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Suggested Documenteries
Kevin and I were listening to npr this morning and heard about that documentary. I definitely want to see it!
Natalie wrote: "Bully is on Netflix now!" Let's add it to the roster!
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Lisa and I watched this recently. It's one of those "Your food is poisoning you! Read the ingredient list! Get healthy!" type of movies. It, however, is really practical and doesn't have the "extreme" nature of a 'No Impact Man' or 'Vegucated.'
I think this will be a good one for discussion too, once we are in the mood for this topic.
I did like this documentary, but I also found it lacking. It went into no real depth. Many of those interviewed in this documentary have already made their own about their personal experience (Joe from Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and the chick from Crazy, Sexy Diet). I think they may have collaborated to make this documentary as an ad for their own documentaries. It worked though. Now I want to watch the others to get more in depth "how-to" in eating better.
You guys should watch Brooklyn Castle. It follows students on the chess team at a brooklyn school. this school has around 70% of their students living below the poverty line. Despite this their chess team is one of the best in the country. Even though it follows the students, it ties it to the importance of keeping schools programs funded. Excellent documentary, worth a watch.
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Thanks for the recommendation, Joe! Hope things are going well for you.
For October...something spooky, perhaps? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337117/
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue: Evolution of the American Horror Film
Start Local: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2755172/GMO OMG: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461034/
Antarctica: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/
From One Second to the Next: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3108864/
Waiting for Mamu: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3042964/
The Human Scale: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414454/
Vauna & I saw the trailer for Inequality for All at the movies last week & thought of Documentary Club.
Lisa wrote: "Inequality for AllComes out September 27
http://inequalityforall.com/"
Looks like a good one!
Documentary club suggestions for November? We're looking at Friday, November 15th...
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Yes! This was prior to that discussion...we're going with Pink Ribbons,INC: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2035599/?...and meeting Friday, NOVEMBER 8th at 8PM!
As much as TLC's Extreme Christmas Trees interests me, perhaps we should consider one of these other Christmas documentaries in an effort to draw some new members...thoughts??http://docgeeks.com/2011/12/24/top-5-...
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I'm down with either, but would lean towards "Becoming Santa."
Ryan wrote: ""Becoming Santa" and "The Monastery" are both available on Netflix. I'm down with either, but would lean towards "Becoming Santa.""
Let's go with "Becoming Santa"
kevin and i just watched "the woman who wasn't there" on netflix. We liked it and thought it might make a good documentary club pick.
when strangers click is another one i think might make interesting discussion
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So I'm thinking... With every documentary we watch, we are usually upset about the lack of an answer to the problem. Maybe at the end of the year we should look back at all of the documentaries that we've watched and pick the one that affected us most. We then could either pledge to donate X amount of dollars or X amount hours cumulatively to the one that had the most impact for us as a group and that way we could hopefully be part of the solution and not just sitting around talking about the problem.
Natalie wrote: "So I'm thinking... With every documentary we watch, we are usually upset about the lack of an answer to the problem. Maybe at the end of the year we should look back at all of the documentaries tha..."Sounds great, Natalie!
Ryan wrote: "mansom" March 21st, 8pm- let's do this!
I would like to suggest 'Project Happiness' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1505387/?...It's a couple of years old, has anyone seen it already?
http://www.projecthappiness.org/film/
Inequality for All
The Act of Killing
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Blackfish
Salinger
Brooklyn Castle
Hungry for Change
Age of Champions
Reel Bad Arabs
Forks Over Knives
American Winter
Man on Wire
Taxi to the Dark Side
Louder Than a Bomb
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The World According to Monsanto
Life In A Day
War Photographer
Tarnation
Kicking It
The Red Kite Project
Guns, Germs and Steel
12th & Delaware
Dreams of a Life
God Grew Tired of Us
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up