Anyone else checked out documentaryheaven.com ?

[tech3149]

I spent the last three hours or more viewing things like Manufacturing Consent and Iran is not the problem.
I've had it bookmarked for at least the last year. There is a ton of stuff that is pertinent information.
Much of it is from traditional media sources such as PBS, CBC, or British series. There's a pretty good percentage of the nut job conspiracy nuts but I think most DU'rs could filter that out.
For those of us insomniacs and those who have no life, check it out. You could spend a day just going through what is available.

[Warpy]

1. I just found some old movies on You Tube in chapters

I watched "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" a couple of nights ago when I couldn't sleep. It was as funny as I remembered.

[JaneQPublic]

2. Yes!

I recently recommended it to all my family members.

Unfortunately, I found it when Googling reviews of a 6-hour documentary I just bought -- "The Story of Ireland" -- so of course I had rather mixed feelings upon learning I could watch it online for free!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. Thanks for posting.

Much appreciated by this insomniac with no life!

[renate]

4. thanks--that sounds awesome!

I love documentaries!

There are a bunch of great Discovery and Frontline documentaries that you can stream from Netflix, but I've almost run through all the ones I want to watch, so I'm excited about this website--thanks!

[renate]

7. oh my gosh! The first documentary I watched there was *riveting*

It's two documentaries in one, I think--or anyway the second episode started immediately after the first without my having to do anything.

The first episode is about a bus driver from London who goes to Manila to learn to drive a bus there; the second one is about a binman from London who goes to Jakarta to do that job there. Those sound like kind of a couple of wacky romps, but they are actually a close-up view of what life is like for people living day-to-day on the edge of poverty. I can't recommend them enough:

http://documentaryheaven.com/toughest-place-to-be-a/

I really hope more episodes from this series are posted soon... honestly, I am not the same person I was before I saw them. The second one, especially, is the answer to anyone who ever might ask OWS supporters why the 99% movement needs to be global.

[RebelOne]

5. Here is also a good documentary site.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/watch-online/

[polly7]

6. I haven't, but thank you! nt.