Your Favorite Documentaries

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by puddin'

awesome-ness:

http://sfglobe.com/?id=14064&src=share_fb_new_14064

Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

[Kobi]

Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics.

It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative.

This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States.

Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world.

The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of the National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage, and the conquest of fear.

[Kobi]

Official site.

I have 4 seasons to go thru. Just fascinating stuff. Must see for science buffs.

[Kobi]

The blurb from the jacket says:

What would the world look like if America never existed? Dinesh D'Souza, bestselling author and creator of 2016: Obama's America, explores this fascinating question in this stirring, thought-provoking documentary. Through re-enactments of landmark events in America's history and insightful interviews with leading historians, D'Souza brings us face-to-face with the brave heroes who built a great nation, and offers a powerful defense against critics intent upon the shaming of America.'

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Dinesh D'Souza seems to fancy himself as the Michael Moore of the far right wing. Yet, he lacks the clarity, vision, and focus.

His alternative interpretation of history is thought provoking but Im not sure how much of it is fact vs word voodoo. (He beats me hands down in word voodoo-ism).

He vacillates between shaming, blaming, validating, and vilifying, entire groups of people, all with an annoying melodramatic soundtrack.

Overall, I dont have a freakin clue what this documentary was supposed to be about. But, it will piss off a lot of different groups of people.

[Kelt]

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings

Freaking Amazing!

"Jake Shimabukuro opens up about his virtuoso skills on the ukulele, which have transformed all previous notions of the instrument's potential."

Streaming on Netflix, probably others.

[Kelt]

Independent lens: Muscle Shoals

Currently airing on many PBS stations and streaming online this documents the history of an american recording studio.

"Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative and defiant music in American history.
Under the spiritual influence of the "Singing River" as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals is some of the most important and resonant of all time. "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "I Never Loved A Man the Way That I Loved You", "Mustang Sally", "Tell Mama", "Kodachrome", and "Freebird" are just a few of the tens of thousands of tracks created there.

At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, he brought black and white musicians together to create music that would last for generations while also giving birth to the unique 'Muscle Shoals sound' and the rhythm section 'The Swampers'.

In this movie legendary artists including Aretha Franklin, Greg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter, Jimmy Cliff, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Wilson Pickett, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Steve Winwood and others bear witness to the magnetism and mystery of Muscle Shoals and why it remains a global influence today."

[kittygrrl]