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The Drugging of our Children
Gary Null Documentary, 2007
Gary Null examines the increasingly common practice of prescribing psychotropic drugs for children - including preschoolers as young as age 2 to 4 - who have been diagnosed with ADD, or ADHD.In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment.
Purchase DVD:
http://www.gnhealthyliving.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=362
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zeitgeist
Documentary
Zeitgeist was created as a not for profit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are. (www.zeitgeistmovie.com)
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com
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The Great Global Warming Swindle
Channel 4 Documentary, 2007
A controversial documentary film by British television producer Martin Durkin, which argues against the scientific opinion that human activity is the main cause of global warming.
More Info:
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/
great_global_warming_swindle/index.html
Watch the Movie:
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-3028847519933351566
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The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom
2007 BBC Documentary by Adam Curtis
The British filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares. The Trap It began airing on BBC Two on 11 March, 2007. The series consists of three one-hour programmes which will explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom.
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid
=8372545413887273321&q=the+trap&total=
6624&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Keep checking Google Video for episode 2&3
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America: From Freedom to Fascism
2006 Documentary by Aaron Russo
Determined to find the law that requires Americans to pay income tax, Aaron Russo sets out on a journey. Neither left- nor right-wing, this startling examination exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America. Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the national identity card (becoming law in May 2008) and the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track citizens. A striking case about the evolving police state in America. (www.freedomtofascism.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/ |
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 Documentary
The documentary features extensive interviews with those who knew him best, this powerful new look at the life and times of John Lennon captures the mystique of the man, the ideals he fought for, and the price he paid for.
http://www.theusversusjohnlennon.com/site
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An Inconvenient Truth
2006 Documentary
Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share. "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore. (www.amazon.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
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Iraq: The Hidden War
2006 Documentary by Jon Snow
Iraq: The Hidden Story shows the footage used by TV news broadcasts and compares it with the devastatingly powerful, uncensored footage of the carnage that is becoming a part of the fabric of life in Iraq. Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow questions whether these reports are sugar-coating the bloody reality of war under the US-led occupation. (www.informationclearinghouse.com)
Watch the movie:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13420.htm |
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Terrorstorm
A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism
2006 Documentary by Alex Jones
Controversial talk show host and activist Alex Jones has brought the information war to the mainstream media worldwide. Now, Jones is back with a chronicle of the startling actions Western governments don't want their citizens to know about in Terrorstorm. (www.amazon.com)
View trailer:
http://www.infowars.com/terrorstorm/trailers.htm
Purchase DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Terrorstorm-History-Government- Sponsored-Terrorism/dp/B000HRJLM4 |
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The Denial Machine
2006 CBC fifth estate Documentary
The documentary shows how fossil fuel corporations have kept the global warming debate alive long after most scientists believed that global warming was real and had potentially catastrophic consequences. It shows that companies such as Exxon Mobil are working with top public relations firms and using many of the same tactics and personnel as those employed by Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds to dispute the cigarette-cancer link in the 1990s. (www.cbc.ca)
Watch the movie:
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/denialmachine/index.html |
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Earthlings
2005 Documentary
Earthlings is a documentary film about humankind's complete economic dependence on animals raised for pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Powerful, informative, controversial and thought-provoking, EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals and human economic interests. (www.isawearthlings.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.isawearthlings.com
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Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison
2005 Documentary
This informative film helps the viewer decide if the production of genetically modified food is a panacea for world hunger or a global poison.(www.peaceproject.com/books/dvd51.htm)
Purchase DVD:
http://www.peaceproject.com/books/dvd51.htm |
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McLIBEL
The postman and gardener who took on McDonald's. And won.
2005 Documentary by Franny Armstrong
McLibel is the true story of a postman and a gardener who took on McDonald's and wouldn't say "McSorry," in a legal battle since described as "the biggest corporate PR disaster in history."
(www.mclibelthemovie.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.spannerfilms.net
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Global Dimming
2005 BBC Documentary
We are all seeing rather less of the Sun. Scientists looking at five decades of sunlight measurements have reached the disturbing conclusion that the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth's surface has been gradually falling. Paradoxically, the decline in sunlight may mean that global warming is a far greater threat to society than previously thought. (www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/
programmes/horizon/dimming_prog_summary.shtml)
Watch the movie:
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=
39520879762623193&q=Global+Dimming&total=
79&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
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Why we fight
2005 Documentary by Eugene Jarecki
Why we fight won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. Why we fight launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire. (www.sonyclassic.com/whywefight)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/ |
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The Power of Nightmares
2005 BBC Documentary by Adam Curtis
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm)
Watch the movie:
http://www.oneplanetonenation.com/ponightmares1.html
http://www.oneplanetonenation.com/ponightmares2.html
http://www.oneplanetonenation.com/ponightmares3.html
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The Future of Food
2005/ Deborah Koons Garcia
The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabelled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. (www.thefutureoffood.com)
Purchase DVD:
http://www.thefutureoffood.com |
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Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
U.S. Media & Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
2004 / Bathsheba Ratzkoff & Sut Jhally
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (www.mediaed.org/)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAnd
Representation/PeacePropaganda |
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"What the Bleep Do We Know!?"
2004 / William Arntz, Betsy Chasse & Mark Vicente
Are you ready for a spiritual film that combines quantum physics, multi-dimensional visual effects and animation, a dramatic story and interviews with leading scientists and mystics? What happens when you combine today's cutting edge scientists & mystics? Can science and religion really be on the same path? (www.whatthebleep.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.whatthebleep.com |
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The Corporation
2004/ Documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan The Corporation takes the viewer on an intellectual journey into the heart of global capitalism. (www.thecorporation.com)
View trailer and purchase DVD:
http://www.thecorporation.com |
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Breaking the Silence
Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
2003 Documentary by John Pilger
This film, set in Afghanistan, Iraq and Washington, looks at President Bush's 'war on terror' and the 'liberation' of countries where bloodshed and repression continue. (www.johnpilger.com)
Purchase DVD:
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partID=4
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The Century of The Self
2002 BBC Documentary by Adam Curtis
The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?
(Episodes: 1. Happiness Machines, 2. The Engineering of Consent, 3.There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed, 4. Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering)
Watch Episode 1:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151 |
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