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ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

I show a lot of docs on my TV Channel .

The schedule alters between docs and educational programs. Right now Harlan County USA is playing. Veetle has a good selection of stuff sometimes....

DD
http://eflclassroom.com

Kikomom · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:57 am Post subject:

DD, that reminds me.

The History Channel's Hillbilly: The Real Story with Billy Ray Cyrus as host (yea, Miley's dad) is a really good look at the history of Appalachia. Including the coal miner's strikes, how the people survived, moonshining, and running 'shine from the revenuers during the depression.

ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

Thanks Kikomon,

I'll look into that. I'm not a big one for the history channel - so often they really "gloss over" a lot of history and don't get the "real story". But there are exceptions I'm sure... it is an interesting time/place - I find like Canada's Cape Breton, a story that really is the story of us all....

Cheers,

DD
http://eflclassroom.com

thoreau · Joined: 21 Jun 2009

Off The Grid: Life on the Mesa is an interesting doc that looks at a group of people living off the grid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgTGPJtvmS8

drydell · Joined: 01 Oct 2009

I'm gonna second all the Adam Curtis documentaries mentioned....

start with the Century of the Self 2002
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/

work your way up to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear 2004
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430484/

and his most recent - the masterly The Trap: What happened to Our Dream of Freedom 2007.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0979263/

All brilliant, thought provoking essays on power, manipulation, ideology..

oooh and I just noticed he did a new one last year ..It felt Like a Kiss....right I'm off to download that right away....