour. I found the story of a Swedish Nobel Laureate who came to America to study White/Black relations in the 30-40s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I love documentaries. Thanks for starting this thread. I might have to stop watching Mob Wives and start watching some of these recommendations. Anyway, here is a good series of true stories about individual people who decided to do good deeds that affected the lives of many. It will make you throw off your cozy doona and run around the room at least once while cheering about the goodness in some humans. Seriously, the stories are touching and uplifting. http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/about/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 modern marvels salt, dirt, iron, eggs, ships, engineering, movers, milk, wheat, storms, trains, ice, SNOW, etc. it's utterly fascinating. amazon and Netflix. still in production and up to at least 11 seasons on cable in the US . . . . http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=modern+marvels+episodes&qs=SC&sk=SC1&FORM=QBVR&pq=modern%20marvles&sc=8-14&sp=2&qs=SC&sk=SC1 oh, yes, and james bond gagets, and more james bond gagets . . . . also: connections by james burke. I know it's on youtube. kind of dated from the 70's, but really good. he goes through various discoveries and how they led to other discoveries. delivered with his lovely dry british wit. there's also a connections II. and the day the universe changed. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=connections+1+james+burke&FORM=HDRSC3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Also, this PBS documentary I saw on a local station years ago and was fascinated about how arithmetic evolved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpadYjnYl8&list=WL It's called the Story of One. We've just watched this on your recommendation. It was rather amusing viewing, wasn't it? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 As my side of the globe winds down towards the end of daylight savings, and I begin to remember how much of winter I spend sitting under doonas, it occurred to me that random documentaries would help pass the time pleasantly and distract me from feeling like a wimp compared to the Canadians. :biggrinjester: Lately I have enjoyed this series on the history of the Lebanese in Sydney: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2015/02/time-punchbowl-1975-1996-150223102756878.htmland have enjoyed contrasting it with Salam Cafe, made in Melbourne. http://www.veoh.com/find/?query=Salam+Cafe+season+1 Most of the first series is available on that site, but the subsequent seasons are on Youtube. My brother has a fan boy crush on Waleed Aly and Susan Carland. :D Tonight, after dd is in bed, I'm going to watch this one on the effects of Turkish soap operas: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2013/11/kismet-how-soap-operas-changed-world-20131117152457476872.html I'm pretty sure these links are accessible around the world. Have the rest of you tripped over any interesting short documentaries lately? What's a doona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Duvet, I think you call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Oh! 😄 Sorry I'm not too helpful with suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 We watched Particle Fever about building the Super Collider and finding the Higgs boson particle. Very interesting watching for both my son and I. Ds is a 13yo science buff and I don't understand much about science, but both of us found it very interesting. It discussed some of the differences between experimental physicists and theoretical physicists and how scientists were a part of the process from around the world. What I liked seeing (and having my son see) was that there can be a lot of humor among "geeks" and "nerds", a group he enjoys being a part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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