Documentaries

[scud]

Any new doccies of the recent pluto mission?

And something about satellites in general ?

yup, just watched one on BBC iPlayer, all about the latest pluto mission last week

The Sky at Night - Pluto Revealed

 

[Thor]

yup, just watched one on BBC iPlayer, all about the latest pluto mission last week

The Sky at Night - Pluto Revealed

Thank you

 

[RazedInBlack]

Any new doccies of the recent pluto mission?

And something about satellites in general ?

Try these:

Humanity From Space

Learn how seemingly small flashes of innovation have changed the course of civilization.

BBC - The Sky At Night: Pluto Revealed

BBC Four celebrates The Sky At Night's 750th episode with the most exciting space event of 2015 - the inside story of NASA's ground-breaking visit to Pluto.

Discovery Ch - Spaceweek - Hunt for the First Star

A spectacular journey to the birth of stars and matter a billion years after the big bang. Scientists look for evidence of an extraordinary phenomenon known as the Cosmic Dawn, a dramatic moment in the history of the universe when the very first stars were created.

The Mars Underground (2007)

Visionary rocket scientist, Robert Zubrin, has a plan for getting humans to Mars in the next ten years and ultimately turning the Red Planet blue. But can he win over the skeptics at NASA and the wider world?

Science Channel - Big Bang Aftershock

In March 2014, scientists discovered evidence of the Big Bang itself, ripples in space and time called gravitational waves. We go inside this extraordinary discovery, which meant Nobel Prizes for some scientists, and a disappointing shock to others

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[Thor]

Thanks for the suggestions sweet now I am sorted fir the week

 

[Datura]

I just watched "The Clash: Westway to the World."

An excellent documentary on the punk pioneers with some top tunes and lovely old footage. It's on youtube spit into 5 parts but it's also available on torrent sites.

I love you!

 

[Datura]

[video=youtube;UjAhm82v1es]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjAhm82v1es[/video]

 

[OrbitalDawn]

^ Worth watching?

 

[b_crazy]

A new doc on Cape Town:

[video=youtube;4gFyq-S5x5c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gFyq-S5x5c[/video]

Must watch

 

[Aquadyne]

See below

 

[Aquadyne]

Just came across this nice collection.

http://www.filmsforaction.org/walloffilms/?utm_source=SH&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=SustainableHuman

 

[dualmeister]

Departures (2008)
http://imdb.com/title/tt1320363/

One of best travel shows ever. Must watch if you can get it.

Russian episode is classic. Chernobyl visit. Wow ....

 

[Spizz]

This looks interesting. Don't see a specific release date...

The Boers at the End of the World / Boere op die Aardsdrempel - TRAILER

[video=youtube;_ZN5Bsfn1xA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_ZN5Bsfn1xA[/video]

 

[dualmeister]

Don't see a specific release date...

The FB page says: It's here! The official trailer for The Boers at the End of the World / Boere op die Aardsdrempel has just launched and the film will have its World Premiere at Silwerskermfees at the end of August.

 

[Spizz]

The FB page says: It's here! The official trailer for The Boers at the End of the World / Boere op die Aardsdrempel has just launched and the film will have its World Premiere at Silwerskermfees at the end of August.

Ah, thanks.

 

[dualmeister]

Looks interesting.

 

[Datura]

^ Worth watching?

Absolutely if you're a fan!

 

[Datura]

Two pretty interesting sailing documentaries.

First:

Hold Fast: Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence... Over the course of two winters, four members of the Anarchist Yacht Clubb rescued a derelict boat from the inhospitable waters of Ft. Lauderdale, named it the S/V Pestilence, and sailed south to Haiti. Hold Fast describes what drew these friends to the ocean, and tells the story of what they discovered in the sea. It paints a picture of the S/V Pestilence in the context of all the sailing maniacs who have come before them, and ultimately attempts to suggest that the secret is always to begin.
Blue Anarchy Website
http://www.blueanarchy.org/holdfast/

[video=youtube;2lwbHYOFD-4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lwbHYOFD-4[/video]

 

[Datura]

Second:

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, DEEP WATER is an unforgettable journey into one man's heart of darkness

First comment with spoilers for those who don't know the story:

Excellent documentary. Worth watching.
This historical documentary "Deep Water" chronicles one of the most infamous nautical tragedies. In autumn 1968, Britisher Donald Crowhurst, the owner of a near bankrupt manufacturing business for marine electrical components, agreed to enter the first Golden Globe sailing competition -- a nonstop, one-man circumnavigational race against eight other competitors. In financing the boat via a deal with English entrepreneur Stanley Best, Crowhurst used his house as collateral. Relinquishing the voyage, or failing to complete it, would thus have instantly rendered Crowhurst homeless and driven his family into Chapter 11. But the voyage was doomed from the start: Crowhurst failed to finish building the craft prior to his October 31st departure, but set sail just the same, and thus sealed his own grim fate. Indeed, two weeks after Crowhurst sailed out of Devon, the boat began to leak substantially; recognizing that a trip into the Southern Ocean could spell disaster, a desperate Crowhurst radioed home with indications of phony distances and falsified his logbook; he then made an illegal pit stop in Argentina to repair the boat, and joined up with the rest of the competitors on the opposite side of Cape Horn, in the Atlantic. When Robin Knox-Johnston won the overall competition, Crowhurst and Nigel Tetley went head-to-head to win 5,000 pounds for the fastest voyage; Crowhurst recognized that a victory would yield scrutiny of his logbooks and unveil his deceptions to the world; he thus intended to preserve his reputation by coming in second. He didn't count, however, on Tetley's boat capsizing -- which led to Crowhurst's own victory. Foreseeing disaster, Crowhurst decided to end his life by drowning himself. In telling Crowhurst's sad story, the movie uses narration from Crowhurst's journals, archival film, and interviews with the sailor's family, friends, and colleagues. What emerges is a portrait of a man sinking rapidly into a pit of despair as he comes face to face with his own darkest nightmares of personal failure.

[video=youtube;suw-HbE6AXo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suw-HbE6AXo[/video]

 

[Judas Iscariot Hogwallop]

This gripped me from beginning to end.

[video=youtube;37v1W0Gxd3E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37v1W0Gxd3E[/video]

 

[Datura]

I've watched this a few times over the last few years.

Hectic stuff.

The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a documentary directed by John Hyams about the mixed martial arts career and personal life of Mark Kerr.