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#1972901 11-Mar-2018 23:39

Gigi Gorgeous - Inspirational YouTube star gets a sex change. 6.5/10. Light.
Kedi - Cats on the streets of Turkey and their friends. 7/10. Cats are cute.

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#1998952 18-Apr-2018 20:16

Wild Wild Country on Netflix.

Not sure if younger people would identify with how "big" this was at the time. It was front page news even in NZ - there was even a Rajneesh commune in Murchison. After watching all 6 episodes, I'm completely unsure about whether the Bhagwan or Sheela were 100% con-artist or prophets, good or bad, whether the locals affected were morons or wise, the officials were genuinely caring or hysterical reactionaries, or whether any of those things really matter and the whole thing was a massive media beat up.

This was one of the most unbelievable (but true), fascinating documentaries I've seen in a long time.

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#1999235 19-Apr-2018 12:07

Fred99:
Wild Wild Country on Netflix.

This is currently our nightly staple viewing; good enough to warrant signing up for a month of Netflix just to see it.

I’d never heard of the sect, nor has anyone I’ve talked to about it, so part of the fascination is finding out for the first time about a true-life story that seems almost too far-fetched for someone to have made up - I feel like it’s a two for the price of one in that I’m watching a drama at the same time as a doco.

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#2018596 18-May-2018 20:52

gzt: Gigi Gorgeous - Inspirational YouTube star gets a sex change. 6.5/10. Light.
Kedi - Cats on the streets of Turkey and their friends. 7/10. Cats are cute.

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+1 for Kedi. I just saw it and it is a lovely celebration of catness. Also an enjoyable peek at Istanbul from a different perspective.

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#2058203 18-Jul-2018 10:22

Not sure if it qualifies as a documentary, reality tv show, or tv series?

Enjoying "Car SOS" on freeview at the moment.

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#2072931 13-Aug-2018 19:24

RogerThat:

Not sure if it qualifies as a documentary, reality tv show, or tv series?

Enjoying "Car SOS" on freeview at the moment.

ditto.

on choice there's also a series about flogging old bangers for profit

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#2072932 13-Aug-2018 19:26

finally watched cassette - a documentary mixtape

8/10

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

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#2072963 13-Aug-2018 20:44

The China Hustle. its about con men selling investments in "up and coming" Chinese companies that just aren't. I just kept thinking of Fontera while watching it.

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#2592243 26-Oct-2020 23:01

Heroin Town / Louis Theroux / Neon. USA rustbelt town. Doctors prescribed opiates, addicts turned to heroin when prescriptions ran out or were refused. Degradation follows.

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#2592292 27-Oct-2020 09:45

Kiss the Ground, very interesting documentary about how agriculture could be leveraged to help reduce the impacts of climate change, through farmers switching to no-till farming.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81321999

That stock footage though..

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#2633292 10-Jan-2021 22:14

Hillbilly: Beyond the stereotypes in the heart of US’s Appalachia, Appalachian filmmaker returns home to examine the media’s stereotyping of hillbillies and the American cultural divide. (1080p)

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2020/4/2/hillbilly-beyond-the-stereotypes-in-the-heart-of-uss-appalachia

The highlight for me was an interview with the banjo playing boy on the porch in that famous movie.

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#2633364 11-Jan-2021 07:36

A perfect planet Episode 1 Volcano

Nobody can deliver a wildlife programme better than Sir David Attenborough

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#2633429 11-Jan-2021 10:16

"Death to 2020" is a hilarious mockumentary that says the truth. 8/10 on Netflix.

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#2708239 16-May-2021 21:08

Corner Shop. Palestinian has emigrated to USA without his family and works 17 hour days at his San Francisco corner dairy. He returns to his home in occupied Bethlehem for the first time in many years to prepare his family for emigration. Prime Video.

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#2708324 17-May-2021 09:51

Watched on the train this morning. VICE News on a road trip through Texas to ask conservative voters something conservative politicians can’t seem to figure out: what's the future of the GOP?

This reinforces what we already know, politics in USA is no longer about issues, it's a cultural division.

And it's division so entrenched, it cannot be fixed. It will be the end of the US within 10 years (my opinion).

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