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1.Detox or Die (www.cultureunplugged.com)
"Detox or Die" provides an in-depth portrait of a small-time drug addict seeking redemption. Addicted to opiates for almost 20 years, film-maker David Graham Scott decides to opt for a quick fix. The radical detox agent ibogaine puts the user into a gut-wrenching hallucinatory state for 36 hours, from which he emerges cleansed of his addiction. But several fatalities have been reported in connection with the unlicensed drug, and Scott must weigh up the options before embarking on the trip of a lifetime. Broadcast as part of BBC1’s ONE life strand.
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2.An Emasculating Truth (www.anemasculatingtruth.com)
Man-skills are on the decline. Skinny jeans are on the rise. And male testosterone? Declining at 1% a year. What does it all mean for the future of Man? Only one documentary has the balls to ask: An Emasculating Truth.
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Hemp Revolution (video.google.com)Award-winning documentarian Anthony Clarke presents a broad history of the hemp plant and its many uses.
Alternate link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2v50h_the-hemp-revolution-1-of-4_creation -
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NOVA/Frontline Harvest of Fear (www.youtube.com)In "Harvest of Fear," FRONTLINE and NOVA explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (gm) food crops. Interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology, this two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.
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An Inconvenient Truth (v.youku.com)An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming.
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6.Garbage Warrior (www.tudou.com)
Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of maverick US architect Michael Reynolds and his fight to introduce radically sustainable housing.
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BBC World Service - The Greening of the Deserts (www.bbc.co.uk)In Egypt scientists are experimenting with high-tech techniques to make the desert bloom.
Boston University's Farouk El-Baz has successfully used satellite imaging. His aim is to find ancient groundwater in the deserts of Africa and the Middle East. Farouk's radar exploration of the Egyptian Sahara eventually resulted in the drilling of about 500 new wells, all of which are still pumping water today. About 100,000 acres of Saharan desert have been cultivated in this area.
Ayisha Yahaya asks, is this plan practical or sustainable or might it ultimately backfire?
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HOME - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (www.home-2009.com)In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it's too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption.
More than a movie, HOME will be a major event all over the globe : for the first time ever, a film will be released on the same day in over 50 countries and on every format : movie theatres, TV, DVD and Internet.
On June 5th we all have a date with the planet !
Trailer is here: Trailer for HOME
Full movie is here: HOME: Full Movie only available until 14 June, 2009! So watch it now :)
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BBC World Service - Documentaries - Anatomy of a Car Crash (www.bbc.co.uk)The life-changing effects of these incidents rarely command wider attention.
This award-winning documentary takes one of these tragedies and traces the profound physical and emotional toll on all those involved, dissecting exactly what happens in the brief awful instant of a single collision on a road. This study then tracks the long-term consequences from the perspectives of everyone involved.
When two cars collide, in that split second, a chain reaction is set in motion which reverberates through so many lives: victims, families, witnesses and friends, along with many professions - emergency services, accident investigators, doctors and lawyers.
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FLOW (blip.tv)Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.
Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?"
Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.
http://www.flowthefilm.com
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BBC World Service - Documentaries - Third Agers (www.bbc.co.uk)The 21st century has been called the Century of Ageing.
Our world is ageing rapidly. By 2050 more than 1 in 5 of us will be over 60.
For the first time in human history there will be more over 60s than children under 15.
Most of the world's older people live in developing countries. Yet definitions, expectations, and the problems of old age are changing rapidly.
So what is it like to be old in today's world?
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SUPER SIZE ME (better link!) (www.youtube.com)Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock makes himself a test subject in this documentary about the commercial food industry.
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13.FRONTLINE: poisoned waters (www.pbs.org)
More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination.
With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists note that many new pollutants and toxins from modern everyday life are already being found in the drinking water of millions of people across the country and pose a threat to fish, wildlife and, potentially, human health.
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14.The Truth about Vitamins (video.google.com)
Some people claim that by taking them in large doses, they will prevent or even cure illnesses like cancer and heart disease.
But others fear that taking large doses of some vitamins could in certain cases be dangerous.
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15.FRONTLINE: sick around america: PBS (www.pbs.org)
As the worsening economy leads to massive job losses—potentially forcing millions more Americans to go without health insurance—FRONTLINE travels the country examining the nation's broken health care system and explores the need for a fundamental overhaul. Veteran FRONTLINE producer Jon Palfreman dissects the private insurance system, a system that not only fails to cover 46 million Americans but also leaves millions more underinsured and at risk of bankruptcy.
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16.Tapped the Movie - official site - Trailer (www.tappedthemovie.com)
By 2030 the United Nations estimates two-thirds of the world will lack access to clean drinking water. Tapped will illustrate the impact of the global water crisis on America and what we can do as individuals to enact change sooner rather than later. Tapped examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.
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17.How to be Happy (www.cbc.ca)
Since the time of Aristotle humans have been trying to find the key to happiness, and how we can be happier. More than 35,000 books have been published on the topic, and it's been the subject of numerous TV shows, movies and motivational seminars. Now the pursuit of happiness has become the subject of serious scientific study, and the results show there are some simple things we can all do to make ourselves even happier.
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NOVA - Extreme Ice (www.pbs.org)An acclaimed photographer teams up with scientists to document the runaway melting of arctic glaciers.
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19.The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (nfb.ca)
In this short documentary from conservationist Bill Mason, he illustrates that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans have done to them lately. In the film, a lone canoeist lives through the changes of geological history, through Ice Age and flood, only to find himself in the end trapped in a sea of scum.
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20.McLibel - Two People Who Wouldnt Say Sorry (video.google.com)
Two activists take on McDonald's in the longest trial in English history.
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The Disappearing Male (video.google.com)The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system.
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22.Generation XXL: The Film (www.generationxxl.ca)
Vincent is addicted to fast food, Greg hides behind his jokes, Kat searches for herself in beauty products, and bullied Raya retreats to her room. As the four main characters of Generation XXL all are part of growing number of teens in Canada who are obese or overweight.
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Battle of the Bag (www.cbc.ca)Plastic bags. Billions of the handy throwaway items are used around the world every year. They take hundreds of years to biodegrade and have sparked heated debates in cities from San Francisco to Mumbai.
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24.SuperSize Me (video.google.com)
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25.Documentary: The Story of Stuff (video.google.co.uk)
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.
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