Free Online Documentary

As usual I’ve been letting my duties at this site fall by the wayside as I work on other things. Fear not, I have a treat for you this time, at least its a treat if you like either motorcycles or travel documentaries. If you’ve never seen Long Way Round then now’s your chance, you can watch the entire documentary series below.

For those of you who haven’t heard of the Long Way Round before its a documentary about a once in a lifetime motorcycle touring adventure undertaken by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. They traveled through some of the most beautiful and dangerous places in the world as they rode from London, through Europe and Russia, to get to New York going the round way round.

Ever been astounded by the number of coffee shops on any given high street? As a society we seem to have acquired an insatiable thrist for coffee in all its wonderful forms with many coffee chains making obscene amounts of money from our caffeine addiction.

Multinational coffee companies such as Starbucks now rule our highstreets and shopping malls using sometimes dubious marketing stategies to dominate this $80 billion industry. After oil, coffee is the most valuable trading commodity on planet earth.

While consumers in the so called developed world continue to pay through the nose for their favorite espresso based drink, the farmers in the coffee growing nations receive such miserly renumeration for their efforts that many are being forced to abandon their coffee fields.

Black Gold is a riveting documentary which follows Tedesse Maskela of the Oromia Coffee Growers Cooperative as he travels the world struggling to get farmers a fair price for the beans they grow.

The movie demostrates the huge amount of power wielded by the multinational players that dominate the world’s coffee trade. Commodity traders, the International coffee exchanges and the dealings of ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the challenges faced in the quest for a long-term solution for farmers.

The story of hacking from the humble beginnings of the phone phreakers to the present day. includes interviews with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers. Well worth a watch!

A remarkable 1983 documentary about Hip Hop culture focusing mainly on graffiti but also covering break-dancing and rapping.

A Channel 4 Documentary investigates whether snuff movies actually exist.

Its amazing what you can find on the internet these days. Discover how to grow your own Marijuana in a spare cupboard. For educational purposes only….obviously

This documentary takes you on a journey through the music scene in modern Istanbul, as well as portraying its cultural life.

The history of the video game industry which has grown at such a rate over the two decades that it now rivals the movies as the most profitable entertainment industry in the world.

Film about Louis Theroux, the king of the “Fly on the Wall” documentary. Might not be of much interest to people living outside the UK as the interviewees here are mostly minor British celebrities.

McLibel is a documentary movie which tells the story of political activists, Helen Steel and Dave Morris who were taken to court by the McDonalds fast food chain for claims they had made about the company. The couple had accused McDonalds of paying low wages for staff, poor treatment of animals, environmental damage and advertising to children.
The trial which followed turned into the longest in English legal history and pitted the pair against the companies £10 million legal team.