Deep Water

Deep Water is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors.

Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968.

Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, Deep Water is an unforgettable journey into one mans heart of darkness.

This documentary is extremely well done, I absolutely loved it.

9.3

The Spill

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This is a sick one about BP Oil, and how many time they've fucked up... If you think Exxon is bad, think again. These guys had a list of disasters a mile long, all of which happened before the big spill. Deaths, safety violations, environmental disasters. BP had enormous growth via financed acquisition which created huge tension between operations and the shareholders, ultimately ending in disaster a few times over.

7/10

Mars Rising

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This episode sets the stage for the entire human mission to Mars project, exploring a future Mars city, the physical and mental challenges of the trip to Mars and international efforts to reach the red planet.

All I have to say is this: holy shit this is gonna be hard as fuck, and expensive. I like this kind of stuff though because it stretches the imagination.

7.6/10

Home

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In 720p HD, Home is visually comparable to BBC's Planet Earth. Although the shots of the natural world are money, the shots of human civilization are a lot more shocking. Its got parking lots the size of 10 football fields, suburbs that stretch past the horizon, and massive construction projects. It has a very broad focus but the visuals will keep your attention. With a budget of $12M, this non-profit film was the first in history to be released in theatres, on DVD, and online simultaneously across 5 continents.

8.5/10

Gasland

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I saw this on HBO Canada and could only find it online through the stagevu link above. The quality is fine but its a bit slow to load for me. Its the story of one bro and his banjo trying to understand the damage caused by drilling for natural gas on the Marcellus Shale, a formation stretching across a huge portion of the eastern states. This dude is offered some decent money ($100k ish) to allow drilling on his land. He doesn't sign any contracts and drives around talking to others who did. The drilling process is sort of complicated but it can fuck the water supply up. A few times during the movie he puts a lighter to the kitchen faucet and makes some big ass fireballs. This shit doesn't happen in Canada.

8/10

peeps trailer, kitchen fireball @ 2:20 :

Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon (Part 1)

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So we all know that Ross Kemp is hard as fuck. In this episode, he isn't hanging out with Jamaican gangsters or Polish soccer firms. Ross travels to Ecuador and Brazil to look into the horrific environmental damage being caused there. The oil drilling, logging, cattle ranching, and gold mining in these countries are polluting the Amazon, killing its abundance of animals and plants species, and helping destroy planet Earth.

8/10

The Denial Machine

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I thought about posting both sides of the debate on climate change, but decided its a waste of time to watch documentaries like the Great Global Warming Swindle or Global Warming Doomsday Called Off. These films get put out and people think theres two sides to this, when really all the denial docs are debunked within an hour of first broadcast. The rule of thumb I use is to not watch anything that has any mistakes that seem deliberate.

CBC's The Denial Machine takes a look at who has shaped public opinion on climate change and how. Interviews with climate scientists as well as big name deniers. Rarely does a program have the balls to accept that there is not a scientific debate going on and begin asking deniers more relevant questions like "Are you funded by Exxon?".

Drop a comment if anyone has seen anything worthwhile on the other side of the debate.

7.8/10

Waste = Food

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Started watching this stuff after I watched "Food Inc." This one talks about two guys that basically rock the business world. Every day natural resources are being rapidly depleted, while production and consumption rise in nations like China and India. In response to this crisis, a new philosophy promoting a non-toxic or recyclable destiny for all man-made products has triggered a new industrial revolution among designers and manufacturers. Massive companies like Nike, Herman Miller and Ford are experimenting with completely clean and sustainable production methods and products following the concept that “waste=food.” Most businesses don't adopt these strategies because it cost too much money, and they're pussies. But these two guys do the same stuff and save the companies millions. 50 minutes, no problem.

7/10