Free documentaries online

[tetsujin1979]

View documentaries for free online here: http://snagfilms.com/
all advertising supported, so no charges
check out "kicking it" about the homeless world cup, including the Irish team

<EDIT>

crap, just checked through the site, it appears the vast majority (if not all) of the films are "US only"

[strangeirish]

Quite a few on here

Getting ready to watch Why we fight

Why We Fight describes the rise and maintenance of the United States military-industrial complex and its involvement in the wars led by the United States during the last fifty years, and in particular in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The film alleges that in every decade since World War II, the American public has been told a lie to bring it into war to fuel the military-economic machine, which in turn maintains American dominance in the world.

[A face]

Google Video had a good few as well, look up 'Loose Change'

[Lev Yashin]

just had a quick look at the website (im in work and not able to watch anything) but i see "hoop dreams" is on there, Watch it, if you have never seen it, even if you dont have an interest in basketball, it is a fantastic doc.

[Dodge]

just had a quick look at the website (im in work and not able to watch anything) but i see "hoop dreams" is on there, Watch it, if you have never seen it, even if you dont have an interest in basketball, it is a fantastic doc.

The best documentary I've ever seen. In fact one of the best films I've everseen

[jebus]

If we're recommending documentaries I'd like to put for Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus

IMDB Synopsis

Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the South of the USA. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt" Country singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches,prisons,truckstops,biker bars and coalmines. This journey takes you through a very real contemporary Southern America,a world of marginalised white people and their unique and homemade culture. Along the way are roadside encounters with present-day musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; oldtime banjo player Lee sexton; rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track

[strangeirish]

In THE ASCENT OF MONEY, author, economist and historian Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of money and demonstrates that financial history is the essential back-story behind all history.


You can watch it here

Very well done. Two hours in length.

[Lev Yashin]

Lads just wondering if ye could recommend some good documentaries for me (i know we had thread about a free site before from tetsujin1979) but it petered out pretty fast.

So has anyone got any good ones worth getting?

Personally Hoop Dreams or Capturing the Friedmanns are the best ive seen....

[SkStu]

not sure if they are strictly documentaries nor what sort of documentaries you are into but i loved both:

The Long Way Round and The Long Way Down with Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor on their motorbikes travelling around the world (London through Europe and Siberia to Alaska, New York then home in one & John O'Groats through Europe down Africa's northeast coast before transitioning to the southwest coast and into J'burg).

They just remind me of the fact that people everywhere are f*cking cool for the most part and the world is an amazing place.

[thischarmingman]

Deliver Us From Evil (2006)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver...vil_(2006_film)

Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children.

A mix of victim stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady provide a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish, gaining the trust of congregations while betraying so many.

http://ie.rottentomatoes.com/m/deliver_us_from_evil/

[jebus]

Grizzly Man
Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus (everyone needs to check this one out)
The King of Pong
Man on Wire
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Taxi to the Dark Side
When We Were Kings

TV shows you just really need to check out David Attenborough

[thischarmingman]

Religulous (2008)

Bill Maher interviews some of religion's oddest adherents. Muslims, Jews and Christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced eye. Maher goes to a Creationist Museum in Kentucky, which shows that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time 5000 years ago. He talks to truckers at a Truckers' Chapel. (Sign outside: "Jesus love you.") He goes to a theme park called Holy Land in Florida. He speaks to a rabbi in league with Holocaust deniers. He talks to a Muslim musician who preaches hatred of Jews. Maher finds the unlikeliest of believers and, in a certain Vatican priest, he even finds an unlikely skeptic.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/
http://ie.rottentomatoes.com/m/religulous/

[thischarmingman]

Also, I haven't seen it yet, but The Cove has been picking up rave reviews:

http://ie.rottentomatoes.com/m/1208882-cove/

[bennocelt]

When We Were Kings: Awesome, great doc. The scene where Foreman is pounding the bag and Ali walks by afraid to look - amazing

One day In September: About the Munich Games massacre. Set like a thriller, scary

Super Size Me
Bowling for Columbine
Roger and Me - still Moores best iMHO

My Penis and I - very frank doc about English guy with 3 inch penis!!!!!!!!

Any BBc wildlife shows are great - my fav was the Wild China series

pretty much docs, comedy and sport is what i watch on tv

[jamie m]

Death In Gaza- About the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict with particular emphasis on the impact on Palestinian children. The director James Miller also planned a similiar film focusing on Israeli kids but sadly he died after been shot by an Israeli soldier during the making of the documentary.

[Boo_Boy]

Death In Gaza- About the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict with particular emphasis on the impact on Palestinian children. The director James Miller also planned a similiar film focusing on Israeli kids but sadly he died after been shot by an Israeli soldier during the making of the documentary.

This was a good one, but if you are going to watch it expect some stuff they don't even have ratings for, 18+ is nothing.

[Mad Moose]

Struggling to find the name on this one but I watched a fantastic documentary which followed a family in Baghdad through a year post the collapse of Saadam Hussein's regime. Its similar to Death in Gaza actually and I mean to buy that documentary.

If anyone can get the name of the one I'm thinking. I'm mixing it up a bit with something else here but basically the only chance of survival was to move the family out of Iraq and it follows them to Syria.

I like Tribe and Amazon with Bruce Parry. It reminds me of a fantastic documentary I watched a few years ago and I can't remember what its called but it was about an expedition into part of Indonesia and the first meeting with a tribe of people who hadn't met fellow man before. Similar to what Bruce Parry did in tribe. They live with the people and learn so much about them.

Got a few more I'll recommend. I need to check my collection.

[jamie m]

[QUOTE=Harpsbear;1269291]Struggling to find the name on this one but I watched a fantastic documentary which followed a family in Baghdad through a year post the collapse of Saadam Hussein's regime. Its similar to Death in Gaza actually and I mean to buy that documentary.

If anyone can get the name of the one I'm thinking. I'm mixing it up a bit with something else here but basically the only chance of survival was to move the family out of Iraq and it follows them to Syria.

I havent seen it but is this the one you are talking about
http://www.dfgdocs.com/Directory/Titles/1630.aspx

Another really good one is The Road to Guantanamo, by Michael Winterbottom. Its part-documentary/part-drama based around the experiences of the "Tipton 3" who after 9/11 crossed into Afghanistan on their way to a wedding in Pakistan, were accused of been al-qaeda/taliban ans subsequently sent to Guantanamo bay. Whats really amazing about is the lack of bitterness they display despite the treatment they received.

[bennocelt]

That was a well made doc, but when I saw it i didnt think that the 4 guys were that innocent - I mean they were in Afghanistan

[superfrank]

One documentary I really enjoyed was Canciones para después de una guerra.

It's not a traditional documentary, it's just two hours of footage of the Spanish Civil War with music from the time playing over it.