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Documentaries which I should see!
Comrades!
I'm looking for a documentary/documentaries that are from a Marxist/ socialist viewpoint or just a leftist viewpoint.
Has to be good and be online for free!
Thanks!
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The US vs John Lennon is quite good. It covers a lot of the struggles in the late 60's early 70's and the anti-war, marijuana legalization and Lennon's anarcho-pacifist ideology as well as some stuff on the black panthers and other groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGKg...E8D66B5F377278
Thanks I'll add that to my bookmarks so I can watch it tonight!! Anything else you recommend?
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Angry Brigade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4KAKcIC7uA
le internationale documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90-mSBc_PY
I'll post some more when I remember them, unfortunately a huge collection of documentaries seem to have disappeared
this may also be of interest http://red-tv.info/
if you haven't seen it -the power of nightmares - follow the links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-FyuuWlWQ
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"The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely
the oppressive situations which we seek to escape,
but that piece of the oppressor which is
planted deep within each of us." Audre Lorde
Not sure if this is leftist, but it is really good and really really really fucking depressing, seriously don't watch without a box of tissue
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The Battle of Chile is a good one, exploring the CIA backed militaristic dictatorship in Chile. There is another Guzman documentary, Chile, la memoria obstinada, that is about his first showing of the documentary after returning to Chile once the military dictatorship had been over thrown and the ban on his work lifted.
Also watch a documentary called The Aristocrats because it's hilarious.
I second this, especially the third programme about the 'war on terror' etc.
Good documentary site is documentaryheaven (dunno if its .com or whatever; google it).
Also maybe watch some of the Oliver Stone documentary films he made, like Comandante where he interviews Castro.
“People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.”
- Friedrich Engels
Anything by Adam Curtis. Particularly "The Trap".
Thank you guys. Very helpful!
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Man With a Movie Camera
Very much a documentary, but not in the sense most of us are accustomed to. Also, it was made in the Soviet Union in the 20s. Definitely one of my favorite movies.
You seem neat, but...
They divide us by our color, they divide us by our tongue,
They divide us men and women, they divide us old and young,
But they'll tremble at our voices when they hear these verses sung,
For the Union makes us strong!
The Take / Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein
http://www.thetake.org/index.cfm?page_name=synopsis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Take_%282004_film%29
Thanks Guys! Very useful! Have you seen 'Sounds Like a Revolution?'- It's meant to be really good!
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Most of the documentaries from John Pilger's 40+ year career are free online. Of the ones I've seen, I recommend The War On Democracy, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, Pyramid Lake Is Dying, and Conversations With A Working Man.
I agree with wunderbar here on "The War on Democracy" it really shows you how the US fought off so many democracies in South America, the tactics they used, and even interviews with those who carried it out, those who suffered and so on.
By the same journalist, I recommend watching "The War You Don't See":
http://www.desicorner.net/blockbuste...010-watch.html
Last edited by mrmikhail; 8th November 2011 at 07:35.
Thanks Guys! I'm watching 'The War On Democracy' -it is brilliant!
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http://www.1channel.ch/watch-1452741...eam-of-Freedom It's been a long time since I've seen this one but it was very good. I don't know if I agree with it anymore, but either way it's a must watch.
Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. ~ Karl Marx
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Thank you Liquid State. I'll watch that later. Please add links if you can for myself and others. Thanks
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Today I watched a documentary called Harlan County USA which is about strike action undertaken by coal miners and their spouses during 1973 and it won an Oscar. I thought it was brilliant; it deals with scabs, spineless union reps, uncaring capitalists and all the important things experienced in strike action.
Thanks 'GiantMonkeyMan!' Sounds great! Is there a link?
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