Category : History

The Fog of War

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 0

An outstanding documentary that shows the little known history from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations . Filmmaker Errol Morris uses archival material, including taped conversations from the Oval Office, to discover the real reasons behind the US commitment to the Vietnam War. Also looks at the bombing of Japan during the Second World War and [...]

Zeitgeist, The Movie – Remastered / Final Edition

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 5 comments

Its a movie about Jesus, 9/11 and the Federal Reserve Bank all rolled into one, and depending on who you talk to its is either the absolute truth or the worst documentary ever made. Watch it and decide for yourself! Zeitgeist: The Movie – 2007 by Peter Joseph from ZeitgeistMovie.com on Vimeo.

Hearts and Minds – Criterion Collection

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 2 comments

Often described as one of the most powerful and disturbing documentary movies ever made, this film by Peter Davis was a landmark documentary which confronted the United States’ involvement in Vietnam. Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, watching this movie is a deeply emotional experience which shouldn’t be missed.

Night And Fog

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 3 comments

One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Filmed in 1955 at several concentration camps in Poland, the film combines new color and black and white footage with black and white newsreels, footage shot by the victorious allies, and stills, to tell the story not only of the camps, but [...]

Guns, Germs and Steel – Part one

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 0

Based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs and Steel traces the journey humankind has taken from the end of the last Ice Age to modern day life in the twenty-first century in a quest to understand why white Europeans managed to conquer so much of the world. Three one-hour programs were made, filmed [...]

The Lost Pyramids Of Caral

April 14th, 2009 by admin | 1 comment

The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt.