Your Favorite Documentaries

[MysticOceansFL]

Anything having to do with ancient buildings and our history past.
I watch America unearth that's a good example

[Daniela]

Originally Posted by MysticOceansFL

Anything having to do with ancient buildings and our history past.
I watch America unearth that's a good example

What about Ancient Aliens?

[Chicklette]

I am one of those people, that need to see it to believe it. Well so I thought. I saw only in black and white, until something hit me square in the face. People often covet or desire. The generic term is called want. I chose to think differently, I tore apart my mind picking out what I needed. In all reality I had it, I had water, food, warmth. Anything else was extra.

I still think like that.

[MysticOceansFL]

Originally Posted by Daniela

What about Ancient Aliens?

I watch that also at times, I believe the real history about what truly happened was kept seceret from us and we were taught totally different of what truly happened plus my believe is not with " a god " but with a spirit , it's hard to explain or put into words and I rarely talk about it.

[Kobi]

"Based on the book The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee."


A Ken Burns film presenting a history of cancer theories and treatments, from ancient times to the present day. Includes not only the medical stuff but the political, legal, activist, and people influences as well.


Very informative. Interesting history including the major players, the trials and errors, the ethical dilemmas, and a bunch of stuff I never knew.

Comes with a warning that this may not be appropriate for all audiences. Some history may be disturbing. Some graphic images may be upsetting.

[gotoseagrl]

Revealing the Unfamiliar is a documentary about the lives of both the Transgender Community and the ones who love and care about them.

[Kobi]

Through extensive archival materials and interviews with scholars and notable Italian-Americans, viewers will learn the story of those who played vital roles in helping to shape a unique Italian-American identity.

Disc 1. Part 1. La Famiglia 1890-1910 ; Part 2. Becoming Americans 1910-1930 -- Disc 2. Part 3. Loyal Americans 1930-1945 ; Part 4. The American dream 1945-today.

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So much of my own history I never knew.

[Kobi]

One area in which equality between gay and straight people is a given is age: We’re all getting older, and for some seniors (or near-seniors) advancing age equals advancing invisibility.

That’s sadly true for the three autumnal subjects in “Before You Know It,” a bittersweet documentary that follows three gay men in different parts of the country who feel time and change breathing down their necks.

Filmmaker P.J. Raval expertly interweaves all their stories, including that of septuagenarian loner Dennis Creamer, who waited most of his life to come out as a cross-dresser yearning for gay relationships. He’s a sweet and quiet man, somewhat adrift and estranged from his family; nothing much seems to pierce his sad isolation.

There is also Robert Mainor, the sardonic, larger-than-life owner of a gay bar in Galveston, Texas. Every inch a community leader, Mainor is proud of the oasis he has built for drag queens. Unfortunately, we watch some of the wonderful bombast and life go out of him as illness and legal troubles take a toll.

Finally, there’s Ty Martin, a gay-rights advocate in Harlem who is certainly aware of anti-gay rhetoric arising in his community’s churches. We see Martin anxiously talk to people on the street about LGBT seniors, and how he gets a warmer reception than expected.

During filming, New York’s marriage-equality law passed, leading Ty to believe he and his partner will soon get married.

As with everything else in this film, destiny has other plans.