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Documentaries and movies

Post by gentle71 »

Didn´t really know where to put it - but here goes.

Not withstanding all the books I read, I have also gotten kind of addicted to documentaries concerning religion, mythology, anthropology and culture.

Thought of making a list of movies for people to see - and also get others to list their favourites.

So here goes:

1. In search of myths and heroes - Michael Wood
2. The Story of India - Michael Wood
3. The Tribal Eye - Davis Attenborough
4. Tribe - Bruce Parry (This is a bloody great one - 936 min collection - amazon)
5. Around the world in 80 faiths - Peter Owen Jones (my personal favourite)
6. The extreme series - Peter Owen Jones
7. The Edge of existence - Donal MacIntyre
8. Legacy the origins of civilisation - Michael Wood
9. The Story of God - Robert Winston
10. Ancient voices

Amazon is your friend -

Except 5+6 due to difficulties as to who are going to release them on DVD - saw and recorded them from BBC

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Not withstanding all the books I read, I have also gotten kind of addicted to documentaries concerning religion, mythology, anthropology and culture.
You too eh? " Around the world in 80 Faiths" sounds interesting. Exploring comparative religion makes me want to go back to school and get a degree in it.
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Michael Woods' work is very cool.
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Post by gentle71 »

Neoplato wrote:
Not withstanding all the books I read, I have also gotten kind of addicted to documentaries concerning religion, mythology, anthropology and culture.
You too eh? " Around the world in 80 Faiths" sounds interesting. Exploring comparative religion makes me want to go back to school and get a degree in it.
It is interesting - Peter Owen Jones is a anglican pastor who travels around the world and meets up with people from 80 different faiths. You would think it difficult to cram that into 8 episodes - 8 hours in total. But the way it´s made it makes perfect sense.

I have seen it twice now -

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gentle71 wrote: 2. The Story of India - Michael Wood
Michael Wood answered questions about The Story of India at pbs.org/thestoryofindia/ask/

It's a fascinating Q&A.

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Post by ALOberhoulser »

I was only 2 years late finding this thread... :lol:
Exploring comparative religion makes me want to go back to school and get a degree in it.- neo
Can you imagine what the teacher would think if 3 - 4 of us showed up for the same class? :shock:

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ALOberhoulser wrote:I was only 2 years late finding this thread... :lol:
Exploring comparative religion makes me want to go back to school and get a degree in it.- neo
Can you imagine what the teacher would think if 3 - 4 of us showed up for the same class? :shock:
:lol: That teacher would never stand a chance! :lol:

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I have one interesting documentary to recommend. I personally regard it as a "must".

Shamanism - Otherworlds

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 846172277#
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Post by alice lee »

:D Thank you gentle 71. How very thoughtful of you to post this list of movies. I will use this list. I have been blessed with grandchildren who share my interest and enthusiasm in the work of Joseph Campbell. The movie topics go along with our conversations of late. aj

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Post by onedone »

There are a few free documentary sites on line. This is one of them that may have a few films of interest.

http://www.documentaryguide.com/

Around The World In 80 Faiths
http://watchdocumentary.com/watch/aroun ... d432d.html

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Post by Nermin »

'Money, Power and Wall Street' from PBS for those of us who want to know
what happened and what might happen in near future :idea:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2226666502/

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Post by Andreas »

Here is a website with a ton of documentaries of every kind.

http://www.truththeory.org/lists/

Enjoy.
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Andreas wrote:Here is a website with a ton of documentaries of every kind.

http://www.truththeory.org/lists/

Enjoy.
Hey Andreas, thanks for the private message :)
I don't know what's happening to my posts; it's true
that they they're disappearing sometimes :!:
It also happens that gremlins are posting on my name.
They didn't touch my avatar so far -not yet :P
That's a great site you've suggested and I remember
having asked about one or two movies you recommend :?:
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Hey Andreas, thanks for the private message
I don't know what's happening to my posts; it's true
that they they're disappearing sometimes
It also happens that gremlins are posting on my name.
They didn't touch my avatar so far -not yet
Hi Nermin!

I'll address this in glitches and gremlins.
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