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If you are into Hawaii music and culture - Kumo Hula

Edit: can't find it on Amazon so obviously it doesn't exist

I vacationed a lot on the islands so I may have picked it up there.

Edit, edit: KUMU HULA 🙄

With lax environmental laws, a coastal area in India has become the global go-to for dismantling ships for scrap. Sad situation for most workers...here's a version on YouTube:

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WW2 in color is great but I’ve just started WWII From The Front Lines on Netflix. Very similar and more of that old fascinating footage, restored and colorized.

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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak (Post 12141227)

I love his jazz doc. Jazz is my favorite so I’m anal about it and he did leave out some important stuff but overall I found it enjoyable enough to have watched it at least 20 times or more.

Bummer, I went looking for it, but the only way to see it these days is to buy DVDs or subscribe to a PBS service.

Has anyone mentioned "Idiocracy" yet?

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12147423)

Bummer, I went looking for it, but the only way to see it these days is to buy DVDs or subscribe to a PBS service.

I haven’t noticed recently but about once per year it is available free on Prime…same for most of Burns docs. Geez I love all of them…NYC…Prohibition….or were those by this brother? Civil War…National Parks…..

If I notice it free I’ll advise

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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak (Post 12147433)

I'm going to periodically check for any of his stuff to be free that sounds interesting to me. As I was perusing the list, there were several that sounded interesting.

The Farthest - Voyager in Space

Was going to rent on Amazon but it seems to be free on PBS website. I prefer to watch this on my TV but figure I’ll continue watching it on my iPad for free

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-farthest-voyager-in-space-qpbu4y/

I watched a documentary about Ted Geisel AKA Dr. Seuss last night. I had no idea of the depth of that man. His famous children's books are the tip of the iceberg. It was probably on Prime.

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Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 12141205)

Squaring the Circle. The story of Hipgnosis

Currently on Netflix (11/28/23)

On my list to watch this weekend

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Originally Posted by Rikao4 (Post 12147050)

Searching for Sugar Man tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in America, but who wound up finding a huge audience in Apartheid-era South Africa. Sixto Rodriguez had no idea he was a legend there until a group of fans found him on the Internet and brought him to the country for a series of triumphant concerts.

^^+1000. I think it won an Oscar for Best Documentary

For those musically inclined I can also wholeheartedly recommend:

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