Category: movie-document

Hell on Earth – A Journey to Victorian Manchester

https://youtu.be/mxhKGduJJts?si=eqRzFTUzsdve8sIN Victorian Manchester was described in the 1800s as ‘Hell upon Earth.’ A grim industrial city of smoking chimneys set amongst the crunching gears of industry, with many of its people living in terrible dirt, poverty and squalor. Today, you will an account by a Victorian journalist of what he discovered on Manchester’s filthy slum…… Continue reading Hell on Earth – A Journey to Victorian Manchester

GB 1970s Power Cuts

https://youtu.be/OVDYs4pvUBU?si=ChSIrGrm1O3TMwfm The Dark Side Of 1970s Britain | Turn Back Time: The Family | Absolute History.In this final episode of the series, Albert Road is transformed once again for family life in the 1970s. Single mum Lisa Rhodes moves in with her two sons, joining the other parents for whom the seventies are all about…… Continue reading GB 1970s Power Cuts

Searching for / The Sugar Man / Sixto Rodriguez

https://dai.ly/x2y4634 …Sixto Rodriguez – Sugar Man – Cold Fact – Full Album HD https://youtu.be/yDzRnV23PK8 Audio: Sixto Rodriguez: The Sugar Man Who Inspired a Revolution.Listen to the musical version of todays episode: Listen along with us as we explore this story alongside the music that made this story all the more incredible. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2123669/14…) In this episode…… Continue reading Searching for / The Sugar Man / Sixto Rodriguez

The Living Universe

https://youtu.be/HD4WthE414k?si=uCa_Tr3LOiouLX80 Documentary about Consciousness and Reality | Waking CosmosSince the time of Plato, the human understanding of the universe has moved through two epoch-defining paradigms. These are the view of the universe as a great mind, moving into the view of the universe as a great machine. Today there are signs that the modern mind…… Continue reading The Living Universe

Detroit: From the past glory to the present hopes

https://youtu.be/132XLAomSUk?si=_D8e-BfgPkumzEjY Detroit’s Tragic Downfall | The Rise and Fall of Detroit Michigan https://youtu.be/5_bNKJyfL1Q?si=uRE4YJJEcjQUiRdr The history and modern magnificence of Detroit is exalted in this film, which places the motor vehicle at the heart of its development. Looking past the hyperbole, it offers a glimpse of the city at its best. NB the film has been…… Continue reading Detroit: From the past glory to the present hopes

TRIPPING The Bruce – TVO

https://youtu.be/ftamAliAEvs?si=6Qr6dB-HCOg_3g0N TRIPPING The Bruce (Full Documentary). TVOSet sail along the rugged northern coast of Ontario’s magnificent Bruce Peninsula in TRIPPING The Bruce. Above the pristine turquoise waters are the towering cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, and beneath the waters are dozens of sunken ships that Lake Huron has claimed. It is a stunning, primordial landscape…… Continue reading TRIPPING The Bruce – TVO

Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark

Russian Ark Руската съкровищница (2002)A 19th-century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200 plus years. https://youtu.be/ORMTAKh4NHI?si=d2a0NaQ2uJyhpaWx In One Breath | Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark (Making of)…Behind the scenes documentary on the filming of Russian Ark. Russian…… Continue reading Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark

Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis

https://youtu.be/t1nrPiMoDHY During the occupation of the Netherlands during WWII, Willem Arondeus, a painter, and Freida Belinfante, a cellist, used their artistic skills to forge identity cards that saved thousands of Jews from the death camps. Stephen Fry goes on a very personal journey to Amsterdam to discover why this incredible story has remained largely hidden…… Continue reading Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis