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Category Archives: documentary films

Forks Over Knives: Movie Review

I watched this movie last night and honestly, it should be required viewing for every student in America and suggested viewing for every adult in America.
This movie shows how you can prevent and heal heart disease, diabetes, and cancer all with a whole foods, plant based diet.
So, do I think diet can cure everything?  No.  [...]

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Beyond Scared Straight on A&E

Beyond Scared Straight is a new television show on A&E that airs on Thursday nights.
In my opinion, this is one of the best shows on television right now.  It is great.  We are hooked on it.  It is a modern day, ongoing version of the “Scared Straight” documentary/program from many years ago.  And it is [...]

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WWII In HD: The History Channel

Rye and I are currently watching this documentary as a part of our studies of World War II and I would highly recommend it.  As it contains some very graphic real footage from the war, I caution you to be prepared for this and would definitely not watch with small children around.   That said, it [...]

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Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking: HBO Documentary

Carrie Fisher has a new documentary film coming out December 12, 2010 on HBO called Wishful Drinking.   In this film Carrie talks about growing up, her parent’s marriage, her career, her battle with addiction, time spent in mental hospitals, her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the  ECT treatments she received while trying to help ease [...]

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The Devil And Daniel Johnston: The Documentary

Wow, I’m not sure where to begin about this film.  The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a documentary film about a man named Daniel Johnston, his life, his art, his music, and his struggle with bipolar disorder (manic depression).  Daniel Johnston has had a very colorful life and has become somewhat of a cult hero [...]

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Waiting For Superman: The Documentary

This is a must see documentary.
‘Waiting For Superman’ attempts to tackle the problem of public schools in America and explain at least some of the reasons why the overall public school system is generally a failure today.
It looks at how the public school model is outdated, why drop out rates are so high, why even [...]

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Kurt Cobain: About A Son – The Documentary

I watched this documentary film the other night.  My interest in it stemmed from the fact that Kurt Cobain was said to be bipolar and I was interested to hear about his life story.
I would say overall the film was slow but tolerable.  It consists of a series of pieced together audio taped interviews with [...]

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The Horse Boy: A Documentary Of Autism, Healing & Acceptance

This is a beautiful documentary.
I started watching The Horse Boy yesterday via Netflix Online on a lark and I can’t even begin to tell you how moved I was by it.  Two minutes into it and I was totally drawn in and could not take my eyes off of it for the entire hour and [...]

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Children Underground: The Documentary

I watched this film the other day for the second time and all I can say is that if you have not seen this film, see it.  It is incredible.  It is the most haunting documentary film I have ever seen and we watch a lot of documentary films over here.  The film follows a [...]

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America: The Story Of Us ~ The History Channel

We are watching this History Channel series on the history of America now as a part of our homeschooling and I can’t even tell you how good it is.  We have just started but we are watching one episode a day to enhance our learning of American History and it is really entertaining.  It is [...]

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Uncomfortably Numb: The Documentary of Antidepressant Withdrawal

I originally saw the information about this documentary on this post from the blog Beyond Meds and I was so moved by it I wanted to post it here as well to help spread the word.
http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/numb-the-movie/
Minnesota filmmaker Phil Lawrence tries to wean himself off anti-depressant medicine, to avoid the pills’ effects of leaving him emotionally [...]

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