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Big sugar is a two part documentary about the sugar industry. The sugar industry has had an enourmous effect on the modern world. Wars have been fought over it and we should not forget its ties to slavery. Today the U.S. Sugar Corporation denies the connection between sugar and obesity, diabetes and even tooth decay despite solid scientific evedince. This documentary claims that Big Sugar is acting very similar to tobacco companies and have a similiar amount of power

A Brilliant Madness: The Story of John Nash

In media the stereotypical mathematician is somewhat excentric. But sometimes reality is more extreme than fiction. This is certainly the case of John Nash. Nash was a brilliant mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations changed our ways to view market economics, computing, artificial intelligence, military, evolutionary biology and many more. Nash was awarded with a shared Nobel Price in Economic Sciences in 1994. But John Nash accomplished this while suffering from schizophrenia, extreme paranoia and delusions. Nash was made famous by the movie A Beautiful Mind wich is based on his life.

Stealing A Nation

Stealing A Nation is a 2004 incredible award-winning documentary made by John Pilger. Pilger tells the story about the Chagos islands in the indian ocean. In the 60s and 70s the British goverments with help from American officals expelled the entire population from the islands. The plan was to give away the island to the U.S.A. who wanted to use it as a military base. The people who lived in the Chagos Islands, had to move in to the slums of Mauritius where they live in poverty. This documentary shows that behind the scenes even democratic goverments can commit horrific crimes against humanity

Death Of A Nation

Death Of A Nation tells how Russia has changed since the fall of communism. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the life expectancy has dropped, every other newborn baby is diagnosed with a disease at birth. In the first half of 2005 the population dropped by half a million and the WHO estimates that in 2020 over a million persons will have died of AIDS in Russia. In moscow however the situation is different, the city has more billionaires than any other city in the world. Was the free market really such a huge victory for the russian people, or was the USSR socialism actually better for the people, despite the lack of freedom?

The Wobblies

The Wobblies or the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) was an international union founded in 1905. They believed that all workers should be united as a class and that the wage system should be removed. At it's peak it had about 100'000 members. They did however meet violent resistance from the U.S. goverment.

Dangerous Missions: The Dambusters

During the second world war, the British Royal Airforce attacked german dams providing energy for the german industry. They had to fly at a height of 60 feet and use a specially constructed bomb, the bouncing bomb. The attack is one of the most daring and complicated attacks in the history of aerial warfare.

Rules Of Seduction

Rules of Seduction is a documentary about the hidden world of Pick Up Artists. They visit a PUA who dropped out of Collage and never had a Job, and dedicated his whole life to picking up girls. They claim that any man can learn how to get any woman. They also follow a computer nerd trying to learn the rules. Even tough it might seem like every man's dream, it seems to have a darker side.

Money As Debt

Have you ever thought about how money is created? The documentary Money As Debt, tries to explain the hidden reality of banking. In reality banks do not have the money that they lend out, but creates the money from nothing. In order to keep the system functional, more debt has to be created in order to pay the interest. It's clear that in a finite world having a system that requires exponential growth is unsustainable. Money As Debt explains how this extremely strange system was created and how it works. It is definitely worth seeing and it will probably make you loose a lot of faith in the banking system.

OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism

Robert Greenwald's film Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, criticizes the Fox News Channel owned by Rupert Murdoch. Media being extremely important in a democracy, it is extremely important that it gives a correct image of the world. If the media is not trying to provide the truth, democracy is severely damaged. The film tells the story of Murdoch's global media enterprise. Greenwald claims that FOX is not politically independent, but strongly conservative.

Life After Meth

Life After Meth: Facing the Northcoast Methamphetamine Crisis, is a film about the Meth epidemic in Northwestern California. Meth has had devastating impacts on the health of people and families. This film focuses on people who have managed to get rid of their addiction.

The Enemies of reason: Part One

The Enemies of Reason is a two part documentary series of Richard Dawkins. Dawkins continues his struggle against what he sees as a irrational belief, but this time he is not criticizing religion. In the first part; slaves to superstition he visits a psychic medium, interviews Darren Brown on the subject cold reading, visits a spiritualist church. The second part The Irrational Health Service is about alternative medicine, such as homeopathy.

The Genius of Charles Darwin: part one

The Genius of Charles Darwin is a television documentary written by and presented by famous atheist Richard Dawkins. It is divided into three parts; Life, Darwin & Everything, The Fifth Ape and God Strikes Back. In the first part Dawkins explains the basics of natural selection and tells the story of Charles Darwin. He also travels to Nairobi where he interviews a prostitute that has genetic resistance to HIV. In the second part it gets a bit more philosophical. He meets evolutionary psychologists who explains how morals can develop without religion. Dawkins also takes up the controversial subjects of social Darwinism and eugenics. In the last and third part the focus is on the resistance Darwins' ideas have met. The Genius of Charles Darwin won the Best TV Documentary Series 2008 at the British Broadcast awards.

Human All To Human: Sartre

After the Second World War the whole world seemed to have lost faith in the old value system. The philosophy of societies had been unable to stop the monstrosities of both the First World War and the Second World War - people wanted something new. And in the area of philosophy Sartre was the one to create the change that everyone wanted. Sartre's ideology focused on the self and free will and the struggle to find freedom. This documentary tries to explains Jean-Paul Sartre and his existentialism.

Zeitgeist Addendum

If you like the first Zeitgeist movie (found here) this is a must see. In the second part of this amazing series author and activist John Perkins, who used to be an economic hit-man, talks about his former job. The third and last part is about the visionary Jacque Fresco's ideas of a resource based economy. He claims that his system would be sustainable and environmentally friendly. Its primary driver would be technological advancement. Even if you might not believe them, watching this documentary will give you a new view on politics and is a must see.

Secrets of the CIA

CIA has an ability to do things in absolute secrecy. How do they use this power? In this frightening documentary, several people accuses the CIA of not only fighting terrorism but also supporting it. Has the CIA played out the role it had during the cold war or has it always been a bad idea? Watch this and judge for yourself.

A Brief History Of Time

A Brief History of time is a documentary about Stephen Hawking who, despite being almost completely paralyzed, became one of the greatest and most famous scientists. Its title is derived from a book with the same title, but this documentary is focusing on Stephen Hawking's life.

Dangerous Knowledge

This film by David Malone is the story about the four geniuses Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan and how they where driven to insanity by the mathematics that they where researching. All their work has had tremendous impact on today's view on math, work that they paid for with their lives. This film is a must see.

Earthlings, Human Cruelty

Do you ever reflect on how modern society treats animals? Have you thought about the treatment the animals you eat has received? This documentary shows how the animal industries treat animals systematically. Are humans treating other species too cruel and/or should we abandon eating meat? This might very well open your eyes and give you a whole new perspective.

The U.S. vs John Lenon

Everybody has heard of John Lennon, the pop-symbol and the famous front man of The Beatles. But he also worked for peace and propagated against the Vietnam war and U.S. president Nixon - Therefore the U.S. government tried to silence him. Watch this documentary to see an often forgotten side of John Lennon's past and the part that the FBI played in it.

Enemy Image

Enemy Image is a 2005 documentary by Mark Daniels. The film is about how television portrays war and focuses on the Vietnam war, which has been called the first televised war. In the Vietnam war correspondents where allowed to move quite freely. Then it goes on comparing the Vietnam war with wars USA has participated in more recently.

Religulous

Bill Maher's Religulous from 2008 discusses religion in a humorous way. Maher travels to various religiously important places like Jerusalem, the Vatican and Salt Lake City interviewing members and ex-members of several religions. Because of his mocking of religion, this documentary has become quite controversial. It's up to you to decide whether it's justified or not.

The Illusion Of Reality

Physics has always fascinated humans, but modern science has a world view that sounds stranger than the weirdest religions. It deals with concepts that seems impossible to grasp for anyone. Professor Al-Khalili will try to give you a glimpse of the fascinating world view that has emerged from the study of atoms.

The 20 Most Dangerous Drugs

This is a documentary by BBC that tackles a very sensitive and controversial subject. It tries to list the top 20 most dangerous drugs. The findings might be shocking for some and hard to believe for others, e.g. it places alcohol in a very interesting position.

Apartheid Didn't Die

John Pilger shows that even though apartheid is officially over, there are still huge economical inequalities. He claims that apartheid didn't disappear but continued by different means.

The History Of Hacking

The history of hacking is a documentary about how hacking developed since its birth. It tells the story of the three hackers Steve Wozniak, John Draper and Kevin Mitnick.

Human All To Human: Nietzsche

Few philosophers have had as revolutionary ideas and affected philosophy as much as the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. His works circled around morality and how it should be constructed without the moral authority of a God. Unfortunately Nietzsche went insane in 1889 and died in 1890, despite this his ideas of morality, atheism and nihilism is still influencing us today.

Guns Germs And Steel (Part 1 of 3)

Guns, Germs and Steel is a film based on Jared Diamonds' famous book with the same name. It provides a new view on human history for the last 13,000 years. He claims that the advancements of a civilization does not depend on the humans living in it but on the environment they live in and the resources it provides.

From Beirut to Bosnia (part 1 of 3)

Why do so many Muslims hate the west? There seem to be little understanding of the causes of the general dislike of the western world. Robert Fisk tries to shed some light on the issue in this three-part documentary series. Fisk who has been working in Lebanon for a long time, talks to Muslims with extreme views, but he also shows the suffering of the common people. This series is very enlightening and gives you a more nuanced take on the conflicts, that are usually blamed on mad religious fanatics.

The Obama Deception

When Obama became president in 2009, hopes where high. He was supposed to be the front figure of some kind of revolution. He would fight for the poor people and stop wars. But is he nothing but a front figure for the Wall Street, pursuing exactly the same policies and politics as his predecessors? This documentary claims that Barack Obama becoming president changes nothing, that the only change is the skin color of the president.

The Human Sexes (Part 1 of 6)

Being Desmond Morris' work, The Human Sexes is a series of documentaries discussing the human sexes. It takes up a lot of interesting and politically hot subjects. Is the different behavior of the sexes, caused by biological differences or is the sex a social construction? Obviously it's a very hard and controversial question, but very important.

The God Delusion (Part 1 of 2)

The God Delusion is the first part of the two-part documentary Root of All Evil by famous atheist Richard Dawnkins. Dawkins meets various religious people and shows how religion can be used to justify evil acts. He also shows that there is a direct conflict between science and religion. In the second part The Virus of Faith, he compares religion to a virus and compares religious morality to secular morality. Dawkins' idea is that religion is not necessary in order to have an ethical or moral system.

Zeitgeist

Few documentaries have affected people as much as this one. Zeitgeist is a fascinating documentary divided into three parts that discusses Christianity, the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks and the Federal Reserve Bank. It alleges that the Federal Reserve Bank had a part in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, the Pearl Harbour attack and the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Zeitgeist was awarded the Activist Spirit award for best full length documentary and was made by Peter Joseph.

The Century Of The Self (Part 1 of 4)

The Century of the Self is a BBC documentary series created by Adam Curtis. It's an eye-opening series about the influence Freudian psychology have had on the modern society. According to Curtis, Freud's theories have been used in public relations and politics to manipulate people. If you are into both politics and psychology this is a must see, if not it might still be interesting to see how people are trying to manipulate you.