DOCUMENTARIES:
I ran a documentary series last summer and fall. We showed most of what you see listed below. I would encourage people to check out some of these DVDs. Most are outstanding, some are more fun than others.
For sheer audacity and good humor, I recommend "The Yesmen".
For a grand overview of America as a resource hog about to get its commuppance for grotesque resource waste, "The End of Suburbia" tends to get audiences very nervous about who and what we are as Americans.
For well-deserved castigation of the corporate media that seems to be hellbent on hurting Americans by disinforming them, propagandizing them and infantilizing them, there are three DVDs that do an excellent job of explaining the media minefield we are crossing today. These DVDs are "Outfoxed", "Orwell Rolls In His Grave" and "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land".
These films are controversial. They will make you think. I highly recommend them.....
• Aftermath, excellent: guerrillanews.com
• A Patriot Act, film of a Mark Crispin Miller off-Broadway stage production, very wry, amusing as well as
educational:
• Bush Family Fortunes, featuring Greg Palast’s brave reporting. gregpalast.com
• Bush's Brain, one of our most popular films: bushsbrain.net
• Control Room: controlroommovie.com
• Hearts and Minds (1974), covers the Viet Nam War -- Very good, but not great.
imdb.com
• Hijacking Catastrophe -- Media Education Foundation -- Excellent interviews with insiders, highly
recommended mef.tv
• Koyaanisqatsi: imdb.com
• Last Man Standing: pbs.org
• Liberty Bound, excellent: libertybound.com
• Orwell Rolls In His Grave, excellent, exposes media hype and lies: buzzflash.com
• Outfoxed, excellent, exposes Fox News Network hype, lies, disinformation, etc.: outfoxed.org
• Painful Deceptions, Good stuff, but Eric has a problem with too much sarcasm, not for general audiences: erichufschmid.net
• Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: The shameful problem with the U.S. media’s reporting on Palestine.
mediaed.org
• The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, A film about growing up in Afghanistan:
theboywhoplaysonthebuddhasofbamiyan.co.uk
• The Corporation: thecorporation.tv
• The End of Suburbia, excellent: endofsuburbia.com
• The Fog of War: bestprices.com
• The Great Deception, one of the best for general audiences, an updated version is in the works. karscot.com
• The Hunting of the President: thehuntingofthepresident.com
• The Weather Underground: tinyurl.com
• The World According to Bush: au.news.yahoo.com
• The Yesmen: theyesmen.org
• This Land Is Your Land: hardworkingmovies.com
• Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties, a Robert Greenwald film.
publicinterestpictures.org
• Uncovered: The War on Iraq, excellent: truthuncovered.com
• Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election, excellent: unprecedented.org
• WELLSTONE!, Heartfelt and upbeat biopic about Sen. Paul Wellstone: carryitforward.org
• What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy -- Frank Dorrel -- Excellent: addictedtowar.com
• WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, 2004 Denver Film Fest Winner:
wmdthefilm.com |
