Surviving Progress
 

Featuring, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, Michael Hudson, David Suzuki, Craig Venter.

Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing?

'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.

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Not the best I have seen but very good at reviewing history, and delineating the ways in which history repeats. I kind of like the way they show humans, as a species, have not evolved. The hardware of our brains is the same as in prehistoric times, programmed as hunters. All that has changed is the configuration and intricacies of the hunt, the tools at our disposal with which to hunt, and the impact of these on civilization, the economy, and the planet.

What is a little scary, is the focus on using genetic technology as a way to force humans to evolve from the hunter into something as yet undefined. Even scarier is who will control this evolution and for what purpose. And, is this just more of the hunter mentality or is it potential progress.

Kind of cool to think about from this perspective.

This is only available for FREE viewing now through New Years Day in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance!

The LGBT Aging Documentary, Gen Silent


http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_HOME_VIEWING_NIU.html

PBS Independent Lens

Park Avenue money, power, and the American dream.

#ReGeneration
 

The award-winning documentary film, #ReGENERATION, explores the galvanizing forces behind the Occupy Movement and the state of social activism in our society. The film takes an uncompromising look at the challenges facing today’s youth and young adults as they attempt to engage on a myriad of social and political issues.

Focused on how our education, parenting, and media can influence us, the film follows three separate walks of life representing today’s generation. Each brings their own unique perspective – from an inspired collective of musicians working outside the corporate system, to a twenty-something conservative family about to welcome the birth of their second child, and a group of five high-school students from the suburbs looking for their place in society. Their stories are interspersed with the knowledge, wisdom, and personal reflections of some of the country’s leading scholars, social activists, and media personalities, including Noam Chomsky, the late Howard Zinn, Adbusters’ Kalle Lasn, Andrew Bacevich, Talib Kweli, and many others.

Narrated by Ryan Gosling and featuring a riveting soundtrack from STS9, the film explores how today’s generation approaches activism, how it is impacted by technology, our disconnection with nature and history, our consumer culture, and the economic factors holding many of us back from becoming more active participants in our communities. Through a diverse and intelligent series of stories, interviews and insights, we come to a deeper understanding of the influences shaping our society. We have entered uncharted territory, economically, environmentally, and intellectually–and we must look honestly at ourselves to create a sustainable future.

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I loved this movie. And Noam Chomsky is one of my heroes.

Much to digest, and to wade through as they try to connect the dots to a certain end. Very thought provoking.

Hungry for change
 

From the creators of the best-selling documentary Food Matters comes another hard-hitting film certain to change everything you thought you know about food and nutrition. It exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever.


Very interesting. Adds more pieces to the puzzle of how the body reacts to all the chemicals it is exposed to, and how the chemicals are deliberately used by the food industry to increase out comsumption while adversely affecting our health.

Deep Water
 

I watched this doc in the theatre, then stayed to watch it again.
Did any of you see it? What did you think?

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, DEEP WATER is an unforgettable journey into one mans heart of darkness.

Herskovitz at the Heart of Blackness

Thank you for the link--

:mohawk:

Half the sky
 

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/

While the documentary shows a lot of ways in which womens lives are getting better, it also very clearly shows the oppression I am shielded from in my world here in the States.


This is now the documentary I re watch on days I loose my grip on gratitude.

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead...it's on Netflix....

Great illustration of how easily we can change our bodies and our lives with a change in diet and a change in our thinking....

dang bless it
 

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

You gotta see it to believe it
Like watching a train wreck you don't want to watch but can't turn it off .
Gotta love some Boone county WV folk

Showtime's current series: "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States".

Right now watching: "Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune".

Wow. Learned quite a few things I never knew from newspapers or history books (as I have from other episodes and time periods in the series).

I recommend the series highly.

Dragged BB to "West of Memphis" on Christmas, a doc follow up to another great doc "Paradise Lost."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Memphis

Thanks for posting this. I just watched it. Very moving. And makes you think about your own future and mortality.

I liked the documentary they recently put on netflix called (a)sexual ans I would highly reccomend it to anyone who wants to understand sexuality or a lack there of as well. :)

wish there were more like it