"Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality." - Wikipedia
This is a collection of Full Length Documentaries, Documentary Snippets, Trailers and interviews with filmmakers, Enjoy and vote up videos that you think should get more exposure.
Go to the above URL, read the blurb, click the link. Note that the first part is not available, but parts 2-9 are there. I'm a little concerned dl'ing this and YouTubing (and subsequently sifting) it because the Stones have apparently sued to keep this doc unreleased since it was made it '72. Anyway, it's grainy and the audio isn't very good, but you can get a feel for the utter hedonistic bubble they lived in at the time. Parts of it are very NSFW (drugs, sex).
... I will be taking a leave of absence from the sift for a while. I know I haven't been on the sift too too long, but it feels big because the sift(ers) has really helped to keep my sanity during my trying times trying to lock down my masters degree.
About to join a documentary crew as a cameraman, starting up in Maine, and ending all the way down in the Keys. If you haven't guessed, the doc is about route 1. I guess they are aiming to sell it to travel or discovery (if they are lucky)... otherwise, you may see it on PBS or something within the next year (will keep you posted). After that (a month) I am going to be moving up to rochester, NY, and will be starting on an Art History PhD in the fall. Whew. it never ends.
In any case, i wish you all the best during the rest of the summer. See you soon, and keep those quality embedz flowin', kids!
So this is my first post on sift talk, and I thought I would try and wait until I had something that I suspect would interest most of you. If you haven't seen it already, PBS and Frontline are putting together a pretty fascinating online series of documentaries centered around the idea that what will ultimately define our age is digital technology.
Frontline has done some docs like this one before, but this one is particularly cool because its content and its primary mode of exhibition are married.
So far they have released two "chapters." I guess they are going by country, because part one deals with Korea... specifically with video games and video game/internet addiction. The second chapter deals with America's emergent robotic military.
The other thing I wanted to bring up is actually a question for the veteran sifters and I guess Dag specifically. PBS video has embed codes; is it possible to post these? I couldn't get it to work. ;(
posted by rasch1878 months 3 weeks ago • 687 views
mauz15 is a sifter of pure quality in my eyes. He posts so many great documentaries it's impossible to keep up. Besides posting great vids, he has also made a great effort in *deading and fixing videos. A long time member who joined the sift back in May 2006, mauz15 has finally joined the Diamond rank.
posted by BillOreilly9 months 3 weeks ago • 1197 views
So yesterday I go over to my friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart to stock up on some 12 gauge ammunition. Mind you, I'm not bothering anyone or even talking to anyone. I make my way over to sporting goods, and some dude with his girlfriend asks me if I want a good "$@# whooping" for "looking at his girl." I tell him no, I wasn't looking at your girl (she was average at best, extra 20 pounds is a big no-no for a woman), and he proceeds to call me a liar and get in my face.
At this point, I try to walk around him to get to the sporting goods counter, but he won't let me pass. Mind you, I'm much bigger than this kid, but he wants to impress his girlfriend, who by this time is pleading for him to stop antagonizing me.
Finally I can take his abuse no longer. I hit him with a left to the body, a short right to the chin, and then kick him while he's on the ground. Security gets involved, and a crowd gathers. Kind of reminded me of this: http://www.videosift.com/video/Wal-Mart-employee-trampled-to-death
Long story short, I get off with a warning (security were gun enthusiasts like me), girlfriend goes home crying, and punk kid goes to hospital. I guess his "Yes We Can" shirt didn't help him when push came to shove.
8 years have come and gone. George W has had the most difficult circumstances as President arguably since World War II. 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, high gas prices, and a crippled economy thanks to evil corporations and Barney Frank.
And yet, we've been safe for 7 years. Iraq has lost it's brutal dictator who killed hundreds and hundreds of thousands. Gas prices are extremely low. People can still own guns, and the government isn't Communist.
Let's all take a moment to thank George W for a job well done, a job only he was man enough to accomplish. I wish he could serve another 4 years.
posted by fissionchips10 months 3 weeks ago • 304 views
TEDTalks have changed their video hosting domain, invalidating all embeds. TED has conveniently provided a replacement link in each embed that takes you to the video page. Let's try to overhaul all of the TEDTalks on the Sift so that they don't end up in the deadpool.
While you're here, post your favourite TEDTalk (on the sift) in the comments.
posted by schmawy10 months 3 weeks ago • 828 views
Mauz15 is totally awesome and deserves more votes for the awesome documentaries submitted to VideoSift. Thanks, Mauz! Oh and one more thing: awesome.
Mauz doesn't make trouble, provides insightful commentary and contributes truly excellent content. The posts tend to be well annotated and dutifully tagged and channeled and are enlightening, enriching, educational, and entertaining. Mauz has also been here since the Dawn of the Sift, and has been made all those laborious YouTube playlists for our edification. So three cheers for Mauz and let's do some voting and learn something in the process.
posted by westy1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 721 views
Hi thought I would draw extra attention to this video! Although I’m sure most of you know the general content of it, it’s a really good explanation of money and worth promoting.
posted by maatc1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 658 views
I have been looking for a clip for a while now that I think needs to be on the sift. It was available on Joost for some time here, but not anymore. Maybe one of you can help.
It is the shortfilm documentary "Murbah Swamp Beer" which won the Tropicana Award at Tropfest in Sydney in 2002
The Knowledge Web with James Burke Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Eastern / 4:00 pm London /
I'm certainly going to try to make it, he is a great influence on how I view technology and history. You can tell I'm a huge fan, Here is an experimental page I recently built through"knowledge web" inspiration Let me know what you think of it. Ten minute segments surrounded with links to information about everything Burke talks about. I'm considering putting the labour in for each episode.
Produced by the award winning Australian program 4 Corners. This doco examines the Obama presidential campaign up to the Pennsylvania primary. Unfortunately its unembeddable. But still worth watching.
posted by BillOreilly1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 1333 views
In honor of my recent anniversary here at VideoSift, I have decided to submit an amazing video entitled "Barack Obama vs. Pennsylvania". I expect it to be lavished with lots of * quality and * promote tags, and I also believe it will change lives in the process. This will probably break upvote records here on the Sift, I'm just being realistic.
It has also come to my attention that I am up for an NAACP/PETA/ACLU Online Image Award for the 2007/2008 internet year. This is a great honor, and I'm ecstatic to be nominated. There are many people to thank for making this possible: George W Bush, for being the greatest President of this century; Hillary Clinton, for standing by her principles and dodging gunfire in the name of her country; Barack Obama, for showing us that church can unite us all; and finally, to Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, for showing exceptional moral leadership in these trying times of recession and depression.
Finally, I'd like to thank all my followers here on VideoSift for their daily fanmail, thoughts, and prayers. You all keep me humble and grounded. I will now and forever be, BillOreilly: Defender of Freedom, Purveyor of Truth, Master of the Obvious, King of My Own Little World.
posted by Fedquip1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 1634 views
I know some guys and girls here on the Sift are deep into MMORPGs (Massive Online Games like Warcraft) I myself had never got into any role playing games until last year. I revealed on the sift earlier that I accidentally bought a MMORPG with absolutely no knowledge of what exactly a MMORPG is. Sure I've had jobs where people talked about warcraft, but I've never been a gamer and never really understood what the deal was.
I bought a powerful system last year and wanted to try out a good powerful game (I have never owned a highend console since the N64, or have owned ever had powerful computer.)
I like the books and movie, so I was sure I would like a game modeled after "Lord of the Rings" - The Graphics on the box were enough to make me buy it. After the first 10 minutes of playing. The graphics, the gameplay, the concept were all awesome to me and I was pretty much hooked. After a couple of months I had built my character up pretty good. Suddenly I was pretty elite and my character was an important piece to win raids.
The more elite you get the more insanely long the raids get. In this case, it took us about 2hrs to setup this raid and about 2 more hours to get to the point we were at. One of the characters picked up a dropped item that another character wanted and left, our progress lost. It was at this point where I decided this world was pointless and I left my character at the Prancing Pony for good.
Second Skin is a documentary that follows the life of 7 such gamers for a full year. The Trailer is below and everything you need to know about the film is on Mahalo. Veronica interviewed the filmmakers at SXSW - check it out too.
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