In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby Grizzly » Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:06 pm

Bump...

The Con is an in-depth investigation into the 2008 financial crisis


Excellent catch, just finished the first one... :thumbsup
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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby thrulookingglass » Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:20 am

Boy! That alt-censored pro Trump rally has its blinders pointed in one narrow direction. This is the type of alt-right qanon b.s. I hate to see around here. Doesn't anyone understand propaganda? There were those that supported Nixon and those who knew he'd violated the law and should be removed from office. If you follow Chomsky you'd know they all were criminals before they even entered office. Born into sin. Trump isn't a good leader. He's not a good man. He's not an honest man. He's not intelligent. I'm sure he could make a great career as a used car salesman, insurance sales or perhaps he should have stuck to letting the Russian and Italian mafia types run his real estate scams. Welcome to the carnival boardwalk people. Step right up, win a prize. Doesn't anyone see the writing on the walls? Trump was steered into the presidency by another group of "clandestine and deviant business men" who remain in the shadows as much as these "exposed" elements of the "democratic" wing of that conspired to remove him from office and trapped him into using Cambridge Analytica. Absolute horseshit. Man's dirtier than Jesus' feet.

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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby dada » Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:21 am

David Bohm documentary. Learn all about the politics of physics.

Both his words and manner of speech seemed at first totally unfamiliar to me, and yet somehow they stirred memories - as an actor might be stirred by the forgotten lines of some role he had played far away and long ago.
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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby JackRiddler » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:52 pm

Elvis » Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:41 pm wrote:Probably the best doc on the 2008 financial fraud.
Part 1 of 5 parts:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XGZ7F3IPY8

https://www.thecon.tv/

The Con is an in-depth investigation into the 2008 financial crisis nine years in the making, Who did it, why it happened and how our country went from “of, for and by the people,” to “of, for and by the corporation.” And what’s past is prologue: The heist of our democracy that includes fraudulent practices, massive credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, and the revolving door between finance and government, is still going on, and will become even worse than before.


Lengthy discussion by regulators & other participants in the film:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSe5jIakVk


Just came out! A great start, and it works as a stand-alone. It's an hour, followed by an hour's discussion.
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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby Laodicean » Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:38 pm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thd5bBUNEw8

Adam Curtis - Can't Get You Out of My Head - An Emotional History of the Modern World (2021)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_G ... (TV_series)
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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby guruilla » Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:12 am

I am only watching documentaries currently, and hardly missing fictional fare, there are so many good or at least decent ones out there.

best recently is this one, which would require its own RI thread, if it were to be discussed, there are so many unresolved mysteries around it.



Wiki summary:

Grégory Villemin (24 August 1980 – 16 October 1984) was a French boy from Lépanges-sur-Vologne, Vosges, who was abducted from his home and murdered at the age of four. His body was found four kilometers (2.5 miles) away in the River Vologne near Docelles. The case became known as the Grégory Affair (French: l'Affaire Grégory) and for decades has received public interest and media coverage in France.[3] The murder remains unsolved.[4]


From September 1981 to October 1984, Grégory's parents, Jean-Marie and Christine Villemin, and his paternal grandparents, Albert and Monique Villemin, received numerous anonymous letters and phone calls from a man threatening revenge against Jean-Marie for some unknown offense.[5] The communications indicated he possessed detailed knowledge of the extended Villemin family.[6][7]
Murder

Shortly after 5:00 pm on 16 October 1984, Christine Villemin reported Grégory to police as missing after she noticed he was no longer playing in the Villemins' front yard.[6] At 5:30 pm, Gregory's uncle Michel Villemin informed the family he had just been told by an anonymous caller that the boy had been taken and thrown into the River Vologne.[8] At 9:00 pm, Grégory's body was found in the Vologne with his hands and feet bound with rope and a woolen hat pulled down over his face.[4][9]
Aftermath
The Vologne, where Grégory Villemin's body was discovered

On 17 October, the Villemins received another anonymous letter that said, "I have taken vengeance".[3] From then on, the unidentified author was referred to in the media as Le Corbeau ("the Crow"), French slang for an anonymous letter-writer, a term made popular by the 1943 film Le Corbeau.[3][9]

Bernard Laroche, a cousin of Jean-Marie Villemin, was implicated in the murder by handwriting experts and by a statement from Laroche's sister-in-law Murielle Bolle. He was taken into custody on 5 November 1984.[10] Bolle later recanted her testimony, saying it had been coerced by police.[10] Laroche, who denied any part in the crime or being "the Crow", was released from custody on 4 February 1985.[10] Jean-Marie vowed in front of reporters that he would kill Laroche.[4]

On 25 March 1985, handwriting experts identified Grégory's mother Christine as the likely author of the anonymous letters.[3] On 29 March Jean-Marie shot and killed Laroche as he was leaving for work.[10] He was convicted of murder and sentenced to five years in prison.[4] With credit for time served awaiting trial and a partial suspension of the sentence, he was released in December 1987 after having served two and a half years.[11]

In July 1985, Christine was charged with murdering Grégory.[12] Pregnant at the time, she launched a hunger strike that lasted eleven days.[13] Christine was freed after an appeals court cited flimsy evidence and the absence of a coherent motive.[13] She reportedly collapsed and miscarried, losing one of the twins she was carrying shortly after being questioned by authorities.[14] She was cleared of the charges on 2 February 1993.[15]

The case was reopened in 2000 to allow for DNA testing on a stamp used to send one of the anonymous letters, but the tests were inconclusive.[16] In December 2008, following an application by the Villemins, a judge ordered the case reopened to allow DNA testing of the letters, the rope found on Grégory's body, and other evidence.[16] This testing too proved inconclusive.[16] Further DNA testing in April 2013 on Grégory's clothes and shoes was also inconclusive.[4]
Later events

On 14 June 2017, based on new evidence, three people were arrested: Grégory's great-aunt and great-uncle, as well as an aunt—the widow of Michel, who died in 2010.[17] The aunt was released, while the great-aunt and great-uncle invoked their right to remain silent.[18] Murielle Bolle was also arrested and held for thirty-six days before being released, as were the others who had been detained.[19]

On 11 July 2017, the magistrate in charge of the first investigation, Jean-Michel Lambert, committed suicide.[20] In a farewell letter to a local newspaper, Lambert cited the increasing pressure he felt as a result of the case being reopened as the reason for ending his life.[20]

In 2018, Bolle authored a book on her involvement in the case, Breaking the Silence.[19] In the book, she maintained her innocence and that of Laroche, and blamed police for coercing her into implicating him.[19] In June 2017, Bolle's cousin Patrick Faivre told police that Bolle's family had physically abused her in 1984 in order to make her recant her initial testimony against Laroche.[21] Bolle accused Faivre of lying about the reason why she recanted her initial statement.[21] In June 2019, she was indicted for aggravated defamation after Faivre lodged a complaint with police.[21]

Monique Villemin, Grégory's paternal grandmother, died from COVID-19 complications on 19 April 2020 at the age of 88.[5] During the 2017 investigation, Monique was named by investigators as the author of a 1990 threatening letter sent to Judge Maurice Simon, who had succeeded Jean-Michel Lambert as investigating judge on the case in 1987.[5]
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Re: In Need Of Some Good Documentaries

Postby guruilla » Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:08 pm

Depressingly relevant doc, on what could have been the Spanish equivalent of the Dutroux case in Belgium, if it hadn't been headed off at the pass at every opportunity, including this documentary, as the final nail in the coffin, which manages to turn all the smoke of SRA organized crime snuff murders in Valencia into one more case for #MeToo gender-based sex crime legalization.




full doc, no subtitles:



Almost imposible to find a torrent for this, tho I managed it by searching for the Spanish title El Caso Alcasser and DL-ing subtitles separately. Available on Netflix, obviously.
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