A serious question...

[EQnoble]

Ok so I am in a crap mood right now...I need something to watch (preferably a documentary) to focus on and learn to sidetrack my evil little brain and it's 5 × 1014 synaptic clefts which are just not thinking nice things.

A name will do fine...for reference I already own everything the history channel has on dvd that is worth having...so that can be skipped unless you know something that is REALLY good


I have also been as of late watching art docs...(most recently as in today have watched a history of Caravaggio and one of Manet ) and need a little break from interpretive subject matter into hard facts.

 

[MilesDB]

I've recently watched "The Donner Party" documentary. It's kind of long but worth every minute of it. Beats any Hollywood flick. A true story.

You can watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/donner/player/

 

[EQnoble]

They covered this pretty well in America: The History of US...the Donner party event was a tragic thing. I'll check it out right now and see if it covers any different angles.

Thanks!

Update@prepost: It does seem to be more in depth about the parties members and their struggles...Watching.



PS this was a great link...I can't believe I never thought of going here to watch...THANKS for the link...I now have more stuff to watch (and more reason to provide support from viewers like me )

 

[MilesDB]

Wait till the graphic depictions are presented in the third part of the documentary. I like how well immigrants' lives and struggles are narrated.

 

[EQnoble]

heheh..I figured out how to get to chapterless player ... http://video.pbs.org/video/1401950336
first step in the PBS bbcode

Ill probably be able to figure out what section you are talking about regardless, even without the chapters. I would assume 15-20 mins in. Sound right?

 

[MilesDB]

Yep, you are right. It slowly leads you to the story's climax setting up an intriguing tone in the first 15-20 mins.

BTW, check out a video discussion on Oneness by Deepak Chopra and Riane Eisler on LinkTV:
http://www.linktv.org/globalspirit/thebigpicture

And "The Journey Towards Oneness" video:
http://www.linktv.org/globalspirit/oneness

 

[EQnoble]

Yep, you are right. It slowly leads you to the story's climax setting an intriguing tone in the first 15-20 mins.

BTW, check out a video discussion on Oneness by Deepak Chopra and Riane Eisler on LinkTV:
http://www.linktv.org/globalspirit/thebigpicture

And "The Journey Towards Oneness" video:
http://www.linktv.org/globalspirit/oneness

As soon as this (Donner Doc) is done my friend

 

[Lost]

Some documentaries I enjoyed:

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Religulous

 

[MilesDB]

This one is an eye-opener: A Certain Kind Of Death

"Unblinking and unsettling, "A Certain Kind of Death" lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us: What happens to people who die with no next of kin?"

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The rest 6 parts of the documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uk-ybRqVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEG5qxynExU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGoLiIc6O38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiNRLZC6Eu8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WkY5BZC5vM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6MRfw5bl50