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This is the last of the documentaries I selected to watch at the Tricontinental Film Festival, and it was a great one to end on because it exposed the United States’ involvement in South America for what it really is, the expansion of empire. America likes to use the words “democracy”, “freedom”, “capitalism”, etc when it describes [...]
With each passing day I become more and more anti big corporations. If you haven’t seen the documentary The Corporation, you need to make it a priority. It is available for online viewing here. Whilst it can be argued that corporations do a lot of good work, that work is far, far outweighed by the [...]
So, thefirst documentary I watched at the Tri Continental Film Festival 2008 was War Made Easy. A documentary about America’s foreign policy and the complicity of the media in promoting the policies. I didn’t learn many new things, but it was interesting to see the evidence for what I already knew. War Made Easy looks at [...]
I haven’t watched a documentary for a little while. The screening of this one is another project of While You Were Sleeping. What Would Jesus Buy looks at consumerism in American Culture by following the cross country crusade of Reverend Billy of the church of Stop Shopping. Reverend Billy and his choir travel the country [...]
Uranium Road is a documentary about nuclear energy in SA. It takes a look at the history of nuclear energy in SA leading up to the present. I was expecting something about the Pebble Bed technology and information on the pros and cons, but it wasn’t about that at all. The main thrust of the [...]
This is the last of the 3 films I have chosen to watch at the Tricontinental Film Festival and it is definitely the best. This film looks at the Cuban healthcare system which is the most advanced in the world. When I say advanced, I don’t mean that they have the most advanced machinery or technology. The [...]
The second film I watched at the Tricontinental Film Festival was called What’s it worth?. The film looks at the impact of aid in Brazil. They estimate that $100m is spent every year in Brazil by aid organisations. If this money went directly to homeless children, it would be enough to buy them each a [...]
The Tri-Continental Film Festival is showing at the Ster Kinekor Nouveau in the Waterfront. I went last night to watch the first of 3 documentaries that have caught my eye in the selection on offer. There are so many that are worth seeing, but it’s not possible to see them all. The one I watched last [...]
I’m glad to say that this is the last documentary I am watching at the Earthnotes Documentary festival, one can only watch so many documentaries and I think I watched one more than that number. But A World Without Water was a good one to end on, it was extremely interesting and not a little [...]
This was an amazingly uplifting documentary to watch. A Convenient Truth is about a city in Brazil called Curitiba, which is one of the most livable cities in the world. They look at various aspects of the city and show how they made them not only environmentally friendly and people friendly but also without using [...]
There are a lot of documentaries out there about oil. I say another one at the Earthnotes Documentary festival at the Labia this last weekend called Crude Impact. It covered a lot of the same ground as the other documentaries about oil I have seen, but you always learn something new from every documentary you [...]
Why are there two documentary festivals running at the same time? It’s difficult to get people to support just one, two is not going to be good for attendance levels at either. I’ve been to see 2 movies at the Encounters Festival at the Waterfront Nu Metro. You can read my reviews here and here. The [...]
I watched a documentary about global warming at the Encounters documentary festival last night called ‘Everything’s Cool’. It’s not a fantastic documentary, I wouldn’t recommend that you inconvenience yourself in order to see it (in other words spend R35 and 2 hours). There were some interesting points that came out of it though. They were [...]
I never get round to reviewing Hollywood movies I see, not that I watch many of them any way. There just doesn’t seem to be much point. Basically all you need to know is the basic plot, who is in it and whether it is worth watching or not. But I love reviewing documentaries, they [...]
Last night I watched the Borat movie. I know it’s been out for a while but I just never have time to go to the movies. That is also the reason you won’t see many movie reviews on this site. A certain friend who regularly watches movies promised to do reviews for me but has [...]
