Live Aid Documentary – Rocking All Over The World

1 hr 24 min 10 sec – Jul 11, 2007

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The story of Live Aid – the worlds biggest concert. Seeing this in an age where people don’t seem to give-a-shit, almost brings tears to my eyes. In fact, it almost brought tears to my eyes then, because I couldn’t go, on account of being somewhere in the middle of Hungary, where I crashed a party after hearing ‘do they know its Christmas’ from the window.

Journalists have been trying for years to track down the girl that Bono picks out of the audience making her globally famous for 15 minutes. I know who she is, but I’m not telling!

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Executing the Insane

Examines capital punishment in Texas through the case of Scott Pannetti a paranoid schizophrenic.

Running time: 27 mins.

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Fighting the War

A film about the First World War made two years into the fighting, in 1916

Running time: 23 mins

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This Film is Not Yet Rated

How the Motion Picture Association’s rating system has shaped American culture.

Running time: 1 hour 38 mins.

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The Human Sexes

A socio-anthropological view of gender. Or, in less academic parlance, sex differences. A great series (even if the difference between science and hearsay is somewhat blurred). This is part 1, the remaining parts are also on Google video.

Running time: 51 mins.

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Architecture is a new way to connect the world

Not sure how I missed this TED talk. Anyway, Thom Mayne was one of the founders of Morphosis, who were doing interesting things with asymmetric geometry or ‘deconstruction’, and actually getting it built, while people like Zaha Hadid were still just producing pretty drawings. Enjoy.

Running time: 22 mins

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Northern Soul

There are two places in the world that rank high in the importance of 60’s and early 70’s Soul: the North of the Midwest, where it was made and the North of England where the blue-collar, black American art form was truly appreciated by their white English counterpart.

This is a great documentary about the Wigan Casino an unlikely and forgotten cultural Mecca.

Running time: 26 mins.

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The War Game

Classic cold war piece. Infamous 1965 production about a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. The film was deemed so disturbingly realistic that it was never broadcast in the UK. It was released theatrically in the US, and went on to win an Oscar.

Running time: 48 mins

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Panorama: Princes, Planes and Payoffs

Last week’s investigative report into the emerging billion dollar payoff of the former Saudi US ambassador, by the UK’s BAE.
Very poor quality video, but decent audio. This story will run and run.

Running time: 30 mins

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J.G.Ballard – Shanghai Jim

Running time: 34 mins.

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