Eye openers - share a documentary

[beckdg]

I would like to invite everyone to name a documentary they would like to share that may open some eyes and allow people information on how make better choices in life. Bonus points if there's a parallel to the plight of a vaper.

My first contribution: The Human Experiment

- can be seen on Netflix right now

Tapatyped

 

[Vape Suzette]

The Yes Men
The Yes Men Fix the World
The Yes Men are Revolting
Life Itself (Roger Ebert)

Thanks for starting this thread! vape Suzette, the American Eddie Monsoon.

 

[Vape Suzette]

While cooking just a moment ago, I was reminded of the most riveting, disturbing, yet enlightening documentary, which I still have trouble watching even though it is a must-see.

FOOD, inc.

I love Michael Pollan and have had a terrific time reading his books. The last I read by him was Botany of Desire. I have serious catching up to do.

 

[beckdg]

Food inc?

Is that the one where he pours the sugar relative to a certain amount of milk onto a tarp in front of an audience.

Sounds familiar.
Pretty sure I've seen it.

Jog my memory please.

Tapatyped

 

[Vape Suzette]

Ohm and Namaste to you, Tapatyped:

FOOD inc. began as a book and then a documentary that was narrated by Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. It managed to get cameras behind the scenes of our modern, unsustainable farming industry. The loops they had to jump through to make sure not to be sued by corporate farming and agribusiness was unreal. There were valid, horrid reasons big agriculture did not want people to know or see this modern day franken-farming. The chicken houses did not allow them inside -- except for one woman with a conscience who could take it no longer. The cameras went inside and they had chickens on top of chickens, debeaked, and unable to stand from the constant feeding. They continue to eat because there is no sunlight and the circadian rhythm is gone, so they eat constantly and are fed high levels of antibiotics. There is no ventilation either. Many are just so ill they die and she has to go into the chicken house and remove several dead chickens every morning which are then turned into feed for cattle. It's brutal. This is true modern farming. Many people will no longer purchase this inhumane, insane practice of farming and nothing speaks louder than money. The film got a 96% rating at rotten tomatoes. And what's worse is the bacteria levels and antibiotic resistance ... Ugh, it's overwhelming. Many children became chronically sick and many died. I had to fast forward through parts.

I cannot even get into specifics of what they got on film with interviews from cattle ranchers and farmers. So gruesome. But they had some genius farmers who knew every plant, every way of natural, wholesome and humane farming, and they provide healthy happy animals that get to BE alive and free for their lifespan and that is where Chipotle got the motto: Food with Integrity from. Because they only purchase genuine food. This film is difficult to watch and I am sure if agribusiness could suppress anything at all, it would be this film and book. It is a must-see. I think it should be required teaching in public schools.

 

[justincase]

I second that film. (Food Inc.)
Once you know.....you grow!

 

[Vape Suzette]

I just saw Pawn Sacrifice a few weeks ago. Great insight into Bobby Fischer played by Tobey Maguire.

justincase: Glad you saw the film Food inc. It motivated me into turning our 30 ft patio into a vegetable garden. We are not crazy about this part of the US, but the growing season is long and really gets us through. I had huge cabbages last fall. One year, I just went nuts planting gourds and they were hanging from vines -- we did some vertical gardening to save space. I started attracting squirrels and rodents that I didn't know were natural climbers so some of my gardening had to stop.

Documentaries and movies in general cost sooo much to see on a weekly basis that we use several branches of our local library and just check out tons of films, books, and everything we can get our hands on. We use WorldCat when we have to special order far away or from other countries.

The one documentary that I wanted to see but missed, was The Stanford Prison Experiment. It only lasted around here for two weeks. I have to see that documentary! There are just hundreds of great documentaries out there!

Someone should be working on a documentary on vaping. It would be amazing if this forum put the process together. No one could tell the story better than the people here in this cyber-city filled with vapers.

 

[WickedSick]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1743720/?ref_=tt_rec_tt

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Basically you see a side of Hollywood you weren't supposed to see, about product placement and how this changes the outlook of a movie. Be warned once you watch this documentary you, won't help but start to notice the huge amount of product placement in most movies.

 

[Vape Suzette]

Morgan Spurlock! Wow, that is exactly the kind of film for someone with a minor in advertising to watch. I just went through Alibris to get my husband an old paperback copy of I Can Sell You Anything.

I will have him bring home the new Spurlock you mentioned -- his office is directly across the street from the library. I rarely go to commercial films. We do sometimes, but they are usually based on reality. I get bored with the unreal. Fiction is rarely as exciting to us as reality. Product placement depresses me into a catatonic state, so I should really love this film!!! Thanks!

 

[justincase]

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The one documentary that I wanted to see but missed, was The Stanford Prison Experiment. It only lasted around here for two weeks. I have to see that documentary! There are just hundreds of great documentaries out there!

Not a documentary, there is a movie about this came out in 2001 called The Experiment......horrific...

 

[Vape Suzette]

Okay, now I'm confuddled! Are you speaking of Philip Zimbardo who had a show on PBS called, Discovering Psychology and was a professor at Stanford and is also the author of The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Lucifer Effect and many others, or are you referring to something I am currently on a waiting list for entitled, The Human Experiment? Philip Zimbardo goes way back for us, so we were elated to hear news of his new documentary and such long term interest in his work -- as long as The Milgram Experiment at Yale University by Stanley Milgram. We are now the incarceration capitol of the world. We should be sooo proud!

I now have a library copy of The Greatest Movie Ever Sold!!! Looks remarkable!

 

[jwbnyc]

 

[justincase]

Okay, now I'm confuddled! Are you speaking of Philip Zimbardo who had a show on PBS called, Discovering Psychology and was a professor at Stanford and is also the author of The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Lucifer Effect and many others, or are you referring to something I am currently on a waiting list for entitled, The Human Experiment? Philip Zimbardo goes way back for us, so we were elated to hear news of his new documentary and such long term interest in his work -- as long as The Milgram Experiment at Yale University by Stanley Milgram. We are now the incarceration capitol of the world. We should be sooo proud!

I now have a library copy of The Greatest Movie Ever Sold!!! Looks remarkable!

If you were talking to me.....I was just saying, its not a documentary, but there is a MOVIE that came out about the prison experiment..... Its called simply 'The Experiment'.......I'm fairly certain it is based on the real life PRISON experiment.....
It was horrific....the way people degenerate like that......

HTH....

 

[Vape Suzette]

Oh! Hi, yes, I was writing to you!

Sounds gruesome enough for me to wanna watch! I'm in! Any of these social experiments that expose human behavior and the dangers involved keep me captivated. Stripping down complex primate behavior makes me often think I missed my calling as a primatologist. I wish I could study EVERYTHING!!!

 

[justincase]

Nothing better to study than the mind!

 

[Vape Suzette]

jwbnyc -- I watched the documentary you posted. Thanks! Hitler would have been jealous. I read the book about the two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee. When Kim Jong-Un demanded Clinton come to worship him in order to free them and actually thought he was still US president, well, it terrified me that those two prominent American women were in such serious peril. Nearly five months in prison there. Of all the weirdness and oddities, no one tops the bizarreness of Kim Jong-Un. A few years back, he threatened to bomb NORAD. They could not find it if they tried. We find him menacingly evil. He looks like a dwarf with a thyroid problem.

 

[beckdg]

Fat, sick and nearly dead.

Tapatyped

 

[Vape Suzette]

LOVED IT!!! Joe Cross has another that I am on a waiting list for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MagnusEunson]

Oomph .. so many to choose.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433001/ - The Cartel - about the school system ..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3548328/ - Dog Days - about trying to start a small business (parallels to vaping bonus) ..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/ && http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3578504/ - "A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan." and the continuation .. it's the closest the undeployed can get to deployment. It's heart wrenching and amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159731/ - Sex, Drugs & Consenting Adults - LOTS of vaping bonus parallels in here ..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ - The Fog of War - about McNamara and Vietnam with A LOT of lessons applicable today ..

I'll stop there for now, -Mags

 

[Vape Suzette]

Hi beckdg:

We were in the middle of dinner and I just dashed that off without enough thought.

I honestly loved the doc Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. I liked it and wished I could fast again for even a week, but in my case, kale and broccoli, along with all the dark green veggies, are my nemesis. I was on a really healthy diet once and eating tons of romaine lettuce, broccoli, etc., thinking they were good for me, but without knowing, I had a genetic blood disorder. I am missing a blood protein that is supposed to keep my blood thin and my INR within normal range. Dark green vegetables are high in vitamin K and at the time I had no idea that I had any genetic abnormalities whatsoever. They don't test for esoteric genetic freak disorders unless someone in your immediate family has it. So anyway, without knowing it, these super-healthy veggies caused my blood to become so thick that I developed a clot that hit my heart and lungs causing a massive heart attack. I had immediate emergency surgery and was very lucky to make it through. They told my husband to prepare for the worst. I am glad they did not tell me or let on in any way that my chances of pulling through were so low. Usually a patient who is missing the blood protein S or C will just expire during childbirth or of a heart attack. There are rarely second chances.

The chances of having this is low, but people should check with their doctors and have some testing done before going on any diet. I know how strangely paradoxical this must sound: "She's overdosed on kale -- get the heparin STAT!"

I still can't believe that day! That entire scene was just surreal as ever! My cholesterol was low, my weight was perfect, and I exercised every day. I was a young smoker, but that was not the cause. The doctors talked to my husband about possible illegal drugs and I was on absolutely nothing. It baffled my doctors and raised some red flags, so luckily they tested me for genetic disorders and I started treatment, have been tested every month, and control my intake of veggies and other foods that are high in vitamin K.

It's strange timing because my hematologist is superb and so is the staff. They are my favorite medical community and the most skilled I have ever encountered. My INR just suddenly bottomed out a few weeks ago and we could not figure out why, so while I was worried out of my wits I gave myself a Lovenox injection and followed every instruction they gave me. I thought it was some strange post-surgical situation because I have had four big surgeries in just the last two years. I guess we'll never know.

Did you notice how Breville sales soared after that doc? Had I not known about my blood disorder I would definitely have gone on the reboot with Joe. Close call!!!