ThrowawayyourTV - Full-Length Documentaries

ThrowawayyourTV is hosting this very impressive collection of full-length documentaries. Take advantage.

9/11 Conspiracy Theories

Following up on the Lauren Hill racist myth post below, here's a throughout cover story from Popular Mechanics called Debunking the 9/11 Myths.

Youtube & Co

Seriously - you need to spend some hours roaming the wonderful archive that is Youtube. An amazing amount of movie, tv and home video clips, music videos and everything else, more or less.
Other similar sites include MetaCafe, iFilm, Google Video and DailyMotion.

Movie Stuff

If you like movies, here's a couple of ressources.
IMDB - Internet Movie DataBase is one of the most impressive databases online. I have never drawn a blank - not even with regards to obscure, 'foreign' movies.
Rotten Tomatoes is a collection of movie reviews from a lot of (mostly American) sources. The generel opinion at the site is sometimes surprising. Be prepared for some stereotypical hammering. Metacritic is a similar site.
Filmz is a danish site, which works. It brings you news on movies and the industry.
I also recommend Apple's trailer-site, if your in the mood for trailers and teasers. The amount is pretty impressive, and it's updated.
For further movie information, check the movie label below. Also check the video label to see the clips on this site.

Grass

Grass is a great documentary on the history of marijuana in USA. It's narrated by Woody Harrelson, and it's funny and informative. You'll like those old American educational film clips. You can watch it at Google Video.

Bukowski

Oh, yes

there are worse things than
being alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often
when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than
too late.

Charles Bukowski

This poem is one of the Charles Bukowski poems recited in the excellent documentary Charles Bukowski - Born Into This. My recommendations.

Documentaries

throwawayyourtv hosts, among a lot of other cool things, an impressive collection of full length documentaries. I'm not so sure about the copyright issue, but hey - information wants to be free.

Propaganda Tactics and Fahrenheit 9/11

Seeing Fahrenheit 9/11 I was amazed by the overuse of psychological tricks. I felt the movie was a shameful example of propaganda at it's worse, which irritated me since I found Columbine to be a good documentary. In the article Propaganda Tactics and Fahrenheit 9/11 Dr. Kelton Rhoads uses the movie as a case study in propaganda. I recommend it highly.

Frontline

I have linked a couple of PBS Frontline documentaries on this blog. If you haven't noticed when going there, or just haven't gone, tjeck it. 53 documentaries for you to stream. There's quite a few quality picks in between.
Remember that the site has a lot of traffic. My experience is that traffic increases in inverse proportion to the time of day.

Frontline: The Plea

Dokumentaren The Plea er produceret af de dygtige folk fra Frontline på den amerikanske tv-station PBS. Citat om udsendelsen fra sitet:

"Nearly 95% of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury. They are settled through plea bargains in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. But what are the implications of a system that relies on pleas to expedite justice?"

Jeg synes, den er et af de mere rystende eksempler på, hvordan det amerikanske retssystem fungerer. Udsendelsen kan streames fra programmets site. Vær opmærksom på, at siden har høj trafik. Min indtryk er, at trafikken tager til i løbet af dagen - om aftenen og natten er det tit umuligt at streame derfra.

Film

Hvis du er glad for film, får du lige et par filmressourcer.
IMDB - Internet Movie Data Base er en af de mest imponerende databaser på nettet overhovedet. Jeg har aldrig oplevet ikke at finde det, jeg søgte efter her - selv hvad angår små, obskure, danske skuespillere og produktioner.
Rotten Tomatoes er et site, der samler udtalelser fra amerikanske filmkritikere. Det er nogle gange lidt overraskende, hvordan dem samlede mening viser sig at være her. Vær forberedt på udtalelser, der ofte lever op til klicheen om den mavesure kritiker.
Filmz er et dansksproget site, der fungerer. Her får du nyheder om kommende film, og om filmverdenen generelt.
Desuden kan jeg anbefale Apple's trailer-site, hvis du har lyst til at se trailere og teasere. Mængden er ret imponerende, og opdateres løbende.