10 Awesome Free Documentaries That You Can Watch Online

[MattSh]

Not from a political site, but no freeper friendly films among them that I'm aware of. Although freepers do make their appearance in the comments.

Synopses and links at the site:

Sicko
Religulous
Earthlings
Invisible Children
Home
After The Fall
Man With A Camera
The Fog Of War: Eleven Lessons From The Life Of Robert S. McNamara
Super Size Me
The Corporation

And more!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-awesome-free-documentaries-watch-online/

[wildbilln864]

1. thanks! nt

[sasha031]

2. thank you

[getthefacts]

3. This great information

Thank you!

[BlueIris]

4. Thanks. Happy, though somewhat suprised, to see The Fog of War on there. nt

[Lucinda]

5. Thank you!

[Gin]

6. Thank You

[JohnyCanuck]

7. Here's two more for you:

Psywar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind 1:39 (looks at the history of how propaganda and PR have been used to lead the public to act in ways contrary to the public's own interest) and Human Resorces: Social Engineering in the 20th Century 1:59.

Both are available at this link: http://metanoia-films.org/index.php

(Psywar is the icon on the left with the icon showing the back of a man's head, Human Resources is the icon of the pupil and iris of an eye.)

[EFerrari]

8. K&R

:applause:

[snot]

9. Here's another (on a different site)

http://centuryself.blogspot.com/

Description: BBC series by Adam Curtis documenting how, beginning in the 1920's, Freudian theories gave rise to public relations techniques that have been used to uncover irrational, often self-centered or petty motivations of whole populations, so as to either cater to or manipulate them.

These psychoanalytically-derived techniques have been used not only by businesses in designing or selling products but also by politicians (and, I might add, by religious leaders -- see, e.g., Brands of Faith) in marketing themselves.

Some using these techniques believed they were helping to bring about a more democratic system in which the consumer or voter was "king." But the point of a "focus group" is not to hear our considered opinions on any given topic but rather to discern the more primitive desires and fears we might not admit to if asked but that often, with or without our awareness, drive our behavior.

After decades of immersion in the P.R. resulting from these techniques, we've gone from seeing ourselves as exploited by business interests to -- rightly or benightedly -- viewing the marketplace as a main source of identity support and fulfillment.

But our democracy has to some extent been reduced from an electorate actively undertaking organized action to make the world better for others as well as ourselves to a relatively atomized, passive agglomeration of consumers who secretly feel entitled to prioritize gratification of their every self-centered whim.

We feel we are free, but in reality, we've been enslaved through our unconscious fears and desires. This documentary provides fascinating details about how it was done, which can help arm us against such efforts in the present, as well as providing insight into the implications for our future.

[Toucano]

10. Super! nt/

[OneGrassRoot]

11. Thanks! :) n/t

[asdjrocky]

12. I would add-

The Union - The Business Behind Getting High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPr66qbgo0k

[TroubleMan]

13. Don't forget Arithmetic, Population, and Energy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4364780292633368976#

Probably the most important video I've ever watched, and it's only a math lecture.

[SoCalDem]

14. Here's another great resource: thousands of great ones

http://www.uctv.tv/ondemand/

[donheld]

15. k & R

[Catherina]

16. Thank you! n/t

[EFerrari]

17. John Pilger's films here:

http://www.johnpilger.com/videos

:hi:

[progressoid]

18. coolio

[DemReadingDU]

19. Thank you!