"In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments and murder."

Chaos: The Manson Murders is out today on Netflix, via the doc team (including my wife).

https://www.netflix.com/title/81482892

"Directed by Errol Morris, CHAOS: The Manson Murders untangles a web of conspiracy involving the CIA, LSD, Jack Ruby, the Manson Family, and Vincent Bugliosi, casting doubt on the official story of the 1960s’ most infamous killing spree."

March 7. Netflix. From the doc team, including my wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwoA7NvaacI

The Only Girl in the Orchestra just won Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Oscars! Congrats to the Netflix doc team, which includes my wife.

Nové přírodopisné a paleo dokumenty z ledna a února 2025! Od letošního Winterwatch po Dobu ledovou: Apokalypsu, od Pozoruhodného světa s Jeffem Corwinem po Dinosauří ptáky, mám tu pro vás seznam všech!

#nature #documentary #news #wildlife #paleontology #documentaryfilm #tv #film #jeffcorwin #dinosaurs #iceage #stevebackshall #michaelastrachan #bigcats #lions #leopard #cheetah #conservation

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/02/dokumentarni-novinky-z-ledna-unora-2025.html

New wildlife and paleo documentaries from January and February 2025! From this year's Winterwatch to Ice Age: Apocalypse, from Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin to Dino Birds, I have them all here listed for you!

#nature #documentary #news #wildlife #paleontology #documentaryfilm #tv #film #jeffcorwin #dinosaurs #iceage #stevebackshall #michaelastrachan #bigcats #lions #leopard #cheetah #conservation

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/02/dokumentarni-novinky-z-ledna-unora-2025.html

Black Barbie won the Outstanding Documentary (Television) award at the 56th NAACP Image Awards! Congrats to everyone who worked on the film, including the Netflix doc team and my wife!

This evening's viewing distraction: 638 Ways to Kill Castro.

My chum in the bookshop who got me in the Secret Santa picked a pile of DVDs from a thrift store, picking different genres, including documentary, so tonight it's time for that one (amazingly she didn't pick any others I didn't already have)

Off Frame - Revolution Until Victory (Fuera de cuadro - Revolución hasta la victoria) - Mohanad Yaqubi (Palestina,(...), 2015, 62 min) "Una meditación sobre la lucha del pueblo palestino por producir una imagen y una auto-representación en sus propios términos en los años 1960 y 1970, con el establecimiento de la Unidad de Cine Palestino como parte de la OLP. "
#palestina #palestine #film #offframe #revolution #documentaryfilm #documental
https://www.naranjasdehiroshima.com/2024/11/off-frame-aka-revolution-until-victory.html

Switching to some good news for a sec... last week, film social network Letterboxd revealed the top 10 most popular documentaries with their members in 2024, and not only was Netflix's Will & Harper #1, but 4 of the top 5 and 6 of the 10 came from the studio.

Will & Harper. The Menendez Brothers. The Greatest Night in Pop. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. What Jennifer Did. Lover, Stalker, Killer.

Documentaries on Netflix have reach. Congrats to the doc team, including my wife!

Congrats to Team Netflix (including my wife) on leading the NAACP Image Awards in nominations for the second consecutive year, going from 55 nods to 62!

This includes four for documentary films. Both Daughters and The Greatest Night in Pop for Outstanding Documentary (Film), Black Barbie for Outstanding Documentary (Television), and an Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) nomination for Bao Nguyen, director of The Greatest Night in Pop.

#Palestine / From British Mandate to Military Rule: A documentary exposes Israel's dark history, drawing comparisons to Nazi Germany

Danel Elpeleg's award-winning documentary, "The Governor," exposes Israel's little-known history of military rule over its Palestinian citizens from 1948 to 1968 (technically 1966). The film, based on interviews with Elpeleg's grandfather, a military governor, reveals the regime's pervasive control over every aspect of Palestinian life, including curfews, restrictions on movement, and the arbitrary power of life and death wielded by the governors.

This authority stemmed from the British Mandate's Defense Emergency Regulations (DER), initially enacted to suppress both Jewish and Arab resistance. Ironically, pre-state Zionists decried these regulations, with jurist Yaakov Shimshon Shapira even comparing them to Nazi laws [Source: Tom Segev, "1949: The First Israelis"].

Despite this initial opposition, the new Israeli state adopted the DER wholesale for its Arab population, a legacy that continues to impact Palestinian citizens today, with many still fearing reprisal for speaking out, while the majority of Israeli Jews remain unaware of this dark chapter in their nation's history, a silence perpetuated by censorship, even within the #IDF.

https://www.haaretz.com/life/film/2024-12-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/death-martial-law-and-censorship-a-dark-period-in-israels-history-is-relevant-today/00000193-daa0-de86-a9f3-fef734190000 or https://archive.is/cjdce

@histodons
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#DocumentaryFilm
#TheGovernor
#BritishMandate

"Throughout her career, pioneering filmmaker, the late Julia Reichert, gave voice to the voiceless. In a final collaboration with her husband, Steve Bognar, Reichert shares the intimate story of her own journey, from her youth as a working-class girl who dreamt of a larger life for herself to her discovery of documentary filmmaking and her own voice along the way."

Julia's Stepping Stones is out today on Netflix, care of the doc team (including my wife).

3 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Will Defund Public Media — and 2 Why It Won’t
#IndieWire #Features #General #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Trump

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/how-trump-will-impact-public-media-1235071279/

My friend & one of my first #filmmaking mentors here(Victoria) was Jordan. He's married to one of my Filipino friend's cousins & is a solid human being. Jordan saved me from being scammed & manipulated by shady people in film industry here. He used to loan me gear for free to help support me when I was still in the film industry.

Bangkok Girl is a #DocumentaryFilm that was both produced and directed by Jordan Clark. It's a #LowBudgetFilm, having cost $10,000 to produce, and takes #SexTourism in #Bangkok as its subject.

Bangkok Girl is 43 minutes long and focuses on Pla (full name: Sirirat Rapsithorn), a #bargirl who is 19 years old and who guides Clark through the city. The #DocFilm explores Pla's background and how she came to be where she is. Pla began working as a bargirl at the age of 13, and, while she had managed to avoid being forced into #prostitution up until the point that the documentary was filmed, the film suggests that she will eventually be forcibly prostituted.

In November 2005, the film aired on "The Lens", a program on Canada's #CBC Television. Sweden's #SverigesTelevision also aired the film.

Watch it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bfYhAgzOHdM

More info:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok_Girl

‘The Making of a Japanese’ explores the place where the foundations of Japan’s famed social harmony are laid: elementary school. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/05/film/the-making-of-a-japanese/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #documentaryfilm #emaryanyamazaki

Guido Guidi vive escondido porquê?

A propósito do lançamento do filme "Vivi Nascosto Guido Guidi", Paulo Catrica foi entrevistado no programa Sou Pessoa Para Isso, na Antena 1.

Neste excerto, explica o título do filme, relacionado com a história do biografado, o fotógrafo italiano Guido Guidi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0OhweRxgL4

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a palette cleanser for online community, moderation, trust, and safety pros and volunteers who need a break from the constant drumbeat of ROI and self-preservation, and a reminder of why many of us got into this line of work. Out today on Netflix.

Synopsis: "The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death."